SAT作文素材 社会事件.

　　今天继续和各位同学分享SAT作文素材——社会事件。一般的社会事件都具有时效性，很多同学觉得用时效性强的例证很难说明问题，其实不然，很多社会事件都有其深远的社会意义的，这就要求同学平时在读报或看电视新闻的时候多注意后面对这一事件的评论。我们来看下面一些素材。

Violence on TV programs

　　Television programs and movies that depict violence among teenagers are extremely popular. Given how influential these media are, we have good reason to believe that these depictions cause young people to engage in violent behavior. Hence, depictions of violence among teenagers should be prohibited from movies and television programs, if only in those programs and movies promoted to young audiences.

教员要关注 社会/工业界发展

　　It is benicial for a professor who teaches Electronic engineering to be active in industrial world as well. Therore, he can always keep conscious about the major difference of research directions in industrial world and academic world, and he can rine his courses in time to make it keep pace with the industrial advancement. Consequently, the students can learn more practical knowledge and instructions from the faculty, and benit themselves when they step into society after graduation.

AIDS艾滋病问题

　　Africa and the developing world are facing an HIV/AIDS crisis equated by the U.S. surgeon amounts to the plague that decimated Europe in the fourteenth century.

　　As available pharmaceuticals are quite expensive, it is impossible for millions of infected people in developing countries to accept existing AIDS treatments, and thus they are sentenced to preventable deaths.

　　The U.S. should cancel the foreign debts of the poorest countries, give up the intellectual property rights, and give a license to WT0 to produce the essential medicines and distribute them widely to those in need in the developing world.

　　Finally, it should be reiterated that although access to essential medicines is of critical importance, much more must also be done to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and to improve treatment of those infected.

NBA总决赛

　　The Lakers lt the court in pieces. Karl Malone kept his head down, Shaquille O&aposNeal absently slapped a few high-fives and Kobe Bryant jogged in late, encased in his own thoughts. The Detroit Pistons deat the Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA Finals this year. The stunning victory is the triumph of teamwork over talent and collaboration over celebrity.

剽窃

　　For example, students might attempt to paraphrase to convey information obtained from research but fail to cite their sources. Or they might fail to identify passages as quotations when they are conducting research for a writing project and later treat the passage as though it were a paraphrase. In still other cases, students will knowingly attempt to pass off the work of other writers as their own.(剽窃的类型)

　　Students often feel the need to cheat or plagiarize when they don&apost understand an assignment or concept or when they don&apost have the time to adequately prepare for turning in an assignment . Offering ample time in class for questions or doing one-on-one conferences outside of class with students can help alleviate this feeling. However, students often cheat and plagiarize because it&aposs easy or they think they won&apost get caught.(剽窃的原因)

Renaissance

　　During the era well-known as the Renaissance, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions.

恐怖主义

　　As we face the threat of war and terrorism, the economic downturn, and our own personal struggles and losses, we may need additional help coping from time to time.

　　The heinous on September 11 terrorist attacks in Washington and New York is a disaster.

　　Any act of international terrorism is a threat to international peace and security and should be condemned.

　　All states should prevent the financing of terrorism, deny safe haven to terrorists, and cooperate under a common set of obligations in the fight to end international terrorism.

政治丑闻

　　The collapse of Enron is the biggest crash in corporate history. This is not just an isolated financial scandal. Enron made a large number of donations to Bush and the Republicans in exchange with the government&aposs support in energy policy.

安乐死

　　One need look no further than the application of euthanasia. To deprive other&aposs lives is widely recognized as illegal and criminal behavior; however, euthanasia is not crime but benevolence. From time to time some patients are hopeless as their diseases are cureless at that time, they can not bear the afflictions of the disease any further, and their family are also on the brink of collapse mentally and economically. Therore, peacul death is the most helpful choice both to the patients and to their family. Under this circumstance, the doctors should help their poor patients with euthanasia, and these behaviors should never be judged guilty.

Purchase of Alaska

　　March 30, 1867

　　In 1867, Seward, Secretary of U.S., agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7 million. At the time, the public thought Seward was crazy to spend so much on a piece of land that was mostly unexplored. Ultimately, buying Alaska proved to be a very good move. The discovery of gold and petroleum in Alaska ended people’s debate.

马丁路德金和种族歧视

　　Martin Luther King&aposs contributions to our history place him in this inimitable position. In his short life, Martin Luther King was instrumental in helping us realize and rectify those unspeakable flaws which were tarnishing the name of America.

　　In those days American Blacks were confined to positions of second class citizenship by restrictive laws and customs. To break these laws would mean subjugation and humiliation by the police and the legal system. Beatings, imprisonment and sometimes death were waiting for those who died the System.

　　Hope in America was waning on the part of many Black Americans, but Martin Luther King, Jr. provided a candle along with a light.

　　Today Black Americans have federal legislation which provides access and legal protection in the areas of public accommodations, housing, voting rights, schools, and transportation.

　　On December 10, 1964, Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

环境恶化

　　Dorestation caused by indulgent cutting, animal extinction due to endless hunting can only be forestalled by public education on the importance of these areas. For instance, the depletion of atmospheric ozone, which has waned the Earth to the point that it threatens the very survival of the human species. Also, we are now learning that early-cutting the world&aposs rainforests can set into motion a chain of animal extinction that threatens the delicate balance upon which all animals--including humans--depend.

　　大大小小的社会事件每天都在发生，同学们要做一个有心人，多读报看新闻做笔记，如果你关注了，了解其社会意义了，在SAT写作中就很容易找到可以说明问题的素材。