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the
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med a
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f
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ack
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and
rolrna
sls who ntetoielved
ord na.r'
r€rt
s and
even oppose.s
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war,lhus
prolid
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a bala.ced
liew
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rut tc.q-"t
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o
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at
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ow
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heads
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shade
as
llre so
.al
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'evdence
s evdenlly
m
ss.g ihe
readerslho ghllhar
lhey
rere
ae
n
nformed
abolt
qrourd-,breakirg
eviderce. ..
y
lo find oul
fow
lhal
th.
were a.rua 1
te.]
an
a
v/ild.gaase
chase.
rin
a
bd
to
9ah
respect
and admn3ton
i.am othe.
news
sources
and
pole.ti.ly
gain
ng rew
subscrbers.t
the same
time
m.ry
emp o\rees oi mass
med .
hale
siooped lo
ne\
ows
.;olrna
Cm erh
cs Lies
concoctjons
and
pagarsm
abo nd.Ths atest scandalto
h he
fiass
Inedia
industry
s
that concerning
The NewYo T
mes",
wdely.egarded
as the standard
to which
a
seri,.especing
newspaper
should
asp
re
io emu
ate.
Slttrecover ng iroh
lda.-
o
idro-eo..
o.o. di...c.
o ecr
..ade
p stories:nd
q .ta o.s
thal
slen made ihe
ircnl
p.ge
Th. Ner
York
l
oes
recei\red another
blolr when
naae lse
oi bul a n.ot c..C ct
Sho.k.nc
stupo.$ere
lhe
[ro
ma n
expressro.s whe.
peopie
earnl
ofrhe
sc.ndas
Such actions
hale bee.
knowf
to
exsr
among
rogue
jour.alisls
bltlor'The NewYork
T
m€s
to havc
.omm lted
the
card.a
slns
rv.s
unbe elabe
ETo
qel
the
E
F-e,haps
l. 5r an. riE
examp0s.lhe nler
no4
n.lr.l.s
a Brl
sh
*anrD,F
cons.q enly
,eru
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s
s
Fisese
exanr
es are
Lrs-
ditterenl
ssu€s
-
b.s
ness
ann
rar
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stl
counG
:s a farjety
ol
suppoftng
trriie.
shows
h6r
c.mn.nd
.ttansrege
natjtst
h
tet
.ho,ca
oi
eipressrons, bur
a/so i,
lhe
ral
s/rd e.stj,
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rnleres/irg
is
rhe
us-"
.dphr.ses.
l^.re:.nry
llr.
po(enla
.rlrcisinso,.
her
no.t
and lakes
p..ns
.autt-dt .tgunent
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t..:k
al
a can.:Ltsia.
at lnking
.tgrn.nI
ne.nt
th.t
lhe
prl.graph
/osrs
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ar
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concius.n
hal
'lemonst.a(es
the wrler
s
possjbiy
roo
srron€
s lhe
sol€
purpose
of the mass
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O.e
savr the
decmaiior
otan
enl
re
gene€tion
ol
yoliq
me. in
Europe
Unbetievably
a
(emoelhan
lwe.ty
years
later
Wortd
War Two
heElded
(he
d.ooo
g
o
dloT
ooaos
o.
-o.l
ra
dno
Ndqr.,
.
a
rno/e llhiLh
fot
on
cta
med
rhe
ves
o
hose
present
bllwh
clr
\ oLr
d ma.n
the borlies
afd solls
oi
J.pafese
chidren yet
to
come. The n5tu.e
oflrar
lseti
haLl
clra.ged
n
tlre
hven eLh
cFnrury
Sevpf m ton
LiL
ans d
ed fWordWrrTwo
Thc..n.Fn.r,n
ho.ourabe
war
had died
at the
rLrin of
the
c;niury
and
,P_p.
"o{
t.
b-
iot..
o.
ra
-h.
tuentielh.eitury
das
bdrhed
il
otood;nd
it was
then thatwe
reatired
thal
wewere
not
thatfar
differenttrom
beasts
after
at,
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o c
dnq6
.
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e
.
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r, olrgd
dc
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o
e-o\"rZeo;no
was ihe
iiBt of€pproximaleyfiny
colnt 6s
ro
eventually gEnl
wonen
the riglrt
to vote.
Ccnrherc
a
.on
raceptio.
pi
5
a
so
aave
danr,
wonen
I
n {he
rc ,\jrex poad
o
.-
,F,
o
.nd
bodies,
efabling
lhem
10
decirle when
and
tito
Io. idd.. P6raioi
^Fl
d a
e 0-6
'...o.redo,
De
r,".o
or
-,
c'
oC,..d
ric.
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Natois
n
an anempl
ro
gEnt
every
s na
e
person
a
deceni
standerd
oi v na
OThe
verv fabrtc
of
society
had been
rpped asLrnder
and was
s€wf back
iogelher
lo
accommodate
those
who
had once
beei
maEina
ized
or despsed
ndeed,
iowards
rhe
end
of
lhe
hventieUr
cent ry,
the Nelh€rtands
accorded
tolos"
-
co.or-s
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.
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o
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| 10lr
ro",
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o,
eqJ:
I
ror
each
ande eryoie
llnlort nately.
many
deve
oping
counlries were
rendered lncapabte
offotowing
sUr. ctobaisalon
w?s
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ro,
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b..,,erl,
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rlre.al ra
resou(es
or th
d wortd
naL.ns
h.
rhpr
rnore
powedu
e
es resuled
n
a vicous
cvcL
or
po erly.
@The
renewed
interesl
n e.vib;menta
consetualo.
did not
he
D
ether
covernm.,anis
ih
deleoping
nations
m6y
ban
destructon
ofraintoresis
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'unbel€ ably
io
conveyz
s€nse
oi d sapponlment.
afl€r lhe
sr.ing
ach
elenents
in
the
pre.€dinq
The
concud
ng sentence
10
the
paEg€ph
not only
r€ fforces
this
opinjoi, it
inventive
y
(i
somewhat
SreFh
ca ty
)tnks
lhe
paragraph
io
ihe ierms
ofth€
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we
lcrafted
netaphor if
approprlab
y
placed
can
setoe
to
consolidate
seveE
exahptes
and
marsha
them
to
supporl
your
arcldenr.
li
you
do
choose
to
atlefipt
tlris
padicutar
st,
isllc inforaton,
r€nember
nol
lo hix
metaphors
For
exampledo
not
wrire,
The
rabic
or
socieiy,
rpped
apaft
now had
lo b€
9/r.6rback
O rlvas
an age
of
proaress.
