GRE寫作范文賞析：科學(xué)的作用

1、GRE 寫作范文賞析：科學(xué)的作用題目：The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset.Therein lies the value of each.科學(xué)的作用是解惑 ;藝術(shù)的目的是創(chuàng)新。只有這樣他們才各得其所。正文：Science and art are two of the most glorious fields in which numerouspeople have made their great contributions. As the society develops, peoplec

2、oncern more about the function of science, of art and of other realms. Some mayargue that the function of science is to reassure, and the purpose of art is toupset, however, as far as I am concerned, science and art have more significantvalues than just to reassure or to upset people.The main functi

3、on of science is to propel the development of humansocietyand to provide people the power to understand the nature and ourselves. In theprimordial days of the human history, when the conception of science firstemerged, science was to answer peoples questions and to satisfy peoplescuriosity towards m

4、yriad mysterious phenomenon. If we understand the science insuch way, we cant see clear differences between the inchoate religion and theinchoate science, because, the functions of both of them are nearly the same,and both contain totally absurd theories if one studies them today. One mayagree that

5、in that period of time, science was largely to reassure peoples feartowards the mysteries just as what religions try to do.However, the development of science finally makes it an important tool forus to understand the nature and to change the nature in our favor. Theunderstanding of electricity expe

6、ls the old thought that the thunder is a signindicating that the god is angry. The advancement achieved in medicine greatlyelongate humans life, and nowadays people no longer depend on certain ritualsto give them health. Discoveries and inventions alike have transformed oursociety into the nowadays

7、form, and provide us great power to determine ourfuture. If science is only to reassure us, how can we achieve the feats we havemade through our history? As Francis Bacon once said, Knowledge is power, thetrue function of science is to give us the power to conquer the difficulties weconfront.Unlike

8、science, arts which seldom give us the power to better our materiallives, mainly concern about our spiritual lives. Admittedly, some arts actuallyupset people by let us see the weakness of the human nature or the darkness ofour society, as the art works of Michelangelo. However, arts possess much mo

9、refunctions than just upset us. Arts can ease our emotions and reassure us, as themusic of Mozart does; arts can give us confidence and braveness, as the music ofBeethoven does; arts can also tell us what philosophy is, as the music of Mahlerdoes. Although arts possess so many functions,one can judg

10、e that the majorfunction of art is to represent the life and to present the artists ideals.Most literary works, such as fictions, poems, dramas, give us a vivid image ofthe society. Other forms of arts have the same kind of functions. For example,Tchaikovsky composed music to represent the hard life of the common Russianpeople, while Van Gogh drew pictures to represent the beauty of the nature.Therere also other pieces of art showing us the inner part of the artists, forinstance, the representative new trend movie four hundred blows. By presentingthe life and the ideals,