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书名:SAT作文:你也可以拿满分

ISBN:978-7-302-25678-6

作者:钟莉

责编:陈莉 高屾

出版日期:2011年7月 版次: 1-1

定价:39.00元

编目分类:SAT考试/英语考试

内容简介

本书是美国名校入学考试指导系列之一。该书详细阐述了SAT作文写作技巧,提供了充实的各类论证素材,并通过作文点评解读获取高分的技巧,是不可多得的英语备考教材与读物。

SAT作文测试学生的语言掌握及运用能力,考查学生的逻辑推理与思维能力。本书不仅详解应对SAT作文技巧,而且提示学生要培养良好的阅读习惯和思维习惯,使学生成绩受益的同时,思想也跟着受益。

作者简介

钟莉(Christy L. Zhong)

北京外国语大学英语语言文学硕士,SAT英文教育专家,加拿大BC省翻译协会会员,常春藤100教育全职专业SAT英文教师。在中国和北美地区从事英语语言教学十余年,对东西方教学理念及应试模式有深刻的了解。著有:《弗朗茨·舒伯特及其时代》、《克莱普纳广告教程》等。

目录

Chapter I SAT Essay Overview        1       

What you need to know before you write        1

SAT essay is 25 minutes in length        1

Use pencil        2

Write legibly        2

No “right” or “wrong” answer to topic assignment        3

Who are the readers?        3

How are the essays graded?        4

What are the scoring criteria?        4

Scoring of 6        4

Scoring of 5        5

Scoring of 4        5

Scoring of 3        6

Scoring of 2        6

Scoring of 1        7

Scoring of 0        7

Chapter II 7 tips to know for maximizing your score        8       

Tip one: Attitude decides everything

——be positive over negative        8

Tip two: Cultivate good reading habits

——take notes while reading        10

1. create a reading list        10

2. think while reading        11

3. take notes while reading        11

4. reading is pleasure        12

Tip three: Examples, examples and examples

——make a summary of example resource        13

1. make a list of examples        13

2. read the news        14

3. practice arguing by using examples        14

4. Vary the sources of examples        14

5. Can I use song or Harry Potter examples?        14

Tip four: Write long

——one and a half pages at least        15

Tip five: Use big words

——don’t go overwhelmed        16

1. use big words appropriately        16

Tip six: be direct

——avoid wordiness        19

Tip seven: Entertain your reader

——add fun to your essay        22

1. don’t be too personal        22

2. humor impresses readers        22

Chapter III 8 steps for writing a good essay        23       

Step one: Decide your position

——read the prompt carefully        24

Step two: Find examples

——two examples are fine, too        25

Step three: Write introductory paragraph

——state your position        26

Step four: Begin the body

——use examples to support your position        26

Step five: Write the conclusion

——you must close        27

Step six: Show variety in sentence structure        28

1. Vary the rhythm by alternating short and long sentences.        28

Vary sentence openings.        29

Step seven: Diversity in word choice        30

Step eight: Check and polish

——revise for grammatical and writing faults        33

Chapter IV 9 SAT Essay Topics and Essay Sample Explanation        34

Section I: Modern Society Issues        34

Topic 1: Is apathy a problem in today’s society?        34

Topic 2: Is the world changing for the better?        41

Topic 3: Should modern society be criticized for being materialistic?        46

Section II: Technology “Advancement”        50

Topic 1: Do the benefits of technology always outweigh the costs?        50

Topic 2: Do changes that make our lives easier not necessarily make

them better?        54

Topic 3: Have modern advancements truly improved the quality of people's lives?        58

Section III: Media and information        60

Topic 1: Do violence and immorality in the media make our society

more dangerous and immoral?        60

Topic 2: Do newspapers, magazines, TV, radios determine what is

important to most people?        62

Section IV: Individuality and group        63

Topic 1: Is it always best to determine one’s own views of right and wrong, or can we benefit from following the crowd?        63

Topic 2: Is there any value for people to belong only to a group or groups

with which they have something in common?        67

Topic 3: Are organizations or groups most successful when their members

pursue individual wishes and goals?        69

Section V: Honesty        71

Topic 1: Are people bound to tell the truth at all times, or are there situations

in which it is better to lie or tell only partial truths?        71

Topic 2: Can deception - pretending that something is true when it is

not - sometimes have good results?        74

Topic 3: Do circumstances determine whether or not we should tell the truth?        77

Section VI: Education and knowledge        79

Topic 1: Is education primarily the result of influences other than school?        79

Topic 2: Can knowledge be a burden rather than a benefit?        81

Section VII: Success and adversity        85

Topic 1: Can success be disastrous?        85

Topic 2: Is striving to achieve a goal always the best course of action,

or should people give up if they are not making progress?        88

Topic 3: Is it more important to do work that one finds fulfilling or

work that pays well?        94

Section VIII: Making decisions        96

Topic 1: What two options are the most difficult to choose between?        96

Topic 2: Are people best defined by what they do?        100

Section IX: Others        102

Topic 1: Does fame bring happiness, or are people who are not famous

more likely to be happy?        102

Topic 2: Do incidents from the past continue to influence the present?        104