Neler
had
hunr:n
civlizatio.
changed
as
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y
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the
fd.anFFlrr
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besi
of
times
ir
wzs
ih6
worsr
of
timos.,,
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on
this
sssessment
ofthe
last
certury
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forov6
both
an$ erthe
same
qleston
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s
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how
rhe
ar .r
manJces
10
dei
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reau
rempnj;
drhe
queston
by b3
ancirg
her
cohm€nts:
ltwas
a.
ageot
progress.
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rwes:so
an
@
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Mter
succncly
makes
lhe
postulElion
llral
n
spile
ot
al
ma.kind
s ach
eveme.ts.
hs
essenta
n:lurewil
always
p
aoue
an :ssessmenr
ni
c iizal
o.
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a rh€me
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show
lrow.elotul
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not
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isled
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as 2n
nd re.i.esponse
to rhe
rhre.l
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rq
or$e
lnrled Narions (UN)
iN .( r
lie
l .r. V/.rd
fiars
{as
a
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far fronr
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.rd f..n.r
ls..rcepicf
has
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bee.
ire;.f
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iiiF h.
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recerty
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lo
f;r.flion
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ons
. the [1dd
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as
wc
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a f.ie
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a
path
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be
e .
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rghl
dtrection
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wars
ard
broc.sfeil
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last.entury
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c r
r1.r.
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lie
sam.l
me
the lr. eCrlen src.rake
s
t..r
aps
ore
of the best
lh nqs
we.an toa:(
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to
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to the
economc sce.e
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mass nd slra
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rheexpan:o.oi
:n.
f
.,8 ma
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ar overa
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relo
liona./ narslra
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eles
and
arge
s.a e
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s
r:s
ro:
I ihr.rt
its
iia4ge6.
horleler
as we
saw
roo.
ear
y
'rl-.
Greea
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oitne
1 3Cs
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l1r. Co.l
r'ln,
p
tled the
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rq
,erF/rat
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t.c
cash drivan
world of indrsiry
and
internatjo.a
lr:de:
ihe
significant
changes
in
the
asl co.tury
hive
granled
s vast
potentia
lo meet
need,
and
.x..
enler.nple.f h. 1
r.rr
maY b.laice
youress3
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a bro:der
perspecr
e
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ngs
a
b.3rced
p€rspe.lr.
as
rt
aea
s
wfth
huii.nrys
noL\
esl ofnneitons
i
respond
na
r.
the
rhre.l
of
*arlhal
h.s been
d s.ussed I
tfe
PG.€d.g
pamlraoh
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counlerweighl
to
lhe
beak
plctur. pre ously
pa
nlea
human
ly
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d
pace
.
the
UN
s. nd ng
nalve
n hs ena
ys
s
itThs
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b
lds
up.n
rhe
balanced
perepe.lve
esl3b sh,.d
i
lrre.re
ous.nP
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peop
e
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ban.ec
osq
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ls
lhe rd,roresl
d e lo lle
decrn.(on
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e do
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same mistakes
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.e.1ury
a
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ca
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n
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al
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I
2b
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was
the besl
oitimes,
il
vas
ihe
worst
oftimes.
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assesshenl
of
the
tast
cenrury.
:h:
wrter
lLrns
3.
.hi
.,..
,rrli/.lrse
aii.r
rboll
lrre
i.lure
of
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econ.m. b-oiFll
iil
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iiqi
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an
app..prale
a
r
of
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ana
li€ed
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accural€
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idenled
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cflhe
quole
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qces.l
lo use
ths nrorse
of
ifomrar.i
efioclvey
craftng
I rt.
r
rcl€vanl
obsetoaron
thar
slggesls
Ihll
the..h ev€m€nc
ol the
lastc€nt rycan
b.
attribuled
lo lts
wr(ers
and
O
&
O hay.pteario
De dslrn.t
exanip
es
suppc.tng
lhe
cbseivaton
lhat I has
beer a
wa.torn
century N. €ver
rh.
wileriras
goi€
on. st€. iunher
lak ng
painslo
shoL
lrorore
confl
ctmay
spain
elen
r.F
aggressicf.
n
so lon ihe
€x.mp
es
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lhe
poir
salsfacl.riy.
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used
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111ra
Ctanll
JC2
etArnxin:
kjE
J, )Aot
jjtNo'tlft:tDEx11F"aa.l:
oi
people
s
so
s
0Slmtarty,
technologca
.dvancements
I
the ast
cenl ry
made many
s
mpie
lasks sjmpLerio,
everyday
liviis
Conventence
ndeed,
but at
the
price
oi.omperence.
The
ast
c€ftury's
dependence
on technology
nade many
peoptel si
that
-
dependent
and
nable
lo
lhiik ior th€mse ves.
Co.c
svey
we and
that lhe lasl cenlury
was fdeed
boih ihe
besloitimes
aid
the
worstoitimes
02s6A
F
Pad
ofthe cha
enge
otthts
essay
queslon
tay
n
the dscussion
ofexireme
assessmeits
("best
aid
wo6l
)
Berow
are some oiher
previous
A
eve
questions
thai i. ove
a s miar
chalenqe
Howwould
you
deatwjth
ea.h
quesron?
a) A
feoitotal
r
ry-dreamornohtmare?
{2O1]O)
b) dea ism
briigs dis
lus
onmentireatisrn
brngs resu
rs
,
Discuss
(2000)
c)
Fumai be
nss have
lilimiled
desires,
bLrl i;iled resources.
rs iposiOlero
reconcile
the ido?
(1998)
d
'F
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.
'rd
'r.etag."arec
opoeo..er to.6,-eea\t
.ot-p
8.
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ro
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e)
'rJercy
kiling ls
not
mercr : t
is
murder' D
sc ss.(l993)
a,,res\Yer
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Ioday
as we
sr.nd
o.1he
verae
oia
aobat
econony,
we
€n
$e
the s
gniicance
oithe l;t
century
;":rJfl [:*"
whelher
t is
for beflerorworse
ony
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tlre
scenaro
pa
nled
ber,o.e
perh.ps
the
siateme.t
would hold
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nol
knowi.g the iie
he
ls
m
ss
n o 1 .n
ollsld.lh.
wa
rs
olris
vra.d
m.y
aiford the ma. Jre
rha.ce
ic k,aep
hls
blissf:
.ess
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rer.
m:y
be
ic .
.oit€.lneir
c.mes
easiLy and he *. d hara neel
riy.-es
el
BNt
perh.ps
it
is
s
table to
nov/ l r.lo
ri.
