新航道

  不同于托福的獨立寫作、雅思的大作文、GRE 的 Issue，SAT 寫作獨樹一幟，難度可以說是最大的。

  考生需要根據已有的知識和經驗對一個話題進行論證：要求考生在 50 分鐘內，閱讀一篇文章，以欣賞的眼光找到題目材料的論點和論據，理清其論證脈絡，進行邏輯和修辭分析，最終形成一篇邏輯嚴謹、結構清晰的分析性文章。

  SAT寫作的題目材料約700 詞，是所有出國類寫作考試中需要考生閱讀的字數最多的，無形中也增加了其難度。要想在50分鐘內從容完成SAT寫作任務，不僅要知道SAT寫作的設計思路和評分標準、掌握基本的論證切入手法，在語言表達的優化上也要下功夫。

  知道大家對寫作很頭痛，所以新航道章躍老師今天手把手教你，如何寫好一篇SAT作文：

  注：材料為SAT亞太考區2016年10月官考寫作真題中使用的材料文

  Follow the following steps to write your analytical essay on the given passage:

  試卷下發后，我們遵循如下步驟展開寫作部分的答題。

  Step 1: Read for the general idea and also for the progression, structure, and style of the passage;

  讀取材料文的大意，同時要體會文章內容的進展，文章的結構，以及體會文章的風格。

  Step 2: Read with an eye for the specifics, including examples, statistics, quotes, wording, tone, and other things worth your attention, if any.

  當然，盡量不要全篇通讀兩遍，但是對于材料文的第二遍的閱讀可能是有必要的，那就通過跳讀的方式，關注文章中的例子、數據、引用、特殊措辭、語氣等。

  When you write your analytical essay, you should write:

  In what ways, the author writes what with what intents or for what purposes.

  In other words, it is an essay summarizing the reading passage and analyzing how the reading passage is written.

  材料文的作者以什么樣的方式，寫了什么內容，從而實現什么寫作目的，或者體現了什么意圖。

  Body

  The whole passage may be divided into a number of bigger parts as follows:

  為了寫作“方便”和思路清晰，我們首先對材料文做切分。

  * Paragraphs 1-7,

  * Paragraphs 8-13,

  * Paragraphs 14-17.

  And when we write, we write according to this division, which indicates the passage’s progression and structure.

  The essay begins with examples of the author’s nephew and niece to make clear a point of his insistency of encouraging children to read. This point is strengthened in a more explicit way as the author, in the fourth paragraph, states that he is “steady” about children’s reading. A statistical contrast is then made to demonstrate “a marked and depressing change” that today’ s situation of minors’ reading is a disappointment and retrogression compared with the past. Immediately after the contrast, the author clarifies his intent that he is not “panhandling” for attention but truly believes the benefits of reading, which are to the brain, heart and spirit.

  Teacher’s NOTE: After reading this part of our essay, do you understand “In what ways, the author writes what with what intents or for what purposes”?

  材料文的作者以什么樣的方式，寫了什么內容，從而實現什么寫作目的，或者體現了什么意圖。

  The benefit for the brain is the first point the author intends to prove. At this point, The Guardian, which cites research on the close and symbiotic relationship between reading and intelligence, is quoted. First, a number of studies are used to show that reading fiction enables people to read people, to expand their social networks, and to develop empathy as a much-needed social skill. The neurological study at Emory University is to show that daily reading’s benefit the brain. At this point, the author has been clear about how reading develops the brain. The author then, thoughtfully, responds to his opponents, with the instance of himself and his friends that they “wake the next morning with thoughts less jumbled, moods less jangled” if they read before sleep rather than watch TV. The author then makes an analogy in which reading is compared to playing chess in terms of honing the ability to focus and concentrate. The writing technique is the highlight in making the analogy, as the point is made by a rhetorical question in Paragraph 13.

  Teacher’s NOTE: Again, after reading this part of our essay, do you understand “In what ways, the author writes what with what intents or for what purposes”?

  材料文的作者以什么樣的方式，寫了什么內容，從而實現什么寫作目的，或者體現了什么意圖。

  In the next two paragraphs, that reading promotes hearts and spirits is discussed through a comparison, which apparently is a strategy the author employs to show how reading cannot be superseded or replaced by the modern technology – digital products and movies. The comparison is made through quoting a psychology professor and two novelists. The quotation makes the author’s point objective, since what the author believes is however spoken by others rather than the author himself. Further, it is stated that reading elevates hearts and spirits as “(a book) fills you with this weird evangelical zeal”. In the wrap-up of the essay, it is concluded that “(books) stir emotions and spark thoughts” in a distinctive way, echoing his points made in the earlier paragraphs, in which he mentions that “reading does things – to the brain, heart and spirit”. His conviction at the end is also his implicit appeal, reserved yet in-depth.

  Teacher’s NOTE: For the third time, after reading this part of our essay, do you understand “In what ways, the author writes what with what intents or for what purposes”?

  材料文的作者以什么樣的方式，寫了什么內容，從而實現什么寫作目的，或者體現了什么意圖。

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