2011GRE issue写作优秀实例：复杂与简单

　　新gre作文写作考察考生完成题目过程中是否能够融合批判性思维和分析写作能力，以下是gre考试写作部分issue的优秀写作实例，通过这些优秀范文或是习作，考生可以借鉴里面的短语、句子或思路，给自己的写作找一些思路和灵感。
　　题目：
　　"Anyone can make things bigger and more complex. What requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite direction—in other words, to make things as simple as possible."
　　任何人都可以把事情简单复杂化，但是需要真正努力和勇气的恰恰相反，也就是说应该把事情变得尽可能的简单。
　　正文：
　　This is a paradoxical word. When looking around you will easily find humans are trying to make this word complex. Modern technologies, new machines are changing at the speed faster than any time before; knowledge of diverse disciplines are amplifying in a explosive way that nobody can really catch up with it as to know all even in one specific field. What humans also seek for is the simplicity. To be Smaller and Simpler has become the new trend , so that one could get rid of a lot of trivia and enjoy the convenient life. Admittedly, to make things bigger and more complex is easier, if you call things of a mess complexity. Otherwise, I contend that both making things complex and simple demands real effort and courage.
　　First of all, before any further discussion, I want to clarify 'complex' and 'simple'. Here is an example. When a basketball star is asked "How could you play so well?". Probably he will say "It is simple. I just follow my hunch." But if he was asked when he was a beginner ,it would be a totally different answer . He might think it is hard to play so well that one day he could become a famous star. In this case, 'simple' and 'complex' are the evaluation of subjective feelings. After hard training ,the player finally obtain a professional skill ,while playing basketball doesn't change at all no matter how the player think of it. So, this is what I call subjective standard. No doubt, to achieve this ‘simple’ from ‘complex’ require a desire to explore the very thing not to mention hard working. Except the case above , actually, things could be described as complex and simple according to their own attribute, that is objective nature, which will go on being elucidated below.
　　On one hand, the pursuit of complexity cannot moves forward without spirits such as bravery, diligence, and creative mind. The real world is often not so simple as it first appears. How simple something is , in fact, depends to a considerable degree on how deep you dig into it and how far you are from the core. If you only fix your eyes on the surface, things may take on the simple look. It is easy and energy-saving to stay at the superficial, while it is a energy-consuming work to explore into the deep layer where the reality seems not very friendly , so to speak, it is perplexing. For instance, the computer at your service can implement any of your commands by your simply clicking on the mouse or pressing some keys on the keyboard. The whole process of data may last only for seconds or even shorter. Simple it may seem at the first glance, only experts on computers could explain exactly how could this realizes. It takes them hard work and open-mind to compile codes ,to think up ways in order to link the actions with the codes, and then order the computer to decode to finish the whole process. Therefore, only with effort and creative mind that one can look deeper and figure out the pith.
　　On the other hand, there does exit a tendency of simplicity. However, same with 'complexity' , they never emerge until one looks for it with endeavor and courage, along with open mind. Even the most complicated thing could turn on a easy look , which exactly are some of the scientists seeking for to facilitate human living conditions. For instance, if one want to know the weather condition of tomorrow , he or she can just get the information on TV, newspaper, or on the web. It becomes accessible in such a easy way that shouldn't we remember the contribution of those meteorologists. Moreover, earthquakes and hurricanes can also be predicted to some extent so that some actions can be taken to save lives and economic loss. However, it may be hard to think the persistent work behind the apparent simplicity. Data of decades must be accumulated and processed, needless to say the invention of the methods to forecast the weather and natural disasters, which is likely the fruit of the effort through several generations.
　　To conclude, the definition of 'complex' and 'simple' could be different. If it refers to one's subjective feelings , to achieve 'simple' asks one to work hard from the starting complex'. When related to objective definition, the course stepping out from the easy surface till reaching the intricate essence is in fact a course of recognizing and exploring things; to make things easier from complex is how we try to abstract things so that it could be conveniently at our service. In sum, without exerting out one's talent and energy, to make things easy or to complicate them will never be realized.