1. 英語作文範文
我最感動的事
I live in the hospital quarters, see the daily life and life more tightly, always thought that what does not let me喜悲easily. Then one day, I know that the Jiang-sheng, nurses said that he did not father, mother, with only one相依為命.
See Jiang-sheng, he lay curled in bed by the window; thin his bedside sat the mother, is seriously to him describe the scene outside the window: "Today more than good weather to see the sun shine all of you in bed , the window opened rape children, a golden. lawn Hey! not Xiaoyu it is earlier that the girl who came to live with is that we have a disease, than we have re-started, this does not Now they can walk in the yard. The doctor said that now, this disease good governance ... ... "
Ward wall of the window is bare wall, or anything, Jiang-sheng suffering from brain tumors of the optic nerve compression, has been blind admission. Repeatedly to the patient's family doctor gave an account of the serious condition. Could be his mother, the frail mother. Adhere to let his son be the best treatment, she was reluctant to give up hope of even one ten thousandth. She was later learned Da egg cake street vendors, in order to cure her son, she had sold the house to live, but also to sell the blood ... ...
Street neighborhood with her friends and relatives do not bear to blush, as long as see who, with a total holding up hand-pulling. "Give me your son make a phone call." She was always a time to beg people to play my son's cell phone telephone greetings. She said to him: so many people do care about you!
Day after day she accompanied her son on the bed, quietly sitting in bed watching carefully their own arrangements for his son to answer calls.
It is hard to believe no one, she can not sleep all night after another few days, running around. Inquire about his son's classmates, friends address. "Give me your son make a phone call." She said.
Doctors best efforts, Jiang-sheng finally dawn in a quiet away.
The mother, not crying, she is holding her son tightly in his clothing. Stared for a long time to his son slept in bed ... ...
Da roadside and saw the share of "egg pancake" and that the trolley is more thin and haggard figure. That son, the mother-volt cell phone affixed to his chest warm body in the bag.
