1. 英语作文范文
我最感动的事
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相依为命.
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英语写作的出题形式及解题方法
SAT写作部分主要考察两个方面：思维能力和语言能力。
首先是思维能力：SAT采用独特的quotations 加prompts出题方式，要求考生根据自己对quotations的理解并依据prompts的要求提出自己的观点，然后运用评判性思维(critical thinking)和推理阐明自己的观点。SAT的题目相对来说都具有很强的哲理性，探讨历史的作用，科技的利弊，表面和实质的关系等。可以说，如果没有经过充分的准备，很多同学在看到这样的题目时，基本上是处于大脑缺氧状态。所以，准备SAT的作文，首先就要从熟悉题目范围开始，虽然SAT作文没有题库，但是相似率很高。同学们可以在考试之前，积累一定数量的例题，做到胸有成竹。
另一方面是语言能力，思维能力增强了，但是倘若没有优美的语言支持，如同巧妇难为无米之炊，所以需要考生们好好准备语言能力。一方面可以通过大量阅读来提高，另一方面可以通过平日里多积累一些应试语言来提高。
如果时间不多的话，建议就是阅读SAT范文，进行仿写练习。我们常说“天下文章一大抄”，而看前人的句子确实有许多是抄袭而来，甚至一些千古名句也不例外。譬如宋代林逋的“疏影横斜水清浅，暗香浮动月黄昏”，是来自五代南唐江为的“竹影横斜水清浅，桂香浮动月黄昏”，不过经林逋改动两个字，便将写景太明显、不够耐人寻味的“竹影”、“桂香”，变为意象朦胧的“疏影”、“暗香”，就成了不朽之作。 由此可知：不论诗文书画，临摹前人是可以的，只要不泥古，而能另为手眼，自辟溪径，自创新词，即使一 笔一划超越前人，也便是创作了。
词汇量的多少以及是否能运用自如对写好优劣也起着一定关键作用。比如说，在题目中，我们往往在表示自己的观点时候，说A is more important than B,我们都知道，这样的表述论点的题目至少要出现三次，开头中间结尾各一次，如果每次都用important这个词，肯定很单调，如果更换使用essential, basic, significant, critical等词汇，那么肯定能够提高作文的分数。
至于辅导书，因为SAT是作为入学考试，更加考察一个学生的思维和逻辑能力，要求学生的论证要严密要能够显示一定的批判精神。而新托福是语言能力测试。这两者定位不同。个人角度推荐除了SAT相关的辅导书以外，看一些GRE的辅导书也是比较有用的。事实上，SAT的作文题目很多和GRE的作文题目都很相似，可以找到很多相关的素材，而且GRE在国内的培训已经很成熟了，经验很丰富，大量网友也积累了很多素材，所以我建议大家看一些GRE的书籍，比如北美范文等。比如SAT词汇就是GRE词汇的一个子集，而阅读方面，很多老师也会推荐GRE难句等。
3. SAT写作怎样才是一篇好的文章
1、因为SAT作文是议论文形式，所以不用担心对错来选择观点。重要的是，要及早的表明自己的观点，一是表明自己的态度，二是为下面的文章提供论述的方向。最后在写作结束的时候提及强调下。
进行SAT写作时要尽力避免观点模糊不清，在议论文当中一会儿说对一会儿又说错，语言表达单一，不以理服人，自以为是给人强加自己的观点，字迹不清及文章太短。
2、把大题目具体化，把模糊论题清晰化。SAT作文题大且模糊，可能会使得考生不好具体论述和举例，不过同样又给了你一个很大的选择缩小题目的空间。如果题目缩得好，既可做到不跑题，又可便于论述和举例。
3、准备SAT写作时应注意，例子是文章必不可少的内容，更可以说是整个文章的核心，没有例子的文章是不敢想象的。要注意，空洞的论述远不及有说服力的例子，把注意力集中到举出例子和写好例子上是事关重要的。
写SAT文章举的例子一定要能支持你选定的观点，其次是举出的例子越贴近观点越好，第三是举出的例子越有说服力越好，最后是举出的例子越详细越好。一个例子少了，两个或三个例子最好，举三个以上的例子既不实际也不必要。