4lderc.rterloi
g.orance
in
the
eleryman
s Lfe
koiledge comes io
s
I
many iorms,
be
11
bas c
leracy,
dis.overnlta sclentic
lrulh c.
a religlols
o.e. or €a zln
thal ihera
s
so m ch to know
that cne does not
et
know.
lre
irunan
being is
a
creature
lh
rsiy ior
knowedge
qEve
.tethe
hr)l
tanthe
fahid.len iee
of knawledge
af
gaod
a.d
etl
and
n.nt
then an.narkrrdt
hlsio,l
has
bee, r
..t.t
endina
arest
lat k..wle.Jqe,
.J
allkin.js.
.r
s
pe/haps
. this I
r
n
F.e to
k.ow more
to be less
r .orart
ih.l
som.one
londered
on the
ill
ily of t,
..
Jr'.
.b
B o-oooi
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the
e.d
ess
purs
t of
knov/ledge the
nab
ty
to
3e
I sat:sled lh the
(.o{ledge
llrat o.e has
.af.ot
5e
,lescr
led as
b
ss
nether can
gfo.ance
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. ii23ton lras
evolved lo
tjr
s
p.
ntwrere
edlcation
and
terac\r
sso
mpoian
to one
s
slri a
makes
(
iper.t e
l. rea
ze :hal
tre
ca..ot
h de
nder
these
fetr rords
a
rd
ne.Ce.ever 1. be
mo.e :han
, norant
fi
lf the
sl.ang
ch dren
oilhe lh.d
word
natons..n
b.
e.ab
ea lo mprove
lhe r
les wtlr llera.y
.nd a.
.r afeness
lh.t
lhere a.e ihlngs they
can do fcrer.mpeto
preve.t
certa
N d seases
why
sho d
they
be a
lc$ed
ro
.
o. n
blissnr
igforance oilhe
r
f tle deaths?
The.e.re
lrrose
ri. ar eiora retlritoihe
smperile
wtholrthe
.omplcatons cf modeiniy
and
Drcoress
b r
ihe
resl
ssle
s
not
rr'lrelher or not.re
should be
happierwith
orvr tholi
a.ompurer
crte
evsLon se1, b t
llhetler
n
aliain
g
tirose
.cmf.rts
(lhrolgh
knowedge
and
n e.tion),
ne ose
somEtn
f:
thar
l.s there beior€
t
s mcrc aboul
.arei
y
tread
ng
the
oalh
beiwe€n
na
lete
af../N.isn lhe
s
mpelcJ,
of a
fool
s nor
d.sirabe and irence al most on
y
sLperlica
y
b ssiu,
bll
rh.
one eho
s eade.
dowll
vr
lh lhe
woi ht
of
k.owledge
so:s to be cy..a
.an
hard
y
des re
a.y happ ness trom
r
n
elher. Perhaps I s
hard to lnd
lh.t area r-behraen
wiere
one can be
happ
aboul knoy/ ng
lei
conien(ed n
not
knovr n
al,
blt
t s
mpodanl to take
lh.t
l6t
step
oul
pro..ss
:soaerin.is
irr:
nu
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iliorrrii
l):at ),
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"rgnora.ce
is
b
iss. Do
yo
agree?
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a
tij
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i'i. liy
m
ghi
ire her
E.g a te
llhict
Dakes use
ofvery
conFtex
s€ntence strucr res.
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ght
ls oflhe ess. wh
cf ere
no(
mmediatey
ccmprehe.sibte
ir
llncran.e;s
b s3. o rc
rhal mp
rhat know
edge
.ni
rngs
pa
n, and tnar
attthe know edgs
being mpart€d
lo the
yo .gcr
eneralon
ihrough
schoos these
days
s blt
another
loppin
clsuiferng
to oura
ready
not too happy
i
d B.
e pe q-odrF
roll sl nol
kio$ing
t
s €aty a
{d bio sty
btssf
)stale
lA
ady sl.nd
nq ortsde
on.
of the
llards
ar
lhe
n.nla
hospna
may look
tn
o.
o.e
of
ls
patents,
a
30
leaFo
d
lrcwn p playng,tlr
some
loys
He has the
,nenla
ty
oi
3
leaFod.
bul
hes
happy,
ob
vious to the
'
Ial.,
,
.e
ee
o
q
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lrTh s
ls
one of lhe
maf contexts n
whrch
people
are
Fcren
lo ihi.h that
igrora.ce
ca.
be blsstu,
blr
petnaps
'n o d
.o
-
e90.
I ssiu
can
he not se€
lhe symparhe(.
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who
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ioo can.ol
be
ving
n
the
\olatblss
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ignorance
of
his be
ng diflerenl.
can he? There
are
tmes
when
it
is
worth
pondering,
hovr' lgnorant
m s1one
be beiors
a
pa
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.
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larols
pa.s
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word
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on
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aps
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s
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.orflicls
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tnere s
this k.o{reaS.
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the
r.alrord reqlnes
s
to recognize thal
k.owleCle
is
mporlart,
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not more
bjssf
rhan
gnorence.
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ir .na
b-anls
neei
to know 3.d li is
a need thai
wiibecom€
apparcni
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others. whetherwe
le t or
noi Yet,
allholoh
lgnorance
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ts ioln.l
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whether knowedge
leads to.yncism
or
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innocent.hild.en
cr oihers
.
o r socieiy,
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er
tha.
them, wth envy
and
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bccause
rhey have
ioGotien
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ng
knowledge, that lhey
too ca.
be brssf
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other
wals
A
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words, ke the rady
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itca
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oi
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o
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o
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k
nd
ciphllosophica
dscussion
yo
musl
be very
c ear
in
your
nderslanding
and erpression
oi
abstract .on.epis
to attempt
such
q estions
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'orlaN
zaiion and
a
well-dc'ined {hes
s
staiement are
essenta to
make sense ot
yo r
essa\,
n
genera
,
t.J/ln an open
qlesliof
s nol
recommended.
Below are some
exanpres
ofopen
olestio.s
ircnr
lrcvtous
A ele
q .slions.
E)
s
teiiy
rilary
everpossbe?
(2002)
b)
D
scuss tire appea,.n(]
tlre
dangers
oi at.npt n
t.
pred
ci the
i rL'e
{2001)
c)
Dc
arcunrefts
e er
settle .nything? (19S9)
rl
ocnsjderthe
a e in
re
ofpLaniiig
(1996)
.i
cc.side,
ihe impcrtance oisteep (1s93)
il fte
pace
f.oolr
in
everyd.y
ie
(199?l
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lnt),zaat
4ssltj
r.d ced
io nolh
ngness wh€n attacked
by a modern computer.
n
iacl
a
coser
consideration oithe
semantics
jnvolved
here eads to
an
insight,
a conLpuierwas
oiglna
y
desgned
to complie,
and this rema ns
iis
Sreaiesi
srrenglh
p nli
.ow The
.or.plter
has
a so to some
peopl€,
becorne
a
lling brealhlng
ihlng
an
ndispensabe
.orpan
on
p3.1y
due
to
ils
personalisalon
by l
crosoft
wh
ch
efables
user-compuler
re:Uonsh.s
to
become
more nteracive
One.an
rveak
ihe
deskrop
change the scree.
