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下面为大家介绍的是2008年SAT写作欧洲地区考试真题答题辅导，大家可以参考答案解析来扩展自己的写作思路。
2008.1 欧洲
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: (2008.1)
Newness has become our obsession. Novelty is more interesting to us than continuing with whatever is "tried and true." We discard the old so we can acquire the most recent model, the latest version, the newest and most improved formula. Often, we replace what is useful just because it is no longer new. Not only with material goods but also with cultural values, we prefer whatever is the latest trend.
Assignment: Should people always prefer new things, ideas, or values to those of the past? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
我们痴迷于新鲜感。对我们来说，新奇比继续做“已经尝试过并且证明为真”的东西更有趣。我们放弃旧的东西，所以我们能够得到最新的模式和版本，最新的、改进最好的方案。我们经常放弃有用的东西，仅仅因为他们不再是新的了。不仅是物质产品，而且是文化价值，我们更喜欢最新潮的东西。
题目：人们应当总是优先选择新的东西、观点或价值观吗?
2. 审题关键词：new
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：The newest trend is what people like at the present. It can promote new development in the world.
反：Trend is too inconsistent and unreliable. People might make mistakes.
补：Being obsessed with new things is dangerous.
2008.5 欧洲
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2008.5)
There are those who believe that everything we do is inspired by the desire for power in its various forms. They maintain that our actions are nothing but expressions of a striving for power. In this view, even when we act kindly toward other people, we are motivated, whether we know it or not, by a desire to have some control over their lives, for our act of kindness puts them partially in our power.
Adapted from Leszek Kolakowski, “Freedom, Fame, Lying, and Betrayal: Essays on Everyday Life”
Assignment: Are people’s actions motivated primarily by a desire for power over other? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
有人相信我们所做的每件事情都被获取不同形式的的权力的渴望所激励。他们相信我们的行为只是追求权力的表现。在这个意义上，即使我们对他人行为友善，我们都被一种控制他人的渴望所激励着，不管我们有意还是无意。因为我们的友善行为把他们部分置于我们的控制之下。
题目：人们的行为主要是被控制别人的渴望所激励吗?
2. 审题关键词：motivate, power
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：As human beings, we always want to be better than other people to have a better chance of survival.
反：People’s actions are motivated primarily by their own interests.
补：We should not take power too seriously.
2008.10 欧洲
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. (2008.10)
It is unrealistic to think that any group of people—a family, a committee, a company, a city—can function peacefully and productively without some kind of authority. The needs and interests of the individuals who make up any group are too varied for its member to operate as a unit without having someone to make the final decisions. Somebody has to be in charge; somebody has to be ultimately responsible.
Assignment: Can a group of people function effectively without someone being in charge? 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.
1. 题目翻译：
不论是家庭、委员会，还是公司、城市，一群人不可能在没有权威的情况下，和平、有效率地共处。群体内的成员的需求和兴趣大相径庭，不可能在没有人做出最后决定的情况下共处。必须有人领导，也必须有人最终负责。
题目：在没人领导的时候，一个群体能够有效运行吗?
2. 审题关键词：group of people, in charge
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：Each member is responsible for himself. People can express their own opinions better without someone being in charge.
反：People’s opinions might be too varied to reach an agreement.
补：Generally, people will automatically pick a leader in the group.