2009年01月 SAT欧洲考区作文题目重新选题
写作题目
收起Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
People are taught that they should not go back on their decisions. In fact, our society supports the notion that to change your mind is evidence of weakness and unreliability, leading many people to say, “Once I decide, I decide!” But why do people make such a statement? If factors, feelings, and ideas change, isn’t the ability to make a new decision evidence of flexibility, adaptability, and strength?
Adapted from Theodore I.Rubin, Compassion and Self-Hate
Should people change their decisions when circumstances change, or is it best for them to stick with their original decisions?
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 observations.
答题辅导
收起1. 题目翻译:
人们被告知,他们不应当撤回自己的决定。实际上,社会支持这样的观点,就是改变心意是软弱和不可靠的表现。这让很多人都说:“君子一言,驷马难追。”但是人们为什么要做出这样的声明呢?如果事实、感受和想法改变了,那做出新决定的能力不应该是灵活性、适应性和力量的体现吗?
题目:人们应该根据情势变化和改变决定还是坚持自己原来的决定呢?
2. 审题关键词:change decisions, circumstances change, stick with, original
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲:
改变决定:Sometimes, the key factors that determined us to make the decisions have changed, making it unrealistic or impossible to stick with our original decisions.
坚持决定:As reliable and responsible individuals, we need to stick to our original decisions to make ourselves trustworthy. It is the spirit of contract.