$allpapei
.ra
basica
decorate the
compLrler screen as lhough
oie
were design ng
tie
jnieror
ol
frcuse
ln
ihesehays
rhe.omputer
s brrqing a huge
9an
tcorrtives
nHorever
pe.haps
the rnost s€doLrs
prob
em associated wth
complters
is a
Dreakdown
or
a r
social cornmunicat
on.
Electronlc
malafd
chaiproqrammes
are so
conlenient
that they
are
very
olch
preferred
over the
l€ditionar
sna l mail' that is,
lrandwriilen
eters
and the
nol-so-traditionalleephone
call TrLie
itmlghibemore
c.nvenienl
Yet srch comrnun
catof s alrnost d€voirl
oi
personallolch
-
in everyday
Ia.e-to-face
conrmunication, on€ can see the other
person's
facalexpressions
and can
sense the
v
b8s
generated
by
th€
otheas body
anguage
ln sna riai, there is ai eas( the
pcrsonale
ement
of
handwriing:in
teephon€
conversaliofs
there
sllr€voce.
Whai
abolt
e
€crron c mail afd
chatlnes?
The
besl
ailenrpt
at showing emotions is to Lrse
Ieeb
e
co'nb
n
at
ons of typog
raphjca
symbo s to form
'emot
con s
,
or
'emoule
icons
Th-.se
and other
aspects
oionlin€ communicalion he
p
to cr€aie
a
lalse froni, For
eNamp
e
o.€ may
type
althoLrgh one may
notfee
in the least bii lke
ra gh
ng When
personal
.ommlnicalon
degrades in th s manner, when barcades are
plt
p
betveen
peope
and
everybodywears
doLrblelayered rnasks, the
situation
s ipe
for
mis nderstandlngs,
which
ran
only lead to rnor€ slrife. Thls may, in fa.l,
be
the
qreatesl
bane
ollhe
Dersonal
compuler
Foweler,
one disadvantage does not
elimin:t€ nrut
ple
advanlages. 1ls not
dilicuit
lo
notice tlrat th€ computer hss
pe&aded
and lntruded
inio
our daily llves to a very
:rge extefi
I s
much
mor€ difcu t lo say
lhal
it has b.oLrght more
pa
n
than
ga
n
to
mank
nd
as ts
beneflts
are so
diverse and
iis
dlsadvantages
comparaiively niniles
mal
A bas
c sense
or
se
i-d
scloline can colrni€r any or
alloi
the m:jor
negalve
efiecis
ol
compltars However.
ih€
mode.n
complter
is
sUll
a
rcc€ni
invenlion, only
aboLrt
ten
yeaE
oo
so as to
uhat
the
i lLf€
hoids in store iorlhe complie. and ts
reaiionship
with
mank
nd
we
w
iust
hlve
tc
wail and
se€
Sean
L
p
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TWO: ESSAYS
2.1
lUore
paln
lhan
ga
n'
,
ls
this
a
reason.ble
comnr€nt on the role the
personal
computerhas
played
in ourlives so
rar?
Li This essay
has
a
good
inhoducUon
w th the
wrters
sland an the ssle
ceary
slaiea
Exanrine
the
way
the wr ter draws
lhe
reader
nto lhe .ssay wilh an
insightl l lse cl
ii.-
L.
o^
co96
rtr
These
paragraphs
cois der lhe benents
oi.ompulers
dernonskati.g
w th
a
wealrh oi
erampes
why
our
ves have clranged
for
the
beile.with
them
l
These
paragraphs
cois der tire other sde
oitite a.g men(,
how computers da.ot
aways brng
qa
i
Pay
specialatteniion
to
tlre
writers
rernarks after he
presents
ihese
argum€.ts
Do
yoLr
think he ls
efiective n
oifer ng a balanced
vewwtrtte advanci.g
lr s
Th€
earl€sl
precLrsor
io
our modern
compul€rwas
a
machne
devetoped by
Cha
es Babbage more than
a ceniury
ago
Here
forthefirsttime wassomethng
ariijcial
and
absollr€iy
nof,h rnan
n
nature
that
colrd man
puLate
iig .es and sums,
showing thal
lt
possessed
some
semb ance
oi
human lollc
atbe t ot the most i ndamen
ta
lind The
personalconrputer
we
us€ taday
is
otcoulse,
mit ons
oftinres
nrore
sophisilcated than ihe
adding machines
ofold and has shaped
modern tife to a
greater
exienllhan w€
are
o rseves
aware.
On the
whole
arn
inclned
to think that
o r
tives
are
betlerwlth
the
lnlroducton
oflhe
persona
computer
than
withoul
ri
n
iact, the benefils
lhal
accrue to
s
ouhvegh
the
polenta
d
sadvanlages ofthe machin€
ATake
Ihe lntemel iorexampe
Wih
I, one has access to
r.ore
tnfo.maiion ihan
would
be
provided
by a lwenty vo
roe
sei
oi encycopaedias,
not
to mention th€ new
g
obaldeveopments
ihat
occuffed
lusr
m
nutes
ago
And thar
ts noi
al:
rhere is a
constant
pielhora
oitre€
games
with \rh ch one can amuse
oneseti,
bils
can be
pad
at lhe
clck ofa
mouse
and online a .iians
car be
hed
ln
a
singte
word:
conv€r €nce.
FrYetwth
allgood
thiias
pro.rised
by
ihe
lntern€t
ther€ neverth€Less exists a
constant
skeam oi
deirltus
in
the io.m
of
ndeceni
photog
raphs
(which
ar€
now
sta.dard
viewing
for
a
arue nu
rn ber oi chi dren
be
ow th€ age of twelve, thanks 10
the conventence
oi
the
hl€rnel), do-llyaurself
suic
de tips and techniq Lres ihe
alesi
guides
on how to
nvade
anolhers
prvacy
and
so
on
Complaints by
parenls
that lhe
r
chitdren speid too
much ume
chatung wilh theirirends
on ine a.e a so
pr€la
ent. Blrlhose who condemn
computers becaus€
oJlhis are mlssing the
poini.