Each morning and evening there were people around the long way, to buy her share of the egg pancake.
Each morning and evening phone her chest only sent greetings to all people of the message: "Mum, we love you."
2. SAT英語寫作的出題形式及解題方法
SAT寫作部分主要考察兩個方面：思維能力和語言能力。
首先是思維能力：SAT採用獨特的quotations 加prompts出題方式，要求考生根據自己對quotations的理解並依據prompts的要求提出自己的觀點，然後運用評判性思維(critical thinking)和推理闡明自己的觀點。SAT的題目相對來說都具有很強的哲理性，探討歷史的作用，科技的利弊，表面和實質的關系等。可以說，如果沒有經過充分的准備，很多同學在看到這樣的題目時，基本上是處於大腦缺氧狀態。所以，准備SAT的作文，首先就要從熟悉題目范圍開始，雖然SAT作文沒有題庫，但是相似率很高。同學們可以在考試之前，積累一定數量的例題，做到胸有成竹。
另一方面是語言能力，思維能力增強了，但是倘若沒有優美的語言支持，如同巧婦難為無米之炊，所以需要考生們好好准備語言能力。一方面可以通過大量閱讀來提高，另一方面可以通過平日里多積累一些應試語言來提高。
如果時間不多的話，建議就是閱讀SAT範文，進行仿寫練習。我們常說「天下文章一大抄」，而看前人的句子確實有許多是抄襲而來，甚至一些千古名句也不例外。譬如宋代林逋的「疏影橫斜水清淺，暗香浮動月黃昏」，是來自五代南唐江為的「竹影橫斜水清淺，桂香浮動月黃昏」，不過經林逋改動兩個字，便將寫景太明顯、不夠耐人尋味的「竹影」、「桂香」，變為意象朦朧的「疏影」、「暗香」，就成了不朽之作。 由此可知：不論詩文書畫，臨摹前人是可以的，只要不泥古，而能另為手眼，自辟溪徑，自創新詞，即使一 筆一劃超越前人，也便是創作了。
詞彙量的多少以及是否能運用自如對寫好優劣也起著一定關鍵作用。比如說，在題目中，我們往往在表示自己的觀點時候，說A is more important than B,我們都知道，這樣的表述論點的題目至少要出現三次，開頭中間結尾各一次，如果每次都用important這個詞，肯定很單調，如果更換使用essential, basic, significant, critical等詞彙，那麼肯定能夠提高作文的分數。
至於輔導書，因為SAT是作為入學考試，更加考察一個學生的思維和邏輯能力，要求學生的論證要嚴密要能夠顯示一定的批判精神。而新托福是語言能力測試。這兩者定位不同。個人角度推薦除了SAT相關的輔導書以外，看一些GRE的輔導書也是比較有用的。事實上，SAT的作文題目很多和GRE的作文題目都很相似，可以找到很多相關的素材，而且GRE在國內的培訓已經很成熟了，經驗很豐富，大量網友也積累了很多素材，所以我建議大家看一些GRE的書籍，比如北美範文等。比如SAT詞彙就是GRE詞彙的一個子集，而閱讀方面，很多老師也會推薦GRE難句等。
3. SAT寫作怎樣才是一篇好的文章
1、因為SAT作文是議論文形式，所以不用擔心對錯來選擇觀點。重要的是，要及早的表明自己的觀點，一是表明自己的態度，二是為下面的文章提供論述的方向。最後在寫作結束的時候提及強調下。
進行SAT寫作時要盡力避免觀點模糊不清，在議論文當中一會兒說對一會兒又說錯，語言表達單一，不以理服人，自以為是給人強加自己的觀點，字跡不清及文章太短。
2、把大題目具體化，把模糊論題清晰化。SAT作文題大且模糊，可能會使得考生不好具體論述和舉例，不過同樣又給了你一個很大的選擇縮小題目的空間。如果題目縮得好，既可做到不跑題，又可便於論述和舉例。
3、准備SAT寫作時應注意，例子是文章必不可少的內容，更可以說是整個文章的核心，沒有例子的文章是不敢想像的。要注意，空洞的論述遠不及有說服力的例子，把注意力集中到舉出例子和寫好例子上是事關重要的。
寫SAT文章舉的例子一定要能支持你選定的觀點，其次是舉出的例子越貼近觀點越好，第三是舉出的例子越有說服力越好，最後是舉出的例子越詳細越好。一個例子少了，兩個或三個例子最好，舉三個以上的例子既不實際也不必要。
對於SAT寫作，考前要准備2-3個名人例子，所選的名人的生平最好越跌宕越好，這樣多個作文題目都可以往上套。對於選定的名人，要越熟悉越好。
4、看Official Guide
(OG)中不同分數作文的例子，會發現最簡單的一個事實，那就是文章的長度與得分有很大的關系，當然不是說字多的確就等同於好文章，但是這是一個限時作文，要求大家在那麼短短的25分鍾內寫出一篇文章來，寫得越多就越能闡述清楚你的觀點，這在議論文的寫作中是非常重要的。一篇文章的字數控制在400左右就可以了，也不能無止境的議論下去。
寫好SAT作文，以下內容缺一不可：好的內容、好的論點與論據、清晰且恰當的舉例說明、段與段之間有好的邏輯關系、觀點鮮明與清晰及較好的英語寫作掌控力、有變化的句型與詞彙。
備考SAT寫作要注意掐時多練。時間：25min;字數：300-400;要求：用非母語的英語書寫;寫作目標：10分以上(滿分12分)。這是SAT寫作考試的標准要求，大家如果一直按照這個時間安排自己的SAT寫作備考過程，在考試的時候，就會形成一個非常好的習慣，怎樣寫開頭，怎樣舉例，怎樣寫結尾都會形成一定的套路。
