可以举一个政治头条的例子，和一个社会变革作对比。我的观点是，头条新闻或许没有太多长远影响，不过媒体对社会变革的关注度也在提升。

回19楼  我也觉得北美有点象ARGU  但是这个问题如果不是那样写 很难入手啊 不止到你现在有没有更好的思路

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4 "No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study." 0 y; a% r7 e/ P. h1 V* d/ [1 P
任何领域要取得重大进展，都需要外领域者的知识和经验。
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Issue23: contemporary technology makes available many small peices of factual informantion.  这个前半句怎么翻译呢？有的翻译说　现代科技使获得大量细节信息成为可能　还有的说　科技提供的信息是由很多小的信息片断组成的…………好迷惑阿……我怎么觉得都不对呢？……　　是不是应该是　科技让那些零碎的信息变得有用起来　会好一些？　请大家指点一下～　ｔｈａｎｘ～～

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Advancement in philosophy is largely attributed to philosophers, outsiders made little direct contributions.5 \9 R1 O+ h5 K! l$ z* r& t/ k; Q
而且我个人感觉某些学科早期的发展是完全由领域内的人完成的。Euclid---Geometry. Cauchy---Mathematics(a rational definition of infinity).
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正面的例子很多。( ]8 d! K3 T! D! f& s* G
Quantum Mechanics（量子力学）: Mathematicians + Physicists.
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One of the greatest breakthroughs in Physics during the 20th century was brought about by one famous outsider, Albert Einstein, who was just a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office when he published his papers on Special Relativity.

我比较同意你最后提出的翻译。如果再改称“当代科技”就更好了。

"How children are socialized today determines the destiny of society. Unfortunately, we have not yet learned how to raise children who can help bring about a better society."
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能提供一些思路和例证吗？对社会学实在是一窍不通……

"The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society."(131)
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对艺术完全不了解。勉强挤出几个论点，却又没有例证。北美范文倒是洋洋洒洒天马行空，只是可资借鉴的不多。
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8 ~3 F$ b8 d; n& w0 @9 @7 c) `翻了下韦晓亮的书，这篇issue他居然连题干都翻译错，分析就更是一塌糊涂了。此外该书还有相当部分内容直接抄袭北美范文。后悔买这本书了......

Giving two concrete examples is enough.
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Issue题目有很多题干都是“利多弊少”和“弊多利少”的结论，请问对于这种题目，是只需分析其各方面的利弊，还是也需要给出一个类似的明确利弊分量的结论呢？

看字数就可以明确了吧

The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives
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* W( |5 Z2 q8 x5 _3 K5 e还有"People today are too individualistic. Instead of pursuing self-centered, separate goals, people need to understand that satisfaction comes from working for the greater good of the family, the community, or society as a whole." 是不是应该从人们应该多为社会服务的角度写，不过这样不就变成了为社会服务的好处？是不是跑题了？而且这题可以举什么例子呢？？
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28题Students should memorize facts only after they have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts. Students who have learned only facts have learned very little.; H4 W. n* X! u8 ^! ^$ R0 X
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感觉不好写， 不知道其中的facts是指什么呢?
/ z; y) I" K% H6 U( c如果想说数学里的公式不知道算不算，还是那是concept呢？
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There are many definitions of "facts", you can  discuss them seperately or emphasize one of them.
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That essay is also too verbose with repeating same statements many times.

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数学公式应该是concept吧，和idea对应

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With this logic, 数学公式 is concept, while "information" of 数学公式 is fact.

我也问一下Issue 47："Society does not place enough emphasis on the intellect---that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills."
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169 "Those who treat politics and morality as though they were separate realms fail to understand either the one or the other." 5 U! D* D6 @2 ~7 Q' ?+ Q. l1 _
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这条不知道怎么说的好，有感觉但是又很难系统的说，

issue54.History teaches us only one thing: knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.9 I# x8 `$ A# P/ p
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像这种结论性的题目，到底应该如何下手，还有几天就考了，还请各位高手指点迷津,先谢过