Dislracrons snd
bad fillences hare
aways exsled
even betore the
advenlof
the
computer, and
ir
has atways
been the
responsib
ity of bolh the
parent
and
ch
d
lo
keep rhe chjtd away
trorn such
praclces
riris
has been
an age-old
prccept
so why
blame the c.mplter?
Qleady,
iithere
ts one
part.l
the
personajcompller
llral
smoreofaboonthanabane.
i
is
the lnternet
aThen again
there
s
a
lot
more
io
the
persona
complrer
than
lre
tnterne{.
Documenls
can b€ ch rfed out
in.eat
fonts
elirn nating the
problem
ol nreadabl€
handw
lng. tulasters olthe
art
of
programm
n9 can
sei the
compurerto
periorming
a
compLex
ser
es
oicalcLr
arons,
so
much
so
ihat
some olthe most
d fficull mathemat..
ca culaUons
so m ch so thal
some ofthe most diifcLrll
mathematical orob ems have been
objeclions but does so
oblqrely.ather
than
directy
Do
you
lh nk the
conchsion
de: s
w
th
tte
c
alms oi
th
e
pen
lltimate
paragraph
we
?
Or
do€s it
sdeslep
tfe
lssue?
YoLr
co d lry \rrltrng a concl son
ihat
bolh answers the
objeclons lhat
have been ralsed and
.inrn\s the
wrters
posilion
llrat compulers
b.ing
mo.e
ga
n
than
pain
t-
Belowaresomeolherprevo sA-eve
q esl
ons llral nlove discuss ng the
eJJects
ot
comp lers. How
wo ld
yo
dea wih eaclr
queslo.?
a)
compLrter
games
have
great
appealbui
iitl
e
value."
lsthis€raircomnenl?(1995)
bl
Eleni a
ly.
compuiels wllla
ow
peope
to
work from home
ls ihis
desirab e?
{1992)
.)
Hoyr can modern
technoloqybe
sed loaid
earnlng
in
s.hools?
(1988)
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--45Jltt
higher
paying
and
more
olamourous
iob
This was wh e his
chiLdren
were torced to
eal
insbnt
nood es
daily
This man is noi alone
forwe
freqLrently read
tn the
newspapers
or
prckylobless
worke6
refusing 10
dolobs ihat are benealh their
dign
ly
tndeed, the
unwrtten
base
ne for
ai
acceptablelob
seems to b€
diving
iaxs
OA
gene.ation
ol
s ch weak-wiLed a.d i.iexib
s
peop
e
w
on
y
spe I disasrer io.
Singapore
The
r
chldrcf
wtlsufler as
ihey
srlbbornly
reiuse to t.ke p
jcbs
wh n lhe
..urlrys
ecoionry
wllslffer
as
th€
u.ernpioyment
prob
€n
wrllprole
a
iolgh
n t
to
crack
This
s
a
temb e consequence
of rapid economic deve
opment
prod cng
a
leneial
on
ofp€op
e who do nol know
hadship
3nd thus a.€ unable to adapt
1o
ltwhen
r
strkes.
There
s
no
easy so ution to this
problem
a nd the nrost worry ng thing
sthatthese
people
we hale
been crticisng
aretLrst the first batches
oitheir
generation
Thercarea
rol
ols
rnllar
rir
nded
people
who willenterthe economy
soon and
ir
s a huge worry as ro
how lhe w be able
io
support the ageing
poputalon
tfbad economic cond tions
perstsl
or
strike e\ren more terr bly
Second
y,
be eve that
S ngapore is worse
ofdue 10 the education
porrc
es
thai
sh
e has
rnp emented
n response
to tlr e rapid econom
c deve
opment.
O
r
ed caiton
po
cv is stream
lfed
(owards
creating
a
nucleus
oiab€
and
prodlrctive
workers
io
irn
the
srngapore
economy and maintain
our
prosperiy.
The
r:pidit),
oJ oLrr economtc
developme.t
mak€s
lhis essentia
and lhus lo
us
every
sl dents
represe.ts
lila
resource
poiential.
He or she musl be
no
d€d to
ft
lhe
colntrys
needs
As such. we
have
deveoped
slreaming
programmes
Iwo or th.ee
comp
sory
.al
onal examjnations ana an exlremely heavy work oad on
sildents.
often,
students
have to
stldy many
slbjects and in nearty
a I
cases,
they have tiiite
say
n
wh
ch ihese
subjectsare Despit€thewderangeof
O'anC
A
Leve slbjec1s, we
choose on
y
lre
ones Ihat
are economlcally
Lrseful
lo offer Io silde.rs. Tlre
end
p.odlcis
of
aL
this are very
slressed stLrdenls,
a
ncdence
cfmyopia in
yoLrng
ch tdren
and wo.st of
a
.
stereorlp
ca
dentica
Singaporeans.
I
s
ihese Slngapo€ans,'cut
ftom the same
coth
,
which
are
a
bg
probt€m
ro th€
nalon
Yes. they
are
good
and
produciive
worh€rs,
prcncenl
n Eng tsh, wirtr
backgro nd
kiowledge
ofmalh€rnatcs
science and the hlr.an
ites aid specia
sation in
eco.omtca
y
rsefulareas
like
eng
ne€rin
or
phys
catscenc€
wh st
hardworktng ard obed
entove.a
l
However,Ihey
lack
the
dynamsm
and
creativiy needed
n
a
fasr
chanoina econonry
today.
Tlrey
aretoo usedlorefening
toih€jrbooks
and
fottowngnxed
fomats
These
peop
e wi
bccome naUona leaders
some day and lt does
notbode
wet
for rtre
naron
ri
ler
leaders
are nrere
by
Ihe-book"
characters
Th:s
policy
ol
p .s
.g
a
vsry
specilc
modet
oJ the ideal
S ngaporean has
alje.atcd
lhe
ery top
and
bottor.
oftlre lnle leciua
speclr m
Whitst
gnorng
th€ boiiorn
s
Lamentable
ii
is
uniortunately
a
phenomenon
wondwde
The very lop tholgh
slffer
I
ihis rgid
sysiem as they
zre
bored and
f. siraied
and they
lvjite
iher
ea\re or never reach
the r
potentia
-ih
s
is a
terble
consequen.e
for
a
coLhtry
based on human
ta enl Wh
e
we have
qone
ior
a
sound and teasibte
edLicato.
poiicy
to
ma
ntai.
econor.ic
prospe.ty
I
seems that the
tab
es
have
iurned
aqainst s.