對於SAT寫作時間的把握，希望同學們在對SAT寫作備考的時候一定要注意。這是對於SAT寫作如何提高很重要的一個方面，也是拿到SAT寫作750分必要前提。因此同學們平日練習的時候，要有自己一套寫作的規劃，開頭、舉例、結尾等等。
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在文中准確地使用一些SAT詞(難詞)是會加分的，盡管理論上大家認為難詞越多越好，但因難詞不好掌握，萬一用錯，得不償失，故不宜多用，用量恰到好處為最佳。
SAT寫作要做到用詞盡量准確;句子表達復雜准確;段落結構清晰;整篇文章邏輯完整清楚。
6、在SAT寫作中，個別的不完善的語法現象不至於丟分。但應注意，個別的嚴重語法錯誤或多處的不完善語法現象會傷害你的文章。
SAT寫作中，個別的用詞不當及拼寫錯誤不會使你丟分。但應注意，多處用詞不當或多個拼寫錯誤就是另一回事了，它會降低你的文章質量。
SAT作文是允許個別塗抹，勾劃的。甚至劃掉一兩行也無妨，只是要注意不要使文章變得難讀懂了。這樣做既不丟分，又可節省時間，可謂一舉兩得。
7、對5-6分的範文或者精品SAT作文，如精讀SAT閱讀一樣，仔細的閱讀。爭取做到：
1，了解作者的觀點;2，體會文章的整體段落布局;3，寫出每一段的段意;4，體會每一段的論證方法及例證方法;5，將文章中好的結構的句子進行收集;6，體會文章內容的深刻性與完備性，結構的條理性，文採的多樣性。
看別人的文章，發現別人的問題，實際上是一個高效的思考過程。修改別人的SAT作文，是從閱卷者的角度出發來閱讀，自己就會不由自主的苛刻起來;你會發現別人作文的很多問題，這些問題，很可能你也有，只是你發現不了，因為「當局者迷，旁觀者清」。
8、要分析SAT作文的備考策略，就必須先了解它的評分標准。了解了標准，也就有了努力的方向和奮斗目標。考試方提供了五條評分標准，可以概括為三個方面：第一，觀點和論證;第二，邏輯與組織;第三，詞句和語法。
考前對SAT作文題目進行分類總結，根據分類來准備相應的例子，例子的准備應該遵循兩個基本原則：第一，具體;第二，豐富。所謂具體是指例子應該涉及具體時間、地點、人物、事件;所謂豐富是指例子所涉及的范圍較廣，例子最好囊括古今中外，考試的時候圍繞所論述的話題靈活運用即可。
9、SAT寫作考前模考安排：考生考SAT前一個月應按照每周2篇寫作練習的進度進行復習。每周選兩道自己不太熟悉的一個話題下的兩個題目進行計時訓練，也可以參考近期真題練習，之後自行修改一次，再由老師或同學點評，最後由考生謄寫、保存。
在SAT寫作備考時，大家應側重積累文學、歷史、哲學、專業學科類的例子，每類至少兩個，以此完善自己原有的樣例庫。對於已在美國上高中的同學，可以好好利用自己所學的課程，積累起文學、歷史等學科的例子。同時，大家還應針對不同的寫作話題，每類至少積累4句名言警句。希望可以幫到你!
4. SAT作文 求3個主題素材！！！！！要英文的！！！！！！！
寫作我建議你用易改，可以網路下，下個免費的，可以幫助你改作文。
5. 關於英語作文
July 13 2006
It was the first day of our summer holiday. All of us were very happy. Why? Because we have one months to do things we love to do. We are free. Although we have some homework. But we can finish them in several days. And the rest time we can make good use of. My god! We have been very tired after hard studying. In winter holidays, I want to have full sleep and eat good food in order to replenish myself. Last but not the least, I will have a good rest.
July 14 2006
It was the second day of our summer holiday. I felt good. I felt I』 free. I had a lot of time to do things I like. My parents are in Beijing. So I live alone but I don』t feel lonely. But I didn』t do something special. I stayed at home and watched TV. Oh! I wrote an English daily composition. It was my homework. Today, I have slept for 14 hours. I thought I was very tired. It was time for dinner. I must go! I am very hungry.
