2007年05月 SAT美国东部考区作文题目重新选题

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Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below:

Materialism: it's the thing that everybody loves to hate. Few aspects of modern life have been more criticized than materialism. But let's face it: materialism—acquiring possessions and spending money—is a vital source of meaning and happiness in our time. People may criticize modern society for being too materialistic, but the fact remains that most of us spend most of our energy producing and consuming more and more stuff.
Adapted from James Twitchell, “Two Cheers for Materialism”

Should modern society be criticized for being materialistic?
Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.

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1. 题目翻译：

物质主义主义是每个人都不喜欢的东西。在现代生活中，很少有什么比物质主义受到的指责更多了。然而我们必须面对这点：那就是唯物主义，也就是得到物质或者花钱，是这个时代重要的意义和幸福的来源。人们可以指责现代社会太过注重物质，但是事实是我们中的大多数人把大多数的力气都花在了创造和消费更多的物质上。

题目：我们应当指责现代社会过于物质主义吗？

2. 审题关键词：modern society, materialistic

3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：

正：The world we are living has more stuff and money than any time in the past. More and more people emphasize so much on materials that they ignore other things that ate equally important, such as love and sympathy. So, modern society should be blamed.

反：Yet, it is because of materialism that people have the incentive to create stuff, improve technology and gain wealth. Thus, materialism serves as a key momentum to perfect the society.

补：We cannot safely say that materialism is good or bad. But it is guaranteed that putting too much emphasis on material can be harmful for the society as a whole.