2009年05月 SAT美国西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 the assignment below.

Good decision making generally requires people to think carefully and logically and to pay attention to practical details. However, people who depend on their feelings and emotions to make important decisions are not likely to spend hours gathering information, making lists, considering all possible outcomes, and so forth. When comparing the advantages or disadvantages of one course of action to another, these people ask themselves, “What do my feelings tell me?”

Should people let their feelings guide them when they make important 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.

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1. 题目翻译：

一般来说，好的决定需要人们认真、有逻辑地思考，并且专注于实际的细节。然而，依靠自己的感觉和情感做出重大决定的人不太可能花很长时间收集信息、列出清单、考虑各种可能结果或者做出类似的事。当比较一种行为的好处和坏处时，这些人会问自己：“我们感受告诉我应该做什么决定？”

题目：人们应当让感受指引他们做出重大决定吗？

2. 审题关键词：feelings, important decisions

3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：

正：It is good to follow your heart when making important life decisions because sometimes, even you know you made the right one, you cannot fool your heart to feel better about it.

反：We cannot let our feelings to take control of ourselves. We need to be rational when making important decisions.

补：There is no such thing as the right decision. It is right as long as you think it is.