To write a composition with materials, should we focus on the given materials at the beginning of the composition?
I suggest that you don't contact the materials at the beginning of the composition, but clarify your views through literary language, or give some brief examples around the main idea to leave a special impression on the marking teacher.
As for the materials, it is more appropriate to contact in the second or third paragraph. The ending should also pay attention to echo the beginning, topic and theme, and you can contact the materials again.
Move trees, move soil and move people (67 points)
Before the celebration, Nanjing University transplanted an apple branch from Newton's hometown of Lincolnshire for a beautiful reason: "If Newton's apple is hit, it will probably hit the students of Central South College".
Similarly, in Tianda and Shantou University, apple trees "introducing Newton" took root and sprouted in every corner of China campus. The vision of the tree mover is naturally beautiful and poetic, but what about after the tree is removed? If we move trees but can't move the soil to move people, will this apple tree from a foreign land be as mediocre as the story of "crossing the Huaihe River to be a bitter orange" that we have long been tired of hearing?
Move an apple tree, please move the soil that raised it! I think, in Lincolnshire, which is still far away from the hubbub, the most frightening thing is the thousand-year tranquility. If not, how can you imagine that Newton in the past could feel the truth behind that apple in silence? Only now, universities in China are scrambling to move from ivory towers to crossroads. When national professors become academic stars on the screen; When people have habitually called the professor "director" instead of his academic title, I always feel that this excessive noise is not academic prosperity, but a deeper cultural decline. Under the apple tree surrounded by people and spotlights, it takes patience and a quiet mind to be born.
Precious things always grow slowly. Now it seems that it is not just the apple tree that needs to grow slowly.
"Before there is genius, we need to cultivate the soil that nourishes genius." Lu Xun's words seem to last forever, but how can this quiet spiritual soil grow up slowly? I think it's better to be "natural", give it space and pay less attention to the university. Just like the celebration of Nantah, which has attracted much attention, moving trees in a big way is itself a counterexample in reality. I have always appreciated the quiet academic atmosphere of Cambridge University described by Professor Ge Xiongjian in Meeting Hawking. That's the real university! I think only in this way can the quiet soil grow, the "independent thought and free spirit" written by Chen Yinque can be truly realized, and the soil can really touch people!
Of course, we should also see that the introduction of apple trees itself means the university's expectation for freshmen and changes. It's just that apple trees can be transplanted quickly, but moving soil or even moving people requires us to wait peacefully and patiently. Don't be impatient this time.
Perhaps, in a quiet afternoon, under an ordinary apple tree in NTU, a mature apple is quietly landing!
Cultivate apple trees well (65 points)
Several universities in China have brought back the "Newton Apple Tree" one after another, which can be said to add a touch of bright color to the university campus. Of course, this will inevitably lead to doubts and criticisms about its show behavior. I don't think this is a bad thing.
For Nantah, this kind of behavior has certain positive significance. When the celebration gradually turns into the competition between the number of rich people and leadership positions, it is still "conscience" for the busy celebration office to think of the Lincolnshire branch in the search for "outstanding alumni". The transplantation of apple trees in Tianda, Shantou and Nanda shows that school leaders still have "scientific research" in their minds-provided that leaders are not all out of the limelight.
But it's easier for apples to smash their brains, and it's harder to smash their inspiration. For universities in China, there are still many things to be done to cultivate excellent scientific research talents. We can't just be an apple tree, but strive to be like Trinity College of Cambridge University, which trained Newton's great mind.
If university leaders are interested, they should first cultivate students' enthusiasm and correct attitude towards scientific research. In universities in China, students really study hard, but how many of them love exploring science? The problem is to get a high GPA, and study is to study and go abroad. How can such a big environment produce excellent talents? Principals should strive to create a positive academic atmosphere, guide students to study science well, and create learning conditions for students who are really interested and have ideals-not to say that they have good libraries and dormitories, but to enable them to follow their inner wishes and ideals, instead of being swept away by the surging army and losing precious time and dreams. For professors and students, leaders should allow them to settle down and do research and academic work, and don't force them with the number of papers-can they catch up with MIT with more papers? Even if the headmaster doesn't understand scientific research, he should create conditions-saving Gai Lou's money for academic activities may stimulate a clever mind.