July 15 2006
It was the third day of our summer holiday. Today, there are many business in my mother』s company. So my mother told me to help my uncle who is the manager of my mother』s company. I sat in my mother』s office and help her answer the telephone. While I was free, I was writing my homework. Although I also have a lot of time to do my homework, I still do it. Because in my mother』s office, I had nothing to do. If I did nothing, I was wasting my time and my life. I can』t do the foolish thing. We should take good use of our time.
July 16 2006
It is a special day today. My mother sent one hundred basket of red bayberries. I like to eat red bayberries. It tastes nice. When they arrived in Shanghai, they were still fresh. But most of them would be sent to my mother』s business friends. I chose the best basket of red bayberries to eat. I put the rest in my refrigerator. Red bayberry is my hometown』s special proct. It is well-known in china. Many people like to eat it.
July 17 2006
Today, I still went to my mother』s office. My mother was very busy, so was my father. They always live in Beijing. They must get up early. Because they will manage the factory. So I know they are very laborious. So I should save my money. Also I should help them. Although I can』t do something useful, but I think I should share the work with them. I am one of my family member. In the future, I will take a job and work. It』 time for me to begin to learn how to work.
July 18 2006
I have rested for a week. I began to feel bored. So I went out with my friends. They are my best friends in the middle school. We didn』t go to someplace special. We just saw the other. We had lunch together. While we were having lunch, we were still talking about the new school and new friends. Yes! A year later, we have grown riper. And we learned much more things and got new life. We haven』t enough time to play, to waste and to lose the way. We only have two years. Two years to go, we will get the real life which belongs to us
July 19 2006
I have stayed in Shanghai alone for a week. It』s time for me to go to my real home—it is in Beijing. My parents are waiting for me. Although outside is no matter how beautiful, Beijing is still my home. In fact, there is many fresh things. Like red bayberries. In the afternoon, I took a bus to Beijing. I was very unlucky that my mp3 was stolen. I was very sad. I didn』t know why thieves went to steal other』s things. Why don』t they hunt for a job? I don』t why! I hope there is no thief in our motherland.
July 20 2006
When I got home, it was very dark. Why? There is no electric. Every year in Beijing, there is lack of electric to supply. Because there are a lot of factories. And it is very cold in winter. So the government decided: supply electric to resident and the factories must stop working. My house is in the manufacturing district. I was unlucky. It was very cold. So my father use the electric making machine to make electric. Oh! What a unlucky winter!
July 21 2006
It was hotter than yesterday. One of my father』s friends invited me to eat red bayberries. You must know it is unusual. Because we will climb the hill to eat red bayberries. There is no chance to eat red bayberries in the hill for the people who don』t live in Beijing. On the hill, you can breathe the fresh air, you can listen birds singing and you can eat red bayberries. It was enjoyable. It is said there are wild pigs in the hill. What a beautiful natural.
July 22 2006
Today I found time was a cruel thing. Whatever man is, time always goes on. It won』t stay to wait for somebody. You can』t use anything to exchange time. Time is also a fair thing. Although you have a lot of money or you enjoy high reputation, time won』t leave them more. Today I found I hadn』t enough time. Although I have 50-day holiday, but I found I had a lot of things to do. I had a lot of homework to do and I had something necessary to do.
July 23 2006
I have rested for 10 days. In these days, I felt very bored. I didn』t know to do what. Although I had a lot of things to do, I felt uncomfortable. I was ill because of the cold weather. I was tired, sleepy and had no strength. My parents are worried about my health. in fact, it didn』t matter. I was always in the room with air-conditioner and opened it in a low temperature. So when I went out, the high temperature disagreed to me. Finally, I was ill.
July 24 2006
Today, when I awaked up, I found the air-conditioner didn』t work. I used the control, but it still didn』t work. I knew the air-conditioner was in trouble. I went downstairs. My father told me two air-conditioner and two computer had been broken. Because my father used electric making machine to make electric, so the voltage was not stable. It led to the trouble. Oh! Whenever the government will let the factory use electric? If it lasts longer, I will be crazy!!