-ahi.d
y.
being
an ans loler myseti
wanr ro dwe
on
rhe
facl
that our.aDrd
econom
c
development has come wilh
a targeLy
g.ored
ijris
a.d cu
tlra
scefe
Th .gs
may
hale
picked
p.eceniy
especia
y
with the
open ng oithe Esplanade
Theatres
on
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t{v
Chrq
.1C)
qe
otnain:
lt:; t
3,
}At)J,
,EJ5}.8
2.2 ln
whai
ways
has
your
country suffered
as
a
resu
t
of rapid
economtc
t Thc essay
lmpress
e
y
dea
s
w ih a
iange
oi
concens. lr
disp
ays
a fadr ar t
\
tn
oca
lssues
a
pre
requ
s
Ie for any
q estion
that nvolves a
d
sclrss on oi
your.oDnlry
U.iThe
essay
s
asa
lery
cte:rabo i the varols
arsasthai
corne nderdtsc ss n
ana
rises
topic
sentences
efiect
veLy.
o4ooa
.o-oa ing
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2.3Is
dre
Un
ted
Nations
stilla
relevant
orqdnisation?
l]] Tlr s essay showcases
the r
tefs
ab tity to lse
facts abo t the Unilect Natrons and
.ufflnl
alia rs
efieclve
y
fhe
examp
es cl'rosen show inat the wrter
js
\ eitread
a.d
in:.inred
ab. t lhese
rnaft€is
A danger
i.
attnmpt
nll tris
son of
essa
is
hiir iq the
.ntre
ar menl.n
a
sl.g e
case
stLrdy
(n
lh
s..se
iheS-.condGuLiWarw?sb iar:he
nost
rop .r cani d:te) The wr
t.r
does
se tnal
-axarnt
e, rl noi erctr s e
y
nor
Jinr
ari.'llJa:
i'rr,,iliir
rr.'
j
l0|J
At -n
Ij
thets. ,bllrom.rry.n.nes
li.lleelhole.
Nlozarl
or PLcasso.emai'
aien
llrsarlsrc
desedsmaaeccrietebytlreiacllhetlhlsperodojrapde.o.omrcgro\\4nhasbeen
.cconip.ijed
by
a
dec n?
n
lrad
tona
ads and
c L\ re
ke
Chirese
Qpera
and
L1a
a
Ths arls
provae
lhe fe
.rd s. .r3
colnlr
and
vta
tv.nd
cololrto
'ne
s
lr r
e. icnn.e.l
The
arts aso
pfom.te
ihin(ng
oltollhe
box
a
sef
ccnceptnr
lod:ys
{.rn
As
sLr.i
il..-ams 2mexlab c ltrir:
as we
have.hased
eco.omic
m
esicfe.tier
'o9o
o
--o
'o
l
.
;
"
\o :
"
ieellh:l v
l'r
ou
prosperty
and
not.rce
ci
an.
$e hale
beg n
io desccrate
an
r'la'y
ch
dren lak.
p
anc ess .i
ii
some
forn'or.ther
bll ready
a
.an.ol
p
av a
lLrn'
excepl
f.r trrs
r
lnrei
erem
ratio.
iorms
I seems
lnslll
ng that lhev are
caf
be
ca
ed
I
e'
sts
lhe olai
iot
for e.r
ch.re.t
nor
}:th
fee
i.g
or
pass
on
b l
Ior their cxam
.aton
pass
lrpi;a
oi(hepro.llclsolouror,.educalonpolcy
Yes we
have become
r cri
e'o h
t'
r
o
anos
ard
lak€
Lessons
b t
tlr s
m.sr
certa
n
y
is
nol
an
LaslLy
L
feelm.st sod
y
tlrat llre
rapld econon.
deleopme.t
has cd
lo a
br?akdolrn
r
socalre
atronsh
ps
Wh
-a
we a.e nol as bad as
Japa.
wlrere
peop
e
e
oit
nstanl lo.ds and
sleep
n I ny.r
b. e lrotes
we
nav
get
there someday
E e"c
the sit aro.
e es
a ol
to be des
red l,'lany
parents
do nol1r. e
d
nnerwitt
iheir
.hildren
rc
arly
an.l
many work
fg.d
ts do not vist
their
age ng
parents ireq e.t)'
Iina
I
(eftib
e
thal we ne€d lo
hale an
E.l
wih Yolr
Farniy
Day lo
get peop
€
10
'o
il
S ch
lh fgs lsed
io
be
oan of
o r c
ture and nollLrrning
up for dinner
daiLvvas
an
.he.ra
01. sni. Now, as
we
work
onller
hoLrs.
n
seenrs as
thoulh
we hav€
satiice'
o r
lam
y
l es
fo.
o r
pr.spefl
Th s
breakdolln
does nol e.d
wtr lam ly
d
n.ers
lvlany
S
igapo€ans
io
iol
evei
k.,rw
rhel.
nci hbo rs
or
lnaie an
6iio.l
lo
even
do so Gone
is llre
comm nity
sp ril
lhal
.e.1t.
erlsi
n
ttre
:ges
The end
res
l
ls
a selfsh
and
self
centered
nal.n
1oo
ca ghr pwLih.frch
ia cneselflc
elen stop
and
consder
lrhal
we hod
dear and
lry
to
lresalre
I Srro
r re
be
surprsed
thrt Readers
D
gesl
rolnc Singapore
1o
be
a
nros:
Lrnirretd
v.ation
am ngst
lhe
lwent)r odd deleoped
coLr'trles
polled?
Lrvo d
not
be
"'r
.rr
soci;
b.havoLrr
s
perlecuy
ifd catile
ofthat
Addlng io this s.eother
prablem
t\
ttr
no
Iam
y
of
lrends
s r.ols t
wo d.nly be
16r loo easv for S
nlacoreans
to
eave
if
h
igs
g;
baCly
lrere
t
o r
best end
brllr\esl can be
eni ced lo
le3 e so easll
lhe
r
Si.lapore
s
srstai.eC
Drospeity
ooks lo
e
i. d:nger
l.
ccr. son oJr
rap d
economc
deleopmentiras
brolqnt
ols
ofbenentcll
Sli pore
;s
aiso
worse oli as
people
hale
grown
tp weakwllled
and ncreaslng
v
selr
nte;esled
Aso
the
edirc?t€n
poLcles
we
have
mplemenied
have
edto:i.itsJesen
nere as
we
3s
laclory-nraoe
Slr apcreans
Lt is th€se drawlracks
whch
mav o'e
dav
r.i
ca
lv ndo
a
that
has been achieved
throLrgh
rap
d
econom c devel.pmert
Ho
taren
Y
(02A1,1)
IB
ilr,he
" iler
a
so staies.lear
ujde
nds wtlh
lrh.n sn-a
ela ates the
Lli
ted
Nalofs
Tl:
js
c4c a
as t sho\rs
irn
lnderstand
ng
oi
the
k.y
lerms
in
tie
question
As
yo
r:nr
lfeess.r
lr..r
lle criler.
