SAT寫作積累：選擇的好壞

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1：Are bad choices and good choices equally likely to have negative consequences?

In life there is a consequence for every action. The misconception that only bad choices will bring about costly consequences has proliferated throughout society when it is obvious that good choices are the ones that bring about unfortunate results.

參考譯文：在我們的生活當中，每一個決定都會帶來某種后果。有種錯誤觀點在社會上特別盛行，即，只有壞的決定才會帶來不好的后果。但顯然，好的決定也能帶來不好的后果。

(點評：開頭段引出話題，明確表達自己的觀點。)

The aftermath of the Civil War clearly illustrates that even good choices can be costly to a nation. Abraham Lincoln’s decision to go to war with the South in an attempt to save the Union was tough to make but absolutely necessary. Lincoln foresaw that the United States of America had a chance to become a great nation and that a split could only lead to deleterious effects. Therefore, Lincoln made the best decision to wage war for the greater good in the end and because of this choice, America was able to remain united and it prospered. However, the Civil War was costly in terms of the economy and the loss of lives. The civil War is the war in which most American lives were lost in all of American history as a whole generation of men were left on the battlefield. The choice to fight and to save the Union was beneficial in the end but the price was great.

參考譯文：美國內戰造成的后果清楚表明，即便是好的選擇對國家來說也可能是代價高昂的。為了拯救國家，林肯決定對南部發起戰爭。做此決定非常艱難，但是卻是有必要的。林肯預見到美國有機會成為偉大的國家 。但是分裂只會帶來不利的影響。因此，林肯為了大多數的利益發動戰爭。由于這個決定，美國得以保持統一并繁榮昌盛。但是，從經濟和人的生命角度來說，內戰是付出了不小代價的。美國內戰是美國歷史上死亡人數最多 的一次戰爭。幾乎整代男人戰死沙場。為了拯救國家而戰的決定是有益的，但是代價卻是高昂的。

(點評：注意本段不斷在點題。從第一句主題句開始，點題;隨后不斷強調“林肯做出打仗的決定是正確的，但是代價是高昂的”這個主題。同學們要學習這種寫法。不斷點題，這樣避免寫著寫著就偏題了。)

In Sophocles’ Greek play, “Antigone,” the heroine’s decision to honor her brother by burying him caused great trouble in Thebes.Antigone lost both of her brothers during an upheaval in Thebes and a law was passed that whomever tried to bury one of the brothers, viewed as a rebel, would be sentenced to death. However, this threat does not frighten Antigone as she ignores it and buries her brother anyway. She only replies when demanded of why was, “I Shall never desert him. Never.” This choice to ignore the law and uphold the moral law to her brother is justified. However, her death causes her fiance to commit suicide which causes the mother of her fiance to kill herself, as well. Three lives were lost just to uphold all that is moral and just in the act of being loyal to one’s family.

參考譯文：在索福克勒斯的希臘戲劇“安提戈涅”中，女主人公決定安葬他的兄長，結果在底比斯造成極大的麻煩。安提戈涅在一場反叛中失去了他的兩位兄長。當時法律禁止安葬這些反叛分子，違反法律者將被判處 死刑。但是這并沒有嚇退安提戈涅。她置法律于不顧，安葬了兄長。當問到她這樣做的原因是，她回答說，我永遠不會拋棄他。永遠。她選擇不顧法律堅持道德準則的做法是有道理的。但是她的死造成她未婚夫的自殺，而這 又造成未婚夫母親的自殺。三條生命因為安提戈涅忠于家人，遵守道德和正義而喪失。

(點評：個人還是更喜歡第一個例子和論述。)

Consequences are inevitable whether they are foreseen or not. It is those decisions that bring about the greater good that are wise to take in life.

參考譯文：后果，不管是否可以預測，都是不可避免的。只有那些為大多數人帶來福利的決定才是明智的。

(點評：本段結尾表達自己的觀點，只有對大多數人好的決定才是明智的決定。還是表明了作者觀點，任何決定都可能帶來不可預知的，或者不好后果。)

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