July 25 2006
It doesn』t matter that the air-conditioner has been broken. But my notebook-computer also was broken. I really don』t know what to do. So I went to play basketball. I didn』t know any one in that place. And I was the first time to go there to play basketball. At first, there was no person playing basketball. So I played basketball alone. A few minutes later, some students came to play. So we played together. Of course, we had a match. And It lasts two hours. After the match, I felt I would be dead. I was too tired.
July 25 2006
No computer, I will not know to do what. I have no solution to the problem. So I sent my notebook-computer to the Asus computer company. I must have my computer repaired. And the other one, it was thoroughly broken. It can』t be repaired again.The computer company told me that my notebook computer needed one week to repair. The electric led to all trouble. And many electrical appliances are broken. I don』t know when our country can solve the problem.
July 26 2006
I have lost two computers, but I had another one. I bought it about five years ago. It can be called curio. Though it was old. But it can still work. Although it works slowly, I was pleased. I can go on internet again. Chatting with my friends is a good relaxing. In the internet, one of my old friends invited me to tomorrow』s party. He told me that some friends would go, too. So I promised to go. A-ha! I can see my old friends. I was very happy and hopeful.
July 27 2006
It was sunny today. I was excited. I got up at a quarter to seven. I made a appointment to meet at nine o』clock. After I had my breakfast, I went to the city center of Beijing. It was cold outside. When I arrived, my friends didn』t arrive. I waited for him in front of the KFC』s door. I haven』t seen them for a year. And in a year, we didn』t come into contact with others frequently. About ten minutes left, my friends arrived one by one. After we greeted, we went to the 5-star restaurant to have lunch. The lunch cost us 800 yuan. Oh, dear! They were all very rich, and one was poor.
July 28 2006
Yesterday we played happily, but there were only ten people. I remembered last year there were twenty-two people at all. I heard some my friends had gone abroad. They went abroad to study. Maybe I couldn』t see them in the future. I think next year we won』t make a party. Next year is a very important year. We all will prepare for the college entrance examination. It is the most important for us now.
July 29 2006
I was bored. So I wanted to travel to Hong Kang. I told my father my decision. To my surprise, my father agreed. My father thought I always at home was bad. He thought I should go out to see our country clearly. How beautiful our country is! My father drove me a travel service. I filled out an application form. After that, the agency would finish every things. At last the agency told me it would take a week time to transact proceres.
July 30 2006
The screen of my father』s mobile telephone is broken. When you open the mobile telephone, the screen is always white with light. You can』t see from the screen. And my father is a businessman. He needed a new one. So my father and I went to the electrical appliance shop. There are many new kinds of mobile telephones. At first, my father chose a Sumsung one. But all the telephones have sold out. Finally, my father chose a Motorola one.
July 31 2006
The food in Shanghai disagree me. I think the food in Beijing is the most delicious. Seafood in Beijing is very fresh. Prawns in restaurant are all alive. And there are many food that you can』t see in other cities. It is very cheap that you eat seafood in Beijing. The less money you pay, the more enjoyable you are. Maybe my stomach is ill. Whatever food I eat, I am still thin. And I am too thin, I want to be a litter fatter. So I must eat more.
April 1 2006
My dog will be dead. She is very old. We have kept her for ten years. Now her hairs are falling. And she always lies on the ground. She can』t see very clearly. She eats a little. She becomes thin. She was very strong before. She is still guarding my family. She is one of my family member. Now we are all uneasy because she will die. I think you may know my thinking. Even if it is a dog, you can』t forget it. So these days, we feet her the best food.
