2012年05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 assignment below:

No amount of wealth can help humanity move forward and make progress, even under the management of the most dedicated and socially conscious workers. Money only leads to selfishness and becomes an irresistible temptation to its owners to abuse it. The only thing that can lead people to praiseworthy ideas and noble deeds is to follow the example of great individuals who put other factors before money.
Adapted from Albert Einstein in Alice Calaprice, The New Quotable Einstein

Does money lead to selfishness?
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：

任何财富都不能帮助人们向前和进步，即使是在最有奉献精神和社会意识的人的领导之下。金钱只能导致自私。诱惑其拥有者滥用它。唯一能够让人们有值得赞赏的想法和崇高的行为的方式就是学习那些把金钱之外的东西看的更加重要的伟人。

题目：金钱会导致自私吗？

2. 审题关键词：money, selfishness

3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：

正：Money can afford you nearly whatever you want. Therefore, people tend to hold on to the money instead of giving it to others.

反：Many people devote their money to philanthropy to increase the well being of the society.

补：It is not money, but the desire to hold on to it that leads to selfishness.