Of course, to make apple trees really grow well, the whole society should do soil. There should be an atmosphere in society to encourage and support children to study science. When everyone wants to make money, how many parents can watch smart children walk into the deep lab? When the whole society advocates status and wealth and is indifferent to intellectuals, excellent talents will naturally-willing or unwilling-embark on the journey of grabbing fame and gain. It is true that researchers need to calm down and engage in academics, but this does not mean that the world should treat them coldly.
Having Sir Newton's apple tree is not a bad thing. But if we can't have the environment of Cambridge in the17th century, I'm afraid apple trees are ashamed to grow in China.
* * * Qi Xin, don't let the apple tree shame!
What can Apple do (63 points)
Tianjin University, Shantou University and Nanjing University all transplanted apple branches from Newton's hometown of Lincolnshire. The celebration office of Nanjing University said that by then, "if Newton's apples are smashed, Central South University students will also be smashed".
In this way, the apple trees in Lincolnshire were moved by Newton's light and stepped into the ranks of treasures. But what can Apple do?
Before Newton was born, many people in Lincolnshire were hit by apples, but no one put forward the law of gravity. After Newton, who can say that the remaining laws to be discovered in the vast world must be related to apple trees, and it must be this one in Lincolnshire? Having said that, I can't help but think of the story of Sakyamuni sitting quietly under a Bibo tree, thinking hard, realizing enlightenment and finally establishing Buddha. The tree in the story has now been renamed Bodhi Tree. Just like the apple tree in Lincolnshire, it has become a symbolic wealth, and even a fallen leaf is priceless. However, what is the value of preserving this leaf? You know, as long as there is bodhi in your heart, all plants, mountains and rivers are buddhas. If you don't have the idea of striving for enlightenment like Sakyamuni, even sitting on a bodhi tree is in vain! Similarly, if the universities in China only pursue the introduction of transplanted apple branches from Lincolnshire, and do not devote themselves to cultivating students' thinking and research spirit of seeking truth and knowledge, then maybe one day, the transplanted apple branches will really grow into towering trees with rich fruits, but our science park is still a barren and desolate place!
What can Apple do? How can we transplant the spirit of Apple at the same time? To put it more bluntly, how should we cherish the memory of great men and learn from their spirit?
I can't say that transplanting apple trees is completely wrong. In the final analysis, making apple branches with rich connotations into campus scenes is also a kind of publicity to some extent, just as Ba Jin once proposed to build a museum of the Cultural Revolution, because no matter how noble and despicable the spirit is, it must be pinned on concrete materials to truly exist in the world and arouse people's praise. However, have we done too much work on these external appearances and always forgot to cultivate its core inner spirit when transplanting? There are many places in China that imitate the urban construction of foreign countries, but all kinds of uncivilized phenomena still exist in these places, because we only transplanted buildings, but did not "transplant" better local civilization.
If our transplantation is always only half, and it is half of appearance, how many meaningful things can we transplant?
What can Apple do? It is better to discuss how to cultivate students who are good at exploration and thinking than to go all the way to find branches.
You need more than just branches (63 points)
Newton's apple tree thrives on the university campus in China. The branches of the tree have successively settled in Tianjin University, Shantou University and Nanjing University. I hope that "the apples that hit Newton will also hit Central South college students". Like Nantah, other universities are just out of this desire.
Indeed, this reflects our increasing attention to science and technology and the urgency of scientific achievements under the development of higher education. Although it is formalism, it is undoubtedly a good start. Such a move is understandable and worthy of recognition because it is conducive to promoting the academic atmosphere.
However, as mentioned above, this is only a form after all. If we really want to raise students' scientific literacy to a new height and make a major breakthrough in China's scientific achievements, we need not only branches of apple trees, but "roots" such as scientific spirit.
