SAT满分作文 含翻译和解析

　　一、写作题目

　　Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below

　　A better understanding of other people contributes to the development of moral virtues. We shall be both kinder and fairer in our treatment of others if we understand them better. Understanding ourselves and understanding others are connected, since as human beings we all have things in common.

　　Assignment: Do we need other people in order to understand ourselves? 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.

　　题目翻译：

　　更好地了解他人有助于道德品行的发展。如果我们更好地了解他人的话，我们就会更加友好和公正地对待他们。了解自己和了解他人是紧密相连的，因为作为人类我们都有共同点。

　　命题：为了认识自己，我们是否需要他人?

　　二、6分范文

　　Most parents and teachers tell students the extremely tired clich of the consequences of following the crowd. It is said that, in order to be a completely individual thinker, one must ignore what others say. Such advice is certainly true to some extent; unreasonable malice must be forgotten in order to keep some level of self-esteem. However, as with most ideas, this one can not be taken in absolute form. In at least some respects, we need other people in order to understand ourselves.

　　An excellent example of a literary character that could have psychologically benefitted from social interaction is J. Alfred Prufrock from T.S. Eliots poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. In the poem, Prufrck desires a relationship with a woman very much, but he refrains from initiating conversation because he fears that he could not hold the interest of a sophisticated lady. Should Prufrock have taken the step to accept other people into his life, he most likely would have discovered, as the reader of the poem certainly did, that he is most articulate. Others would have impressed upon him the beauty of his words and his talent for prose. If Prufrock would have spoken his song a loud, the ladies surely would have shown him what he himself did not understand. Since the ladies would reveal Prufrocks talents to him, it is true that we need others in order to understand ourselves.

　　The lesson of learning from others opinions of yourself extends much farther than the song of a fictional character. Two days ago, in an art class, my group of students had assigned self portraits due. Most of us brought in photographs of ourselves. Nevertheless, one boy brought nothing and handed us all slips of paper. He told us to write a word to describe him, and when we had done so, he pasted the words on a poster. This must have been a revealing exercise for him because, upon the sight of such descriptions as bitter and sarcastic, he was shocked. In the case of this boy, he had not realized how his personality appeared to others. Though he might not have thought himself bitter, his friends comments certainly made him seem that way. The fact that we need others in order to understand ourselves is clearly shown by this boys revelation.

　　范文翻译：

　　随大流的后果是大多数家长和老师对学生挂在嘴边的老生常谈。他们说，为了成为完全独立的思想者，一个人必须忽视他人的看法。在某种程度上，这种建议是正确的;我们必须忘记无理的恶言恶语，以保持适度的自尊。然而，和对待其他思想一样，我们对此种思想的认同也不能绝对化。至少，在某些方面，我们需要他人的帮助以认识自己。

　　一位文学人物，T.S.艾略特的诗作J阿尔弗瑞德普鲁弗洛克的情歌中的主人公J阿尔弗瑞德普鲁弗洛克是这一观点的绝佳范例。他本可以从社会交往中得到心理慰藉。在诗中，普鲁弗洛克渴望能和一位女子发展关系，但由于担心自己无法引起一位见多识广的女士的兴趣，他不敢主动上前攀谈。如果普鲁弗洛克能够行动起来，将他人纳入生活的话，他很可能会和该诗的读者一样，发现自己是多么的精于言辞。人们会折服于他的锦绣文章和绝妙文才。如果普鲁弗洛克能够大声唱出他的情歌，女士们一定会带他发现他所不了解的事情。由于女士们能为普鲁弗洛克揭示他的才能，所以我们确实需要他人的帮助以认识自己。

　　从他人对自己的看法中受益的经验可不只跟虚构人物的情歌有关。两天前是我们小组学生的美术课作业交稿日，作业是一幅自画像。大部分学生带来了自己的照片。然而，一个男生空手而来，并且递给我们每人一张纸条。他让我们每人写一个词形容他。我们完成以后，他把这些词粘在一张大纸上。这对他来说一定是一次发现之旅，因为看见诸如刻薄，尖酸之类的形容词，他震惊了。对这位男生来说，他从未认识到在别人眼里他是怎样的个性。虽然他可能并不认为自己刻薄，但朋友的评论显然表明他是这样的。这位男生的启示清楚地证明了，我们需要别人的帮助以认识自己。

　　三、得分点详解

　　1effectively and insightfully develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates outstanding critical thinking, using clearly appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position

　　围绕论题有效、深刻地发展一个论点，运用贴切的事例、因果分析和其他证据支持论点，从而展示出色的思辨能力。