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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 SAT写作开头内容的精彩呈现法 （SAT写作考试须知）：SAT写作开头内容的精彩呈现法 （SAT考试精品课程推荐）  今天我们将学习如何来写开篇和主题。例题如下：  “If we are dissatisfied with our circumstances, we think about changing them. But the most important and effective changes—in our attitude—hardly occur to us. In other words, we should worry not about how to alter the world around us for the better but about how to change ourselves in order to fit into that world.”  Adapted from Michael Hymers, Wittgenstein, Pessimism and Politics  Assignment:  Is it better to change ones attitude than to change ones circumstances? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.  Writing an Effective Introduction  写出好的开头不外乎两点：  吸引读者的注意力  强调观点  让我们想来看看如何吸引读者的注意力。阅卷者看到的第1句话往往比别的句子要重要得多。所以，开篇的句子通常都影响深远。一是开头决定了该篇文章能否吸引读者的注意力，让阅卷者产生继续的好奇心；二是开头通常都与你整篇文章所要表明的观点息息相关。让我们看如何成功吸引读者的开头：  Hyperbolic statement夸张的陈述：使用一个大胆、牵强、极端或是夸张的陈述，这类陈述可以具有争议性甚至是虚构性。比如：“For thousands of years of human history, optimists have used religion, politics, and culture to try to change the attitudes of millions. They have miserably failed”。  Statistic数据型：运用相关数据来表达你的观点。例如：“Self-described optimists are five times more likely to be happy and satisfied than their pessimist counterparts”。  Personal experience个人经历：用自己的个人经历来表达观点。例如：“When I was diagnosed with cancer four years ago, the doctor told me I would concede to the wiles of destiny – instead, I made a choice to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life than I ever had before”。  Folksy/Common Statement常见陈述：用一个普遍的陈述来引出一个常见的观点。例如：“They say that if you aren’t an optimist, the glass is half-empty. And, if you’re a pessimist, it probably has cyanide in it anyway”。  Quote引言：引用一句家喻户晓的名言来表明自己的观点。例如：“Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.These were w