nrrlrd cei
i. mifd and .ois
der
wirellter
the .ssav has
:'
.a\'
rfler
lfe
d sbafd ng .f
lhe Leag e
oi llal
ons.
the
United Nal
ons
(UN)was
sel
p
r. be th€
riba
governing
body thal ould
enacl
anC
enforce inrernato.r
aws
a.d
egreeme.lsfoni
ated on the basis
oiconsens s
These
awsserved
as
theguidetines
lhat I ts menber siales
wo
d
aspire to and were
eipecled lo
abide by .
add
tion
a
d .
ro..1ihe
Un ted Nations
was to
addiess
prolr
e6s
oi
an
int€rnal
cnaLnarLre in
an
eff.entrn..nor
and als.
roorqnnised
co
operalile
-Atfirrls
b€f
een member
slates n
dea .g
lnr th.se
problems
I
s
ttls ltlin to
ei.Dr ne lhather the
UN
has
be€n iltfi
ng
i:s roes
thus
f r.
or
whelher
these r.jes are
ele..e evanl
in
the
po
jtica
cimate.f
the
lvor
d tod:y,.lThis
assessment of relevance
wl
l be along
thc
llnes
of rhree
main
crlteri.:
lnether
the
United
Naions
lras been:bte to
efectyet enaci re
evanl
FoLces,
,theiher
I
cif.nf.r.e
lhese
plJlic
es
ard
f:ttrn
(h3t
wherh€r
there
s
sril
a
s fiicert
eve
oi r.sp..1
forihese
policas
or r'r'helherthese
meas res
slroltd be
reforned.
For
ai nl.rnatonalrriganis.ton
lc be re
ela.t
lls
p.lc.s
hale to be
rl
r.c|y
aptrrcair.
to nternal
cna
prob
ems as e
as
rei€ct
tne
eva ol ihe
malortty of the
'rtcrnationa
c.Jnm n
Iy.
Tc lh
s end, the UN lras €de .are
)r
tLr
iiLted ts
tr man t.rtan
roes
The re{r ee
prob
em
s
one ofthe mosl
impoftant
transnaliona
probe.ns
of today.
th.no'6lhan
a m L
on
reiuge€s
wordw
de
3nd
s.ttreclly
addressed byihe
UN
rhro h
the
esteb
shme.t
oi
refllee
camps wondwide
Canrps in the olisk
rts of Rwanda and
Z
nrbabre
a one e bas:c
provision
and med .a treahenr
lo
at least 500
0C0
reiuge.s
.. gh1ii rhe
crossflre
orsuer B warfare
Sinr
ary
reflllee.amos
on
tfe
oliskiirs of
A birn
a
r.re
repd
y
sei
up
wth
the
o.set
ofwar:|d
they
grve
provsion
ior
iholsa.ds.t
r4iulr-.e.
afd atraiged for
asy n n
Brla
n
Fran.e
A straia
end
the
Neihertands
A
s . io.d
a
Io fam
ne strcken
paces
of srb-Sarr:rrn
Afr..
has
beei
slccessJ
y.cord
naled
blr
tlre
UN
ln the last
ye3.
aione
lhe
UN has
coor. n:ted
ltre
lra.sier
oi.il1_v
ri
on
US Cojars wo
h
oifood
atri Howeler,
vrLlh
at teasr nfty
percent
oi
llr. rodd
s
plpLr
aliol
liv r be.w
ure
poverty
le c. these
effcrrs
wh
e
adnrirabe co
d
e
redo b
ed
l.
greater:ievare
ths
prcbrem,lho lh
rhe
L.lN
is.lrlto s
y
not expecred
lo
ae a
ness;f ..ri to(a
y
eradlc.te rord
lr i e.
I ts rr
9.
y
d b,ors hLrmanilar an
ro
e
as lire althor tatile
body on
lr m.i
righrs
l.eLrN s
p€rhaps
nol
so successiLrlor relelanl Many
of
iire
n lersa
rghts
espoused rn
the
Un
iel
Nalions De.laralon
ofthe
ufitan
R
ghts
3re
notrecoqn
sed
al a lby manv
ol
o
o
J\l-l"r.o,
S. .pcre
nionesa..d Vei.ai
Co
n.l
reco .
se. rersoNs
basl. and ..lenabe
r hl
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2.4 How
far should
the
actions
ot
teade.s
be
derermined
by
p btic
optnion?
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2.5
'G.e3t works
of lite.ature
do
not make
good
litms.
Discuss.
l':j
Th s
rs
a cha
leno
ng essay
as
t reqLr
res
good
k.owteCge
of Lterature
and
flr
A
so
a
s ..esstu
pece
trolid
be abe to compar€
specnc.haracreristics
oi
great
works
oi
lr.ratlre
wth v,hrl
l
m has
to oiier
. ihes-a
r.spc.is
(he
f.Low
nq essay disi nqurshes
il lh: .1 .1 r. .f
ihe essals
s .s
f.,
ors
.
nlr.d .ion
D
sclsses.omrnon
pe.cept.rsoirhe
retatjonsnip
ber,reef
lerat re.nd
ri
m
wh le hnk
n
the
cr c
l
obsctuatior
ih€r
rNe
ess:rt
s
abclt
compart.g
the
l
o
nol
llsr
consLderf-o
what
akes a
aood
l
m
i:r
Greal iErel re
c.n make
qocd
litm
I
-
iorts
|ra(
dep.t.rLra
ities thar
c:r
be renaererl
--t
Great lleral rs c:n
nrak€
good
fiinr ll
Cert3nqefres(plays)eremoreefiecrvey
- r
Grest
lteral re
d.es.ot
rnake
go.d
lrm N a.ce
oferpr.ss on
spe.iicty.f
,l .9e
anC
an alihor
iat e.a.ralve
o.e.a.nor
bc
r pii.aled
efiecrvely.
O
Greal I
ter:llre does
nat mak€
goad
l m
I ReDrcdlcng
great
terarlre
oiien
res
ls n
pa.sable
i
r.s that
ia
pa
nfuly shon
ofthe
org
nal
GErlend
ng the rss e:l"1akn9
a
nlm ersion
of a
tlerary wort
a ways
entals neoot:tira
d
o
D6
aF
Oaon.lrs..