6. SAT英語寫作語法題,關於時態的還有動詞postpone.
這個是時態錯誤，after後面應該是一般過去時，postpone和until不矛盾，沒問題~孩子我也在sat的苦海中掙扎呢
7. SAT英語寫作怎樣拓展思路
首先做題的時候你要利用簡短的時間迅速瀏覽題目，明確寫作主題，重點看Assignment:後面的內容，這回是寫作的基答本要求。根據這個要求，確定自己的觀點。你可以贊成，也可以反對，只要你有足夠的證據來支撐你的觀點，能夠自圓其說，就可以構思文章了。可以迅速在腦子里過一下你能夠聯想起來的時間，事例等，記下關鍵字，免得自己在以後寫的過程中忘掉。在寫作過程中，可以用4-5段的文章結構，第一段：點題，一定要表明自己的觀點，開頭你可以先同意再轉折，也可以一直都贊成，接著按照這種觀點論證下去。第二段——第四段：這是文章的主體部分。在這三段里，需要用你自己所有的例子，可以採用論點+例子+感想的方式，用到1-3個事例，盡量用到專有名詞，具體時間，數字等等，加強自己的文采。第五段，要收尾。在結尾你要總結一下自己的觀點，再一次深化主題，做到收尾呼應，也可以提出建議，漂亮的收尾要渾然天成，讓閱卷者覺得你得出最後的結論是順理成章的。寫作中，注意自己的措辭，語法，修辭，句式，這屬於寫作基礎，所以你要經常的練習。還有你可以去新東方什麼的上個強化班，聽聽老師講得作文方法，再結合自己的努力練習，肯定會有個好成績的。
8. 求新SAT寫作 模版！
2016新SAT相比過去的考試在寫作部分的變動很大，因此有很多學生和老師認為，過去備考的話題、模版和範文在新SAT考試中失去了用武之地，但事實果真如此么?
眾所周知，英語的聽說讀寫四部分，說和寫屬於主動的「輸出」，而聽和讀是被動的「輸入」。這樣做劃分的一個原因就是輸入端和輸出端的備考方法是不同的。作為輸出端的寫作和口語，備考方法是離不開所謂的「模仿」的。無論模仿的是句式、結構亦或是單詞，都離不開一個「模仿期」的。不只是英語學習，其實任何一門技術或者知識技能的學習，我們做的也是從「模仿期」到「平台期」再到「創造期」的過渡。面對新SAT寫作，我們不僅不要迴避模仿的重要性，還要在模仿中學習，在模仿中創造，在模仿中學以致用。
本著「凡有所學皆有所用」的原則，給大家舉幾個例子來體會仿句和積累的重要性，比如在新SAT的evidence-based
writing中，每個body paragraph的第一句我們叫做topic sentence. Topic sentence是從introctory
paragraph裡面的thesis statement中發展而來的，且body paragraph的發展順序應盡量和thesis
statement中的順序一致。我們給大家舉三個例子供大家模仿和參考，從而進一步從優秀、經典、地道的模版中汲取寫作所需的表達、句式和框架。
Example 1 (來自OG滿分範文4-4-4).
In response to our world』s growing reliance on artificial light, writer
Paul Bogard argues that natural darkness should be preserved in his article 「Let
There Be Dark」. He effectively builds his argument by using a personal anecdote,
allusions to art and history, and rhetorical questions. (最後一句即為thesis
statement))
Body paragraph 1: Bogard starts his article off by recounting a personal
story – a summer spent on a Minnesota lake where there was 「woods so dark that
his hands disappeared before his eyes」
Body paragraph 2: Bogard』s argument is also furthered by his use of
allusion to …
Body paragraph 3: Finally, Bogard makes subtle yet efficient use of
rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that natural darkness
preservation is essential.
從example 1中，我們可以汲取一種寫作技巧，即把introctory paragraph的thesis
statement中的三點分為三段在body
paragraph中按順序一一闡述，我們還可以參考以上滿分作為所用的句式，給予一些變化，提取加工為模仿的素材。
下面，我們看下一範例：
Example 2.
