SAT写作素材之名人生平.docx

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SAT写作素材之名人生平

SAT写作素材——名人生平

SAT考试的一个主要组成部分就是SAT写作，而写作也常常是一件令人头疼的事情，尤其在文章中需要举例说明问题的时候，很多学生往往很苦恼，从今天开始我们要陆续给大家介绍一些SAT写作中常用的例证素材，有了这些素材写作就不再那么难了。

国外有很多为科学、文化、人类的发展做出突出贡献的名人，把他们的事迹作为写作素材不失为一种很好的选择，首先来看名人生平。

BillGates

 WhenBillGatesmadehisdecisiontodropoutfromHarvard,hedidnotcaretoomuchoftheresult.GatesenteredHarvardin1973,anddroppedouttwoyearslaterwhenheandAllenstartedtheengineofMicrosoft.ManypeopledidnotunderstandwhyGatesgaveupsuchagoodopportunitytostudyintheworld’sNo.1University.However,withsizecomespower,MicrosoftdominatesthePCmarketwithitsoperatingsystems,suchasMS-DOSandWindows.Now,MicrosoftbecomesthebiggestsoftwarecompanyintheworldandBillGatesbecomestherichestmanintheworld.

ThomasEdison

 WecanlearnfromtheexperienceofthegreatinventorThomasAlvaEdisonthatsometimesaseriesofapparentfailuresisreallyaprecursortosuccess.ThevoluminouspersonalpapersofEdisonrevealthathisinventionstypicallydidnotspringtolifeinaflashofinspirationbutevolvedslowlyfrompreviousworks.

MotherTeresa

 MotherTeresa,winneroftheNobelPeacePrize,dedicatedthemajorityofherlifetohelpingthepoorestofthepoorinIndia,thusgainingherthename"SaintoftheGutters."ThedevotiontowardsthepoorwonherrespectthroughouttheworldandtheNobelPeacePrizein1979.ShefoundedanorderofnunscalledtheMissionariesofCharityinCalcutta,Indiadedicatedtoservingthepoor.Almost50yearslater,theMissionariesofCharityhavegrownfrom12sistersinIndiatoover3,000in517missionsthroughout100countriesworldwide.

DianaSpencer

 LadyDianaSpencer,PrincessofWales,isrememberedandrespectedbypeopleallovertheworldmoreforherbeauty,kindness,humanityandcharitableactivitiesthanforhertechnicalskills.

NelsonMandela

 Mandela,theSouthAfricanblackpoliticalleaderandformerpresident,wasawarded1993NobelPeacePrizeforhiseffortstoantiracismandantiapartheid.NelsonMandelaisoneofthegreatmoralandpoliticalleadersofourtime:

aninternationalherowhoselifelongdedicationtothefightagainstracialoppressioninSouthAfricawonhimtheNobelPeacePrizeandthepresidencyofhiscountry.Sincehistriumphantreleasein1990frommorethanaquarter-centuryofimprisonment,Mandelahasbeenatthecentreofthemostcompellingandinspiringpoliticaldramaintheworld.AspresidentoftheAfricanNationalCongressandheadofSouthAfrica'santiapartheidmovement,hewasinstrumentalinmovingthenationtowardmultiracialgovernmentandmajorityrule.Heisreveredeverywhereasavitalforceinthefightforhumanrightsandracialequality.

GeorgeBush

 OnJanuary16,1991,PresidentBushorderedthecommencementofOperationDesertStorm,amassiveU.S.-ledmilitaryoffensiveagainstIraqinthePersianGulf.

 Inlate1992,BushorderedU.S.troopsintoSomalia,anationdevastatedbydroughtandcivilwar.ThepeacekeepingmissionwouldprovethemostdisastroussinceLebanon,andPresidentClintonabruptlycalleditoffin1993.

JimmyCarter

 PresidentCarter'spolicyofplacinghumanrightsrecordsattheforefrontofAmerica'srelationshipswithothernationscontributedtoacoolingofColdWarrelationsinthelate1970s.

 In1980,forthefirsttimeinsevenyears,FidelCastroauthorizedemigrationoutofCubabythecountry'scitizens.TheUnitedStateswelcomedtheCubans,butlatertookstepstoslowthetidewhenevidencesuggestedthatCastrowasusingtherefugeeflighttoemptyhisprisons.

NevilleChamberlain

 In1938,BritishPrimeMinisterChamberlainsignedtheMunichPactwithAdolfHitler,anagreementthatgaveCzechoslovakiaawaytoNaziconquestwhilebringing,asChamberlainpromised,"peaceinourtime."

 ElevenmonthsafterthesigningoftheMunichPact,GermanybrokethepeaceinEuropebyinvadingPoland.AsolemnChamberlainhadnochoicebuttodeclarewar,andWorldWarIIbeganinEurope.

WinstonChurchill

 Intheearly1930s,ConservativeM.P.WinstonChurchillissuedunheededwarningsofthethreatofNaziaggressionfromhisseatonaHouseofCommonsbackbench.

 WithGermantanksracingacrossFrance,ChurchillspoketotheBritishpeopleforthefirsttimeasprimeminister,andpledgedastruggletothelastbreathagainstNaziconquestandoppression.

 Inthesummerof1940,thedemocraciesofcontinentalEuropefelltoGermanyonebyone,leavingGreatBritainaloneinitsresistancetoAdolfHitler.TheNazileaderwasconfidentthatvictoryagainstBritainwouldcomesoon,butChurchillprophesiedotherwise,tellinghiscountrymenthattheBattleofBritainwouldbe"theirfinesthour."

