托福强化写作5

John Nash
• Who: a mathematician in Princeton University
• What: created “Nash equilibrium”, an essential branch of Game Theory • When: 1950
How
• Questioned the theories in The Wealth of Nations, written by Adam Smith • The father of modern economics
• Florence Nightingale • Who: A pioneering nurse • British • be known as "The lady with the lamp” • When: Crimean War
• The ally of Britain and France versus Russia • Where: Turkey(1854) • How: thorough observations linking sanitary conditions and healing • the mortality rate dropped from 42.7% to 2.2%.
• The Dangerous World Tour • June 27, 1992---November 11, 1993. • performed to 3.5 million people in 67 concerts. • All profits from the concerts went to the “Heal the World Foundation”.
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• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Technology has made the world a better place to live. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
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• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to achieve happiness is try to make other people happy. Use specific reasons and examples to support your idea.
• I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
• I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
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• Which way do you think is the best way towards success, spending a lot of time to study or being creative? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.
• Mother Teresa
• Who: an Albanian Roman Catholic
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nun with Indian citizenship What: founded the Missionaries of Charity Where, when: in Kolkata, India in 1950 How: over 45 years ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying
新托福强化写作
王彦妮 Sophia
1. 冒险与创新
• 创新思维，挑战大众， 冒险
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• Some people believe that success in life comes from taking risks or chances. Others believe that success results from careful planning. In your opinion, what does success come from? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
• Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 • At the time of her death: 4,000 sisters, an associated brotherhood of 300 members • a crucifix, a pair of sandals and three old clothes
• 28 pages dissertation • Sometimes individuals’ ambitions are conflicting, which means that in the pursuit of group’s interests, each individual should do what is best for himself and the group.
• Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994
• Martin Luther King, Junior
• Who: American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement • How: through disobedience and nonviolent means • led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott • delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D. C, March 1963
• Michael Jackson
Heal the World Foundation
• Founded in 1992 • sent millions of dollars around the globe to help children threatened by war and disease
• I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
• Expansion: first throughout India and then in other 123 countries.
Why
• “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is a drop in the ocean, but the ocean could be less because of that missing drop.”
Science and Technology
• Energy---nuclear power • Transportation—automobile • Communication—mobile phone, internet
3. 科技
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• Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Technology makes people’s lives simpler in turn to make people’s lives more complicated. Use specific reasons or examples or support your ideas.
2. 个人价值观
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• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Being happy with a job is more important than having a high salary. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
• “Individual ambition serves the common good.”
• (which means) By pursuing his own interest, the individual frequently promotes that of the society most effectually.
• Raised the public consciousness of the civil rights movement • Ended racial segregation and racial discrimination • 1964: the youngest person to receive Nobel Peace Prize • 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr Day was established as a U.S. national holiday
Байду номын сангаас
Henry Ford • Model T (500—50) • Assembly line • Adopt • Greatly increased productivity
• $ 825 in 1908 • $360 in 1926
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• Which way do you think is the best way towards success, spending a lot of time to study or being creative? Explain your choice, using specific reasons and details.
• I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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• Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.(TWE84)