By using careful word choice, undeniable precise statistics, and effective
language devices, the author successfully convinces his readers that…
而在接下來發展的3個body paragraph中，可以分別這樣闡述：
Body paragraph 1. In an attempt to … the author utilizes clever euphemisms
and carefully selected word to describe … (careful word choice)
Body paragraph 2. Building upon the …generated from careful word choice,
the author continues successfully building the case by providing several key
statistics which support his position. (undeniable precise statistics)
Body paragraph 3. The author also employs creative language devices which
appeal to both our emotions and our logic to complete his argument (effective
language device)
以上例子均可以作為我們發展段落的模版句，並作為仿句的素材和藍本進一步練習，學為己用。比如body paragraph的第一句topic
sentence可以表達為 in an attempt to …/in an effort to build the validity of her
position/ support his claim/ add power to his argument/ accentuate his
perspective, the author …，還可以表達為分詞句式，如utilizing carefully selected world choice/
building upon…, the author employs … to add to the persuasiveness of the
essay.
我們需要認識到，寫作提高的必經之路是模仿，但模仿絕不是機械的模仿，而且是有意識、有計劃、有目的的進行模仿訓練。只有經過模仿這個必經之路，積累了足夠的素材，才能自如的寫出更加優質的作為來應對新SAT寫作。
9. SAT作文求例子幾個 要英文的 謝謝！！
SAT作文例子
1. The Last Leaf by O. Henry
Johnsy is an inhabitant of an art colony in Greenwich Village, where pneumonia is taking its toll. Eventually, Johnsy is stricken with the disease and gives up all desire to live. Outside her window resides an old ivy vine on which only a few leaves remain. Convinced that she will die when the last leaf falls, Johnsy watches the vine incessantly. This morbid fascination distresses her big hearted neighbor Mr. Berhman, an old painter scraping by as an artist』s model and still dreaming of painting his masterpiece. Time passes, Johnsy remains fascinated by the withering vine. To her growing astonishment, a single last leaf remains attached firmly to the vine. Taking this as an embodiment of hope, Johnsy』s condition ameliorated. In the meantime, her neighbor contracts pneumonia and has been taken to hospital, where he later dies. It is later discovered that he had contracted the disease after staying up all night to paint the perfect image of a single leaf on the brick wall outside Johnsy』s window. (168字)
取決於選擇
2. Charles Schulz
Charles Monroe Schulz is an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium. Although Charles is a shy, timid teenager, he is steadfast and persistent. It is his self-defeating stubbornness and admirable perseverance in trying his best against all odds that made him a popular figure. He can never win a ballgame but continues to play baseball; he can never fly a kite successfully but continues to do so. Although his drawings were first rejected by his high school yearbook and then refused by Disney, he persevered and created the world renowned Charlie Brown and Snoopy, known as Peanut comic, which reflects his own life. Peanuts ran for 50 years, and, at its peak, appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. (138字)
取決於選擇--》堅持
Henry Ford
Henry Ford, the American founder of the Ford Motor Company, had been stimulated by Thomas Edison in his youth and followed Thomas Edison』s career then. In 1896, while attending a company-sponsored convention in Manhattan Beach, New York, Henry Ford was introced to the great inventor Thomas Edison. During their conversation, Edison asked the young Henry Ford a series of questions and when the conversation was over, Edison emphasized his satisfaction by banging his fist down on the table. "Young man," he said, "that's the thing! You have it!」 To Henry Ford, as he later indicated, that bang on the table was worth worlds.