Since ancient times, the scientific spirit of China people is relatively lacking compared with that of westerners. Aristotle said, "I love my teacher, but I love truth more", but Confucianism despises science and technology. China people worked hard and summed up many skills in practice, but they lacked the foundation of scientific spirit, so it was difficult for Sang Rou to grow into a towering giant. Just like the attitude towards apple trees, China people are constantly smashed by apples, and finally the repeated performance of the trees every year is summed up as "the melons are ripe and the feet are falling". Newton in the west questioned why the apple fell. It can be seen that rationality, rigor, inquiry spirit and respect for scientific spirit in scientific research are the foundation of scientific development. Only deep roots can flourish. And those branches are only the most superficial skills, which can be transplanted and imitated, but they must take root to last long.
Undeniably, China people's attitude and achievements towards science and technology are progressive compared with the previous generation, which is also the reason why Qian Xuesen's enthusiasm for serving the country scientifically and the government's strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education have been realized. But we must also face up to the fact that our scientific spirit is still lacking. In the era of national construction, we shouted "learn mathematics and physics well, and we are not afraid to travel all over the world"; Now university professors are mainly responsible for publishing papers and giving lectures. On the surface, it seems that our scientific knowledge and literacy are improving, but if we go deeper, we will feel the mentality of quick success and instant benefit. This is the taboo of scientific research.
Therefore, to cultivate the soil that is really suitable for the scientific spirit to take root, we not only need more respect, but also let our urgent mood of science and technology driving productivity slow down and let scholars really settle down. From time to time, we ask people when they can win the Nobel Prize. They don't know that only by taking the Nobel Prize as a false name, letting go of the gloomy and tangled mentality and pursuing the scientific spirit wholeheartedly will we naturally have that kind of ability. Only by abandoning the prosperity on the surface of the branches and letting the scientific spirit take root in the heart can the falling apples be transformed into scientific flashes.
We need more than just branches.
Success begins with education itself (62 points)
Newton got the law of gravity because he was hit by an apple. This well-known story makes the apple trees in Newton's hometown of Lincolnshire become the focus of universities. The president of Tianjin University brought the branches of this apple tree back to the campus. Li Ka-shing gave the branch school to Shantou University; Nanjing University transplanted apple branches, hoping that "the apples that hit Newton will also hit Central South college students."
In the face of the "apple branches" planted by the university, I have to affirm their labor results to some extent. There is a historical relic related to celebrities in the corner of the campus, which can stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning to a certain extent and add cultural atmosphere to the campus. But if you want to rely solely on this twig to achieve the goal of "peaches and plums all over the world", it will be a bit crude!
"Planting trees for ten years, educating people for a hundred years." If we want to cultivate real talents, we should start with practical educational methods. The success of all great men is inseparable from education and their own efforts. Newton's inspiration for being "smashed" by apples was not obtained casually, but based on his thinking and hard study of the details of life. Once upon a time, there must have been a man who was hit by an apple under an apple tree like Newton, but he didn't become Newton because his efforts and preparation were not sufficient and his knowledge was not extensive enough. Therefore, knowledge is extremely important to a person's success, and an important source of knowledge is education.
However, in recent years, many schools in China have not grasped the general direction of "educating people", but hope to achieve the goal of making people talented by other "deviant" ways, which is very undesirable.
As an important place for students to study, schools should create a sound and perfect learning atmosphere. Of course, it is not enough to rely on only a few apple trees. Teachers and students should establish an equal and free academic exchange relationship. Just like Heisenberg and Bohr, one is a famous physics expert and the other is an unknown college student, but they can study scientific problems together equally and freely. In the end, it is this benign academic environment that created Bohr. In addition, pure academic education should be applied to every student, and academic research should not involve too much reputation and credit. Only in this way can we learn the purest knowledge and cultivate real talents.
Apples have been falling, but only in the hands of educated people.
Only by starting with the most initial and practical education and tirelessly educating people can we achieve real success in cultivating talents.