Chapter V Example sources for SAT        107

Section I: Law of life        108

Buddha’s teaching        108

Three fables        108

What you should know about life        109

Section II: Historical documents and speeches        110

United States Declaration of Independence (Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776)        110

The Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863)        113

I have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. (August 28, 1963)        114

Blood, Sweat, and Tears, by Winston Churchill (May 13, 1940)        118

William Faulkner on accepting Nobel Prize in Literature (December 10, 1950)        120

Section III: Philosophers and thinkers        121

Laozi        121

Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)        122

Socrates (469 BC-399 BC)        123

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)        125

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)        127

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)        128

Section IV: Artists        129

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)        129

Michelangelo (1475-1564)        130

Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890)        132

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)        133

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)        134

Section V: Authors        135

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)        135

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)        135

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)        136

Mark Twain (1835-1910)        137

Italo Calvino (1923-1985)        138

Jules Verne (1828-1905)        139

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)        140

Section VI: Humanitarians        141

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)        141

Eleanor Roosevelt(1884-1962)        141

Section VII: Scientists and inventors        142

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)        142

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)        143

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)        144

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)        145

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)        146

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)        146

Marie Curie (1867-1934)        147

Section VIII: Leaders        148

Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC)        148

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869--1948)        149

George Washington (1732-1799)        150

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)        152

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)        153

Section IX: Businessmen        154

The du Pont Family        154

Henry Ford (1863--1947)        154

Bill Gates (1955---)        155

序言

SAT,又称学术能力评估测试,是1901年以来美国普遍使用的大学入学考试,也是国际学生申请美国本科必须参加的考试之一。经过多年不断地修改和完善,目前的SAT版本不仅测试考生的知识水平,而且注重考查他们运用知识和独立思考的能力。

考生要在SAT考试中取得高分并不容易,对母语不是英语的中国学生来说尤其如此,所以平时持之以恒的努力和考前全力以赴的冲刺都是必要的。为了提高考生平时练习的效率,有目标地进行考前突击复习,我们特意编写了美国名校入学指导系列。

在编写过程中,常春藤100教育的资深顾问团队将其多年丰富的入学申请成就和咨询经验进行了总结,同时,SAT教学专家仔细研究了历年的SAT考题,并收集了大量美国历史、文化、新闻及教育方面的素材,以求我们的这套丛书更贴近真题,更有指导性、针对性和时代性。

这套丛书包括:

SAT数学宝典

美国大学入学申请文章写作及例文欣赏

SAT词汇宝典

SAT作文:你也可以拿满分

SAT阅读分析及训练

SAT语法攻略

其内容包揽了常春藤100 教育10年来对美国著名大学录取标准的分析,东西方教育体制的比较,以及指导考生成功进入美国名校的经验和个案。在英语和数学方面,这套书从词汇、语法、阅读、写作,到几何、代数、统计、概率以及基础数论的计算和分析都做了详尽的解释和深刻的剖析,并给予学习方法上的指导和考试技巧上的提示。此外,该丛书还收入了大量由常春藤100教育SAT专家撰写的相关练习和仿真限时考题。

在使用这套丛书的过程中,考生对SAT会从知之甚少到驾轻就熟,从茫然不知所措到坦然从容应对。这个过程帮助他们丰富科学知识,接触美国文化,提高英语技能,熟悉考试模式,充分认识自我,增强应试能力。

从准备参加SAT考试,到如愿以偿进入理想的美国大学,是一个短至数月长至数年的过程。这个过程犹如在崎岖不平的小道上攀登,是对毅力的磨练和恒心的考验。对正处于个性形成期的中学生而言,这个过程对他们将来的人生轨迹和成功有着重要的作用。SAT是一项有相当难度的考试,考生在准备考试的过程中,需有坚强的毅力克服重重困难,需有持久的恒心面对种种挑战。从这个意义上来说,准备SAT考试就是为将来锲而不舍勇往直前的人生铺路,以达到自信自强的目的。

参加SAT考试,进入理想的美国大学,需要考生的勤奋和努力,也需要家长的支持和培育。家长希望孩子受到良好的教育,更希望孩子敢于面对挫折,经得住生活的考验,有百折不挠的精神。当孩子复习考试遇到困难时,理解与帮助会给孩子温暖;鼓励和鞭策会给孩子动力。敢于参加SAT考试并为之付出努力本身就是积极向上的态度和行动。不管结果如何,通过这一过程,孩子会逐渐积累知识,培养毅力。这是不可多得的经历,是现代教育的理念,也是考生家长的期盼。

SAT不仅寄托着家长的希望,更孕育着考生的成功!

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