An
rs
lrf
reierec.e
to tlrs
cpen.g
senlence
of the essay
corctldes llre
al
i
s 1o
tie
said thal a
prture
painls
a
tho sand
words.
ltr€f
r
seerns nalurat for
rslo mag
ne thal the besl
l
ns
slern
irom
ttre
greaiesr
t.rarywor\s
However
commoi
s
lhatwatching
the
i
..
aiier ha i.9
rcEd ihe
book is lsua ly
a
a
s:F,pofi
n
ex€rcse Tlrere
are the
erceol.ns ol
colrse, The C
o.kwork
Oranqe b/
Antiony B rless
was brlllantly
rendered
l. frm
lry tne Lare
Slan ey KLbrct
blrl
ndeed
th.se
lre
fc\r
and
far
be[ e€]r.
t s
.ot
to
sar'rh.l
lreat
vorks
of
te.atLrre
rnake
ior
g,ea
la
ires n
n
n.
.larely thal
I
s hlrnan
n?tu.e io draw comparisons
across the
tuo
genres.
cert.inly,
many
iilms
when
j dsed
on
their
own
m€rits,
receive
ihe immediaie
siamp ofapproval,
b twhen
measured aqainst rhe
,,great
tilerarywork',
lheywere
based
on, falljust thar
much
shod.
tl
I s
aitl.
I tc
contesl lhe
lact th.r
r.at
works
of
iteral re
can rnake
oood
nt'ns.
rll
s..re
q 3lncitons
f..d lo
be made to Ilre
stal.nrentforit
ro
be
dore
precse
ess a
:ii..p
nl
ge.eraLsal
on
iew
w.rld
d
sp re
th.t ltre
recert bor
oiice
srnashes,
Lord oi
t1e
R
ngs
pai
o.e ani
Lo .re rorih
ol
pratsc
.dee.j
they
are
good
tilms f
only
..a se
o.'
ihe
ale
tliey ,nyoko
n
the
a c
ence
r,ry
rlre
opic
r.ndelr
of
rhe
s.enes
ir ch
; e iieisn.rsed
by
momenis
oitefder rofiran.e
Perhaps
thon
greal
t€raryworks
caf
i.ke
glod
i
ms. brl lhis
s
more
poss
ble
otre.
trre main lein
oi deas
n
these worl(s
are
llngibe..es thal.an
oe
ensiy refdered
n
vsla
terms
ideEs
fheroism,
courage
n
oatii.
h..o r.nd
randelr
ihe
v
slal imFaci that
eeves an
aldience
i. v/onder is
.erte n
o.e
.i
lh-c
marks of
a
good
i
m
i
I
s
als.
perlraps
vrorthwh
e
lo me.tron
thsl
Iim versions.i
pays
are more
eas
V
.l h5el
oc.l
lhan l
r
versions of nole
s A
g.od
examp
e
wolld
be The
lmpo(ance
of
uelrlt
Ernesl
b,,
Os.ar
U/
de
.
feri.stca
y
flnr
p
ay
wh.h
lrasllsl
as hlmorousy
-
\fii:iry
tat
tjt
:Nfrji,
iri. r. :00r
rJ-\7 r:r
ts;re,
lhe
eaae.s
cann.l
aiioii t.
be nroved
by
plblic
op
flo.
So.
ihe.e
s a
I
r
I io
l
crl
tilb
c v
ews
cln
play
a
part
n
gcvernment
acrtons.
A
ea.ler
should a
so h. e the abllily to make npopLrlar
Cecls ons
elen
f
i
m..is
o'r
toialy.gainst
pllr
copnon. Th
s
rs
oflen
lhe.ase
n na.y.olntr
es
n lmesoi
.rsrs
The
2cton
of
.
e;der
sho
C nol be del€.m ned by
ilst
plb
c opin on
esteca
./
.
cases
oiem.r e..y
nsl.ad
anyachon
sho d
be
b.sed
cn lo..s nl.n
rhe
pro fess
or the n.lio.
r-ls:or
fas
slo\rn
s nrany
a
tme
rh.r
great
eaoers are
rr.se,rlrc
rre aie
'.
o:fead
ir lh
lnFoD
ar
decsions. This
.c
ldes
olr Sen or
M
i
sler
hc
. l9rj3 v/rs
srrr.wn
erou li
to
.
alread, iirlhc
merger with Ma als a
a
tholgh
lre
uas a..ed tr
tn
'relrernenl
opp.silo.
al hoine
Ilref
rl
vJas
the ful re of S'ngapore ihai topped
Itr
Lee
s
: enaa
iot
bLic
opiiio.
Th s
the rezder
has
to
elercse
hjs
own Ciscretion
a.i.or
lLsl
depern
on
plb
c
opnion
iihe
s lodo
a
goodjob
I
enslrn9 hls.ai
on
s
sr.c.ss
F
na
ly
n
is nol
adliseb e
fora leader
to base h s actions
sot.
y.n puir
c.
i..
nrf
t
becalse,1
s
rol
p
agrnatcwhen
lhe liews
oiUre
plb
c are
dlrded
Eorr.nance
il
lhe
plbL
c
were to be d
vLd€d
of
a
.eriEi|
ssle
the
eaderwl
sure nolbe.Llelo
peasearlhego psa..iscend panlallonrsinqcertaiiiactons
nrhesecases
t{c d
be.rdch
betler rlthe
e.der do€s what he
be
teves
in,
ralhcr
Ihan merety bc
a
plpper
oi
ce(ain acilisb This
s.specl3lt)'
re
e a.t
tn aEe
pop
aiions
where dtsa reemenls:r.
o nd lr arise w
ihln
he
lenerai
pub
. Th
s
s
the
.ase
n
id a wlrere tlre
lovennerl
ias
bee.
iorc.d
Io
a.i
accod
ng lo Ihe
\
of
activst
grculs,
due to
po
Uca
aliances
lf
ex"emislFoltca
p.nies.
Tlr
s
has resuted
ln dornestic chanleswircn
are
perce .d
as
be
n 3.sed
to\ ard
a certa
n
cornnun ty and so
creating
mLrch .l
sccrd :moig
llie
pLrLJ
.
Hence
t
s
obliols
t)rar
a eaderG.notiel
hs
actions
bedelermned byjlsl
p btic
n
conc lsLon.
pub
c opin.n can be
a.
excellent too of
a
eaoer lf used
c.ne.ly
..C
lo
llre
rght exle.t
Then views oithe
popLrlaUon
mlst
certa
n
y
be
t3ken ir. a.c.mi
b tlheseshoud.olsoeydet€.minealeadersactiofs.
Let me
recal tne 1am s.rlcte
bl
Abrahanr
L
n.o n Demo.recy
s
olernmentcithe
peop
e, by lhe
peop
e, for
rhe
peo.
e Th
s s
somethi.g
thal a lle.ders
olghl
to live
up to,
conslaft