Thoughts on apple branch transplantation (62 points)
Not long ago, Nanjing University decided to transplant apple branches in Newton's hometown of Lincolnshire on the eve of its anniversary. According to the celebration office, at that time, "if you hit Newton's apple, you will also hit Central South University students."
Moreover, this move is not unique to Nantah. Tianjin University and Shantou University also transplanted branches of "Newton Apple Tree" back to the school park. For a time, the behavior of "transplanting Newton apple trees" seemed to become a common practice.
This seemingly lively behavior, at first glance, is nothing, but it is full of the expectations of various university campuses for their students, hoping that one day their school will graduate a "Newton" that shocked the world. Why not? After careful consideration, what we see is not only this little earnest expectation, but also the thoughts of Chinese people hidden behind the action.
We would rather travel thousands of miles to bring back an apple branch in the distance than take even a little practical action to improve campus conditions and create a better soil and environment for talent cultivation.
I think Newton became Newton, not because of the apple that hit his head, but because of the thoughts in his head. His passion for scientific research is so extensive that he can connect science with life at every moment of his life. And that apple is just an inspiration switch, a catalyst, but it can't be a crucial reason.
Looking back at the university campuses that regard Newton's apple trees as treasures, do they understand that the reason why people don't have Newton now, in the final analysis, is not a lack of inspiration, but a lack of thought? It's useless to smash thousands of apples without an indispensable thought and way of thinking like a soul.
In a word, it is too early to find this apple branch. The urgent task is to increase education and training; Invest more material resources and manpower in equipment conditions; Spend more energy on cultivating Newton's soil; Sweep away the atmosphere of "transplanting Newton apple trees" that stays on the surface; Put aside superficial and vain values, create a quiet and detached environment for students in the university campus, and don't be radical and utilitarian.
If you want a real Newton to be born, don't expect a Newton.
The scientific spirit behind the apple branch (62 points)
On the anniversary of Nanjing University, the branches of apple trees transplanted to Newton's hometown were said to have hit Newton's apples at that time, and may also hit the students of Central South University. Previously, Tianjin and Shantou University had also accepted Newton's Apple branch.
The love of apple branches in domestic universities may reflect the emphasis on scientific inquiry to some extent, and it can also be regarded as an incentive for students, which is not a bad thing in itself. However, the apple branch is just a form, a representation, so what is the spirit behind it? What is the most important thing that students have learned and gained from this apple branch? We can't help asking, is Newton's success just because of an apple?
The answer is obviously not. Newton was puzzled by the whereabouts of the apple, then he thought about it, devoted himself to research, and finally discovered the law of gravity. Science needs exploration and innovation, and needs the determination and perseverance to "ask why". The fall of apples is only a source of inspiration and an opportunity to enter science. After that, there is still a long way to go. We should be able to stand loneliness and setbacks. When the university transplanted apple branches, did it also transplant the scientific truth contained in apple branches? In other words, can we pass on this spirit of scientific inquiry to students and let it blossom and bear fruit? I think this is what really matters.
Real learning needs to calm down, grasp its essence and soul, precipitate, accumulate and make thin hair. And now how many so-called experts and scholars can do it? We often pay too much attention to the appearance and ignore the essence, which is superficial and will never go far. No wonder the whole society is impetuous, too eager for quick success and instant benefit, only superficial, and there is no learning atmosphere. The number of published papers seems to decide everything, sad!
Recently, I heard that a pineapple science prize was founded in China, which is similar to the Ig Nobel Prize. The biology prize was awarded to several scientists and engineers. They carefully observed and studied the finless porpoise's 300-day pregnancy and made hundreds of pages of observation reports. This seems meaningless, but it seems to give us hope. How many people can hide on the shore and observe for 300 days?
I think what we really need is this kind of meditation, a persistent pursuit of science and a kind of practice. I think this is also the spirit that Newton's apple branch wants to convey to us.
In fact, the apple branch is just a representation, so we don't have to do too many articles on it, and we don't have to care too much. We should have a heart to see through the phenomenon and truly understand the true meaning behind it.
I wonder if the hospital understands. Never let down the efforts of Apple Branch.