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질문
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The knowledge we gain from personal experiences is more valuable than the knowledge we gain from books. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Do not use memorized examples.
▶ 책을 통해 지식을 얻는 것보단 실제 경험이 더욱 가치있다는 주장에 대한 나의 찬성, 반대 의견을 자세한 근거와 함께 제시하세요.
모범답안
Nowadays, there are many ways for people to learn about the world. In my opinion, the knowledge which we gain from our personal experiences is more important than that which we gain from printed sources. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
▶ 실제 경험이 출판물(printed sources=books)보다 중요하다고 의견을 제시했습니다.
First of all, books are not always accurate and often contradict what we can find in the real world. This is a result of the fact that books are often written by unqualified authors, but also because even respected and trained academics are subject to their own biases and personal shortcomings. Even if a diligent professor writes a book with the best of intentions and tries to avoid factual errors, his research might be faulty as a result of major shifts in world affairs. My own experience visiting the Republic of Sokovia several years ago is a good example of this. Before I took my trip, I read a great number of textbooks, articles and guide books about the region. All of these informed me that Sokovia was a very conservative place, and suggested that the people there might be unwelcoming. However, when I actually arrived, I encountered a very welcoming, progressive culture. Though the books I consulted were only a few years old, they were wholly out of date and did not match my personal experience. This example demonstrates some of the problems with depending too much on books for our knowledge.
▶ 책의 정보가 언제나 정확하지는 않으며 심지어는 현실과 반대되는 경우가 있다는 근거.
→ 검증되지 않은 저자에 의해 쓰여졌을 경우도 있으며, 전문가라 하더라도 편향된 글을 작성할 수 있음.
→ 여행을 위해 읽은 책, 기사, 가이드북 속 내용이 실제와 달랐던 개인 경험.
Secondly, the knowledge which we gain from personal experiences stays with us longer than that which we gain from reading. Books are often put away and forgotten about shortly after we read them. For example, I was a university student for four years and I read hundreds of books during that time. However, it is now a decade since my graduation and I can only remember just a few of those books. The rest of them all blend together and the knowledge I gained at the time is lost to me now. In contrast, I still have very vivid memories of the aforementioned trip to Europe. What I learned there about culture, people and society is burned into my memory and I will never forget it. This is because I had a personal connection to my trip, while I had only a temporary academic connection to my university studies.
▶ 실제 경험으로 얻은 지식이 책을 통해 얻은 것보다 더 오래 간다는 근거.
→ 책 속 내용이 빨리 잊어졌던 대학 시절의 경험
→ 실제로 얻은 생생한 경험(여행)을 절대 잊을 수 없으리란 생각.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that knowledge gained from experiences is more important than knowledge gained from reading books. This is because books are sometimes inaccurate, and because our personal memories stay with us longer than the facts we read about in print.
▶ 책을 읽음으로써 얻는 정보보다 실제 체험으로부터 얻는 게 중요하다는 주장에 대한 근거를 재정리
→ 불확실(inaccurate), 더 오래 남음 (stay with a longer)