※ 引述《fallmaple (go!fight!)》之銘言：
: 題目：短篇寫作(20 分):請閱讀指示並依指示寫作。
: In one of his articles entitled “What Leaders Really Do,”
: Harvard Business School professor John Kotter argues that management and
: leadership are different but complementary. He proposes, “Managers promote
: stability while leaders press for change.” Do you agree with him or not?
: If you do, elaborate on his argument.If you don’t, state your own.
: In either case, be sure to use examples to illustrate your argument.
寫作前需要注意幾件事:
1. "完整性"非常重要! 不管是論點還是例子.
一個發展完整的論點,勝過三個廉價的一句話式的論點.
一個完整交代人事時地物,來龍去脈,前因後果的例子,勝過片段式報導.
(這也是為什麼我建議寫個人經驗,不要寫偉人名人或歷史事件)
2. 千萬不要只顧著"點和線"而忽略了"面"
很多台灣老師教作文其實都是教單字和句子.但作文最重要的是全面的
組織架構,否則很容易變得鬆散不連貫.各位可以參考ETS給的托福滿分範文,
單字句型不必特別高端,但組織必須好,才能拿高分.
個人練習: (PS 我本身是英文老師)
I never thought that management and leadership could be so
differently defined until I read John Kotter, who sees managers
as stabilizers and leaders as reformers. This idea, which I
totally agree with, brings me back to the time when I first
took a managerial position.
When at high school, I was one of the organizers of a very big
graduation party, in charge of making invitation letters to three
thousand parents. Five other students worked under me. As a
first-time manager, I was fixated on how to get people to work
and keep our job on schedule. While I was working hard toward it,
one day, the party's chief organizer suggested that some changes
be necessary: Our invitation letters should be made simpler and
fresher in design so as to cut down on formalities.
Her advice turned out to be very helpful. We saved a lot of time
making simplified letters and received many thumbs up for our
letter design. Now, looking back, I can't agree more with
John Kotter on the roles management and leadership are supposed
to play: Managers keep things on the right track, for the sake of,
in my case, productivity. But their tendency to keep could be
counterproductive. That's when leaders come in and shout for
change, which, according to my experience, makes a huge difference.