2010年01月 SAT欧洲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.

There are books that try to show the world as it is and books that try to show the world as it should or could be. Which sort of books should we be offering children and reading ourselves? One answer is the argument for the value of truth, for “telling it like it is.” Writers could promote certain positive ideals by being less realistic, but all of us—especially children—have a right to be told the truth.
Adapted from Claudia Mills, “The Ethics of Representation: Realism and Idealism in Children’s Fiction”

Should books portray the world as it is or as it should be?
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：

有的书试着向我们展示世界本来的样子，而有的书试着向我们展示世界应该或可能的样子。哪种书应该给孩子看，而哪种应该自己阅读呢？一种答案是强调真实的价值，也就是按照本来的方式讲述。作者通过不那么真实的方式，宣传某种正面的价值，但是我们所有人，特别是孩子，都有权利获知真相。

题目：书籍应当反映世界本来的样子还是它应有的样子？

2. 审题关键词：as it is, as it should be

3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：

应该的样子：People have a right to know the truth. /Only when we know the truth can we understand the world and strive to make it a better place.

应有的样子：We should have the ideal to make the world the way it should be./ Sometimes, the world is not the way we want it to be. Thus, in order to maintain children’s positive attitude towards the world, we should tell them the way things should turn out.