对于SAT写作，考前要准备2-3个名人例子，所选的名人的生平最好越跌宕越好，这样多个作文题目都可以往上套。对于选定的名人，要越熟悉越好。
4、看Official Guide
(OG)中不同分数作文的例子，会发现最简单的一个事实，那就是文章的长度与得分有很大的关系，当然不是说字多的确就等同于好文章，但是这是一个限时作文，要求大家在那么短短的25分钟内写出一篇文章来，写得越多就越能阐述清楚你的观点，这在议论文的写作中是非常重要的。一篇文章的字数控制在400左右就可以了，也不能无止境的议论下去。
写好SAT作文，以下内容缺一不可：好的内容、好的论点与论据、清晰且恰当的举例说明、段与段之间有好的逻辑关系、观点鲜明与清晰及较好的英语写作掌控力、有变化的句型与词汇。
备考SAT写作要注意掐时多练。时间：25min;字数：300-400;要求：用非母语的英语书写;写作目标：10分以上(满分12分)。这是SAT写作考试的标准要求，大家如果一直按照这个时间安排自己的SAT写作备考过程，在考试的时候，就会形成一个非常好的习惯，怎样写开头，怎样举例，怎样写结尾都会形成一定的套路。
对于SAT写作时间的把握，希望同学们在对SAT写作备考的时候一定要注意。这是对于SAT写作如何提高很重要的一个方面，也是拿到SAT写作750分必要前提。因此同学们平日练习的时候，要有自己一套写作的规划，开头、举例、结尾等等。
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在文中准确地使用一些SAT词(难词)是会加分的，尽管理论上大家认为难词越多越好，但因难词不好掌握，万一用错，得不偿失，故不宜多用，用量恰到好处为最佳。
SAT写作要做到用词尽量准确;句子表达复杂准确;段落结构清晰;整篇文章逻辑完整清楚。
6、在SAT写作中，个别的不完善的语法现象不至于丢分。但应注意，个别的严重语法错误或多处的不完善语法现象会伤害你的文章。
SAT写作中，个别的用词不当及拼写错误不会使你丢分。但应注意，多处用词不当或多个拼写错误就是另一回事了，它会降低你的文章质量。
SAT作文是允许个别涂抹，勾划的。甚至划掉一两行也无妨，只是要注意不要使文章变得难读懂了。这样做既不丢分，又可节省时间，可谓一举两得。
7、对5-6分的范文或者精品SAT作文，如精读SAT阅读一样，仔细的阅读。争取做到：
1，了解作者的观点;2，体会文章的整体段落布局;3，写出每一段的段意;4，体会每一段的论证方法及例证方法;5，将文章中好的结构的句子进行收集;6，体会文章内容的深刻性与完备性，结构的条理性，文采的多样性。
看别人的文章，发现别人的问题，实际上是一个高效的思考过程。修改别人的SAT作文，是从阅卷者的角度出发来阅读，自己就会不由自主的苛刻起来;你会发现别人作文的很多问题，这些问题，很可能你也有，只是你发现不了，因为“当局者迷，旁观者清”。
8、要分析SAT作文的备考策略，就必须先了解它的评分标准。了解了标准，也就有了努力的方向和奋斗目标。考试方提供了五条评分标准，可以概括为三个方面：第一，观点和论证;第二，逻辑与组织;第三，词句和语法。
考前对SAT作文题目进行分类总结，根据分类来准备相应的例子，例子的准备应该遵循两个基本原则：第一，具体;第二，丰富。所谓具体是指例子应该涉及具体时间、地点、人物、事件;所谓丰富是指例子所涉及的范围较广，例子最好囊括古今中外，考试的时候围绕所论述的话题灵活运用即可。
9、SAT写作考前模考安排：考生考SAT前一个月应按照每周2篇写作练习的进度进行复习。每周选两道自己不太熟悉的一个话题下的两个题目进行计时训练，也可以参考近期真题练习，之后自行修改一次，再由老师或同学点评，最后由考生誊写、保存。
在SAT写作备考时，大家应侧重积累文学、历史、哲学、专业学科类的例子，每类至少两个，以此完善自己原有的样例库。对于已在美国上高中的同学，可以好好利用自己所学的课程，积累起文学、历史等学科的例子。同时，大家还应针对不同的写作话题，每类至少积累4句名言警句。希望可以帮到你!