BillClinton

 In1994,PresidentClintonauthorizedamilitaryoperationtooverthrowHaiti'smilitarydictatorsandrestoreitsdemocraticallyelectedleader.Ontheeveofinvasion,bloodshedwaspreventedwhenformerpresidentJimmyCarterbrokeredanagreementwithHaiti'sleadersinwhichtheypledgedtogiveuppower.

DwightD.Eisenhower

OnJune5,1944,thesupremeAlliedcommanderorderedcommencementoftheD-Dayinvasion,thelargestcombinedsea,air,andlandmilitaryoperationinhistory.Eisenhowertoldthe3millionmenoftheAlliedExpeditionaryForce,"Theeyesoftheworldareuponyou!

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In1956,Israel,Britain,andFranceinvadedEgyptinprotestofitsnationalizationoftheSuezCanal.TheU.S.S.R.andtheUnitedStates,bothvyingforgreaterinfluenceintheMiddleEast,forcedthethreenationstoendtheiroccupationofthestrategiccanal.

PrincessesElizabethandMargaret

DuringtheBattleofBritain,thechildrenofKingGeorgeVIdeliveredaradioaddresstoBritishchildrenwhohadbeenevacuatedabroad.PrincessesElizabethandMargaret,liketheirparents,weatheredthedarkdaysofWorldWarIIinBritain.

GeraldFord

NinedaysbeforethefallofSaigon,PresidentFordspokeontheresignationofSouthVietnamesePresidentThieu.Soonafter,theUnitedStateslaunchedamassivehelicopterevacuationoftensofthousandsofanticommunistSouthVietnameseandthelastfewAmericansremaininginthecountry.

MohandasGandhi

In1931,Gandhi,thepoliticalandspiritualleaderoftheIndianindependencemovement,wasreleasedfromprisontoattendtheLondonRoundTableConferenceonIndiaasthesolerepresentativeoftheIndianNationalCongress.

Gorbachev

AsleaderoftheU.S.S.R.,MikhailGorbachevwasagreatforceforpeace,evenatthecostoftheSovietgovernment'sdownfallafter74yearsinpower.

AdolfHitler

AfewdaysbeforehisoccupationoftheSudetenland,aconfidentHitleraddressedaNazirallyatBerlin'sSportpalaststadium,andreassuredthecrowdthatifwarcamewithBritainandFrancetheGermanWehrmachtwouldbevictorious.

PopeJohnPaulII

In1995,thepopeaddressedtheUnitedNationsontheoccasionofits50thanniversary.ReaffirminghissupportoftheidealsandgoalsoftheU.N.,hepraisedtheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRightsandcalledfortheU.N.tobecomethemoralcenterofafamilyofnations.

NikitaKhrushchevandRichardNixon

InadefiningmomentoftheColdWar,VicePresidentNixonandSovietleaderKhrushchevengagedinanimpromptudebateaboutthemeritsanddisadvantagesofcapitalismandcommunism.Theexchange,whichtookplaceinMoscowinfrontofareplicaofasuburbanAmericankitchen,wasknownasthe"KitchenDebate."

DouglasMacArthur

OnSeptember2,1945,aboardtheUSSMissouriinTokyoBay,themostdestructivewarinhumanhistoryofficiallycametoanendasrepresentativesoftheJapanesegovernmentandmilitarysignedtheircountry'sunconditionalsurrender.

AfterclashingwithPresidentTrumanoverwarpolicy,MacArthurwasrelievedofhiscommandofU.N.forcesinKoreaandreturnedtotheU.S.forthefirsttimesincebeforeWorldWarII.Givenahero'swelcome,headdressedajointmeetingofCongress,wherehedeclared,"Oldsoldiersneverdie,theyjustfadeaway."

RichardNixon

In1973,afterfiveyearsoftalks,theUnitedStatesandNorthVietnamreachedapeaceagreementtoendU.S.involvementinVietnam.Twoyearslater,SaigonfelltoNorthVietnameseforcesandVietnamwasunifiedunderCommunistrule.

RonaldReagan

In1984,Reagancalledforaninternationalbanonchemicalweapons.Sixyearslater,PresidentBushandSovietleaderGorbachevwouldsignahistoricagreementtoceaseproductionandbegindestructionofbothnations'sizablereserves.

In1987,duringavisittoBerlin,thepresidentmadeadramaticpleatoSovietleaderMikhailGorbachevto"teardown"theBerlinWall.Twoyearslater,Berlinerswoulddosoontheirownaccord.

FranklinD.Roosevelt

ThedayafterJapan'sattackonPearlHarbor,PresidentRooseveltaddressedajointsessionofCongress,andproclaimedDecember7"adatewhichwillliveininfamy."Withonlyonedissent,CongressgrantedhisrequestforanofficialdeclarationofwaragainstJapan.

Twomonthsbeforehisdeath,RooseveltmetWinstonChurchillandJosephStalinforthelasttimeatYaltaintheU.S.S.R.The"BigThree"leadersdiscussedmilitaryconsiderationsinthewaragainstGermanyandJapan,andcompromisedontheirvisionsofthepostwarworldorder.

Tito

In1963,Tito,theindependent-mindedcommunistleaderofYugoslaviasince1945,visitedtheUnitedStatesduringatouroftheAmericas.

HarryTruman

ThreedaysafterthebombingofHiroshima,PresidentTrumanwarnedJapanoffurtheratomicattacksuntilitsurrendered.Whennoanswercame,heauthorizedthedroppingofasecondatomicbombonNagasaki.Sixdayslater,Japansurrendered.

In1949,TrumansignedtheNorthAtlanticTreatywith10EuropeannationsandCanad