SAT官方指南作文范例解析含范文_SAT写作

SAT官方指南作文范例解析含范文

　　作者分别从历史和文学两方面对自私自利的人成功后带来灾难进行了事例论证。历史人物包括罗马皇帝尼禄(Nero)，英国国王亨利八世(Henry VIII of England)，以及西班牙的费迪南和伊莎贝拉(Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain)。他们成功地取得了领导权，却妄用其影响力以实现自己自私的(有时是变态的)目的 (Powerful leaders of nations, kingdoms, and empires, having succeeded in gaining leadership, have then used their influence wrongfully in achieving their own selfish goals.)，从而给人民带来了灾难。在此作者运用列举法，并没有对每个人物做过多细节性的渲染，而是选取了他们最具代表性的行为，虽然篇幅简短，却显得论据充足，颇有气势。作者还选取了文学人物，李尔王的坏女儿瑞根和高纳里尔(Regan and Goneril)作为事例。她们也成功地取得了王位，却使得混乱取代了社会秩序 (In the story, societal order is replaced with chaos when there is a power shift from Lear to his evil daughters, Regan and Goneril.)

　　对于那些因为不懂得如何对待成功而自取毁灭的人，作者并没有给出具体事例，只是分析到他们毁掉成功的原因是因为害怕成功，希望回到原来的舒适区。(it is the individual who will then sabotage his own success to return to his former comfort zone.)

　　在结尾段，作者总结到：当卑鄙的人或不成熟的人取得成功时，成功是最具灾难性的。( Success, when achieved by the unworthy or inexperienced, is a most disastrous element.)并提出对成功的正确认识：成功不是以牺牲身边人为代价换取幸福，而是用刚刚得到的幸福去改善其他人的生活。( Success is not about being happy at the expense of those about you it is about using ones newly gained happiness to improve the lives of others.)最后，作者引用了拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson)的话：成功就是知道有人因为你的存在而呼吸得更轻松。 (To know that one person has breathed easier because you have lived -this is to have succeeded.)，并指出如果一个人能够仔细思考这句话，他就不会误入歧途，可谓给成功带来灾难的现象开出了一剂药方，升华了主题。