4. SAT作文 求3个主题素材！！！！！要英文的！！！！！！！
写作我建议你用易改，可以网络下，下个免费的，可以帮助你改作文。
5. 关于英语作文
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英语写作语法题,关于时态的还有动词postpone.
这个是时态错误，after后面应该是一般过去时，postpone和until不矛盾，没问题~孩子我也在sat的苦海中挣扎呢
7. SAT英语写作怎样拓展思路
首先做题的时候你要利用简短的时间迅速浏览题目，明确写作主题，重点看Assignment:后面的内容，这回是写作的基答本要求。根据这个要求，确定自己的观点。你可以赞成，也可以反对，只要你有足够的证据来支撑你的观点，能够自圆其说，就可以构思文章了。可以迅速在脑子里过一下你能够联想起来的时间，事例等，记下关键字，免得自己在以后写的过程中忘掉。在写作过程中，可以用4-5段的文章结构，第一段：点题，一定要表明自己的观点，开头你可以先同意再转折，也可以一直都赞成，接着按照这种观点论证下去。第二段——第四段：这是文章的主体部分。在这三段里，需要用你自己所有的例子，可以采用论点+例子+感想的方式，用到1-3个事例，尽量用到专有名词，具体时间，数字等等，加强自己的文采。第五段，要收尾。在结尾你要总结一下自己的观点，再一次深化主题，做到收尾呼应，也可以提出建议，漂亮的收尾要浑然天成，让阅卷者觉得你得出最后的结论是顺理成章的。写作中，注意自己的措辞，语法，修辞，句式，这属于写作基础，所以你要经常的练习。还有你可以去新东方什么的上个强化班，听听老师讲得作文方法，再结合自己的努力练习，肯定会有个好成绩的。
8. 求新SAT写作 模版！
2016新SAT相比过去的考试在写作部分的变动很大，因此有很多学生和老师认为，过去备考的话题、模版和范文在新SAT考试中失去了用武之地，但事实果真如此么?
众所周知，英语的听说读写四部分，说和写属于主动的“输出”，而听和读是被动的“输入”。这样做划分的一个原因就是输入端和输出端的备考方法是不同的。作为输出端的写作和口语，备考方法是离不开所谓的“模仿”的。无论模仿的是句式、结构亦或是单词，都离不开一个“模仿期”的。不只是英语学习，其实任何一门技术或者知识技能的学习，我们做的也是从“模仿期”到“平台期”再到“创造期”的过渡。面对新SAT写作，我们不仅不要回避模仿的重要性，还要在模仿中学习，在模仿中创造，在模仿中学以致用。
本着“凡有所学皆有所用”的原则，给大家举几个例子来体会仿句和积累的重要性，比如在新SAT的evidence-based
writing中，每个body paragraph的第一句我们叫做topic sentence. Topic sentence是从introctory
paragraph里面的thesis statement中发展而来的，且body paragraph的发展顺序应尽量和thesis
statement中的顺序一致。我们给大家举三个例子供大家模仿和参考，从而进一步从优秀、经典、地道的模版中汲取写作所需的表达、句式和框架。
Example 1 (来自OG满分范文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. (最后一句即为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.
从example 1中，我们可以汲取一种写作技巧，即把introctory paragraph的thesis
statement中的三点分为三段在body
paragraph中按顺序一一阐述，我们还可以参考以上满分作为所用的句式，给予一些变化，提取加工为模仿的素材。
下面，我们看下一范例：
Example 2.
By using careful word choice, undeniable precise statistics, and effective
language devices, the author successfully convinces his readers that…
而在接下来发展的3个body paragraph中，可以分别这样阐述：
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)
以上例子均可以作为我们发展段落的模版句，并作为仿句的素材和蓝本进一步练习，学为己用。比如body paragraph的第一句topic
sentence可以表达为 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 …，还可以表达为分词句式，如utilizing carefully selected world choice/
building upon…, the author employs … to add to the persuasiveness of the
essay.
我们需要认识到，写作提高的必经之路是模仿，但模仿绝不是机械的模仿，而且是有意识、有计划、有目的的进行模仿训练。只有经过模仿这个必经之路，积累了足够的素材，才能自如的写出更加优质的作为来应对新SAT写作。
9. SAT作文求例子几个 要英文的 谢谢！！
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)
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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)
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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)