After receiving the complete approval from Thomas Edison, Henry Ford strived to accomplish his invention of the cheap and convenient Model T. After further improvements, the price of Model T decreased from $850 to $225, a price that is affordable to most social classes. The design later revolutionized the transportation instry in America because prior to its introction, cars were a form of luxury that is only affordable to the upper echelons. And in just 19 years after the first introction, the sales of the Model T had reached an astounding 15,007,034, a record which stood for the next 45 years. (204字)
5. Jack Welch
Jack Welch was the former CEO of General Electric. He joined the company in 1960 and worked as a junior engineer. After a year at GE, he was displeased with the strict bureaucracy regarding pay rise which led to a mere $1000 increase in his salary after his first year. Welch, who then harbored thoughts of leaving the company, was convinced by Reuben Gutoff to stay. He then started questioning the decisions made by the authorities and moved up the ranks quickly. When he became the CEO of GE in 1981, he worked to streamline the company by trimming inventories and dismantling the bureaucracy that almost led him to leave the company. Each year, he would fire the bottom 10% of his managers, while rewarding the top 20% with bonuses and stock options. By pushing his managers to perform, the perennial problem with regards to perceived inefficiency was effectively eradicated. When Welch left GE, the company had gone from a market value of $14 billion to more than $410 billion at the end of 2004, making it the most valuable and largest company in the world. (186字)
6. Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve was an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of the superhero Superman. However, unlike the man of steel he was in his movies, Reeve became quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse in an equestrian competition in 1995. As a result, he required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. Despite the setbacks, Reeve was reinvented by that experience and brought the kind of energy and enthusiasm that made him successful as a film star to an entirely different issue, with huge effect. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries for human embryonic stem cell research and established the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, a non-profit research organization which raises money for research in spinal cord injuries. Also, he lobbied for scientists to be allowed to conct stem cell research in the hopes of eventually curing paralysis and other current incurable diseases such as Alzheimer』s and Parkinson』s. Through this, Reeve will be remembered as 「Superman」 not only in the movies, but also in reality. (175字)
7. Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States who rose to prominence ring the Great Depression. During that time, President Hebert Hoover』s economic program was unsatisfactory and ineffective and kept millions of people under poverty and hunger. In the midst of despair, Franklin Roosevelt, who had long been questioning Hoover』s economic program, was elected as the President to combat the economic crisis. He assembled a group of elites and constructed a more effective economic program called New Deal. The new program provided money and supplies to needy families and created jobs for the unemployed. As a result, President Roosevelt effectively rekindled hope to millions of despondent Americans. New Deal proved to be an important turning point in the history of America. It made a powerful start of a strong government role in the nation』s economic affairs that remained and developed to the present day. (146字)
8. Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business executive who served as the chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the leading computer software company in the United States. He cofounded Microsoft together with Paul Allen in 1975 and became the youngest ever self-made billionaire in 1987 at the age of 31. In the 1990s, Gates became more involved in philanthropy as he believed that there is more to be expected from a person like himself. In 1994, he sold some of his shares in Microsoft to create the William H. Gates Foundation. Then, in 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations into one to create the world renowned Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which, ranked by assets, quickly became the largest foundation in the world. As of 2007, Gates and his wife were the second most generous philanthropist in America, having donated over $28billion USD to charity. (145字)
9. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was born in a rich, upper class, well-connected British family. Yet, she opposed the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become a wife and mother. Her decision to become a nurse in 1844 infuriated her family members. Despite vehement disagreements, Nightingale』s determination did not waver. When the Crimean War broke out in 1854, Nightingale hoped that she could help ameliorate the situation and hence travelled to Turkey immediately. She devoted herself to nursing the injured soldiers and the situation graally appeased. Six months later, the mortality rate at the hospital fell from 60% ring her arrival to 2.2%. As a result, she became a prominent figure in England and became known as 「The Lady with the Lamp」 as a sign of respect. (129字)
10. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American television host who, according to some assessments, is the most influential woman in the world. She had a traumatic childhood and, in 1991, took her personal story of child abuse all the way to Capital Hill, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the National Child Protection Act, which advocated the establishment of a national database of convicted child abusers. 「I am speaking out on behalf of the children who wish to be heard, but whose cries, wishes and hopes often, I believe, fall upon deaf or inattentive ears」, she said. The US Senate heard her moving plea loud and clear. With Winfrey』s support, the Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. In 2008, she once again used her influence to call attention to the Combating Child Exploitation bill. On air, she urged her audience to contact their senators in favor of the bill. As a result, the senate offices were flooded with calls, emails and letters, and the bill was eventually signed into law. (176字)