Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
五問:
(1)原命題中有“ any”這個極端詞,我們可以完全認同這個觀點嗎?一般情況下,我們很難贊同帶有極端詞的觀點,因為過于絕對。
(2)在選定自己的觀點之前,我們應(yīng)該先思考leader(領(lǐng)袖)是如何產(chǎn)生的?是民眾選舉出來的還是少數(shù)人推選的?或是有其他更多的可能? leader產(chǎn)生的過程是否會影響你對于原命題的判斷?你認為怎樣產(chǎn)生的領(lǐng)袖必須更多地聽取“popular opinion”?經(jīng)由哪種過程產(chǎn)生的領(lǐng)袖則不需要這樣?
(3)一個 leader受到來自大眾觀點的影響一定是錯誤的嗎?一定是正確的嗎?討論“如何判定自己所受到的影響是否正確”,是否要比討論“是否應(yīng)該受到影響”顯得更加重要?
(4)在什么樣的情況下, leader應(yīng)該更快地“受到影響,做出決策”?你能舉出具體的例子嗎?例如:當 leader來到一個陌生環(huán)境,需要解決緊迫的問題時,需要向當?shù)孛癖娏私馇闆r。
(5)你能否分別舉出具體的例子來分析 leader受到影響所導(dǎo)致的好的和壞的結(jié)果?例如:某個小區(qū)要拆遷, leader聽取居民的意見在原地建造回遷房,既保障了居民的權(quán)益,又保證了拆遷工作的順利完成。另一個例子, leader根據(jù)居民的需求建造了一座大型購物商場,但商場建成后,居民卻覺得商品價格貴而很少光顧,商場最終倒閉了。
翻譯練習(xí):
當你無法說服他人接受你的觀點,他們也不能說服你贊同他們的觀點時,你會怎么做?你會采取和他人都對立的立場呢,還是會放棄自己的觀點并跟隨大眾?對我而言,有自己的判斷是我永遠不會拋棄的一個原則。很多名人都指出了堅持這一原則的重要性。(可用 A is no more...than B句式。)
參考答案:
When you can no more convince other people to accept your view than they can persuade you to approve of theirs, what will you do? Will you take a stand against all the other people, or will you drop your view and follow the crowd? To me, having my own judgment is one principle I will never abandon. Numerous famous figures have shown the significance of following this principle.