托福写作例子总结：事件类

　　Louisiana Purchase

　　Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, opposition, at a critical juncture

　　自己做决定的重要性

　　Alaska Purchase

　　"Seward's Folly", gold was discovered in Alaska in 1897, the deal paid off thousands of times over

　　take risks的意义

　　the founding of the Library of Congress

　　no books or not even any building to put books in when the resolution was passed

　　果断行动的必要性

　　Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

　　originally intended to be a tribute to figures from the Old West, ended up with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt

　　按计划工作还是有创意的工作

　　the Twenty-First Amendment

　　the repeal of Prohibition, drinking alcohol was legal again, poorly-planned, only 550 agents enforced the ban in the whole country

　　政府与个人leisure的关系/计划的重要性

　　Marbury vs. Madison

　　the basis of judicial review

　　个人经验vs.他人建议

　　the Underground Railroad

　　Block slaves, abolitionists, secret routes

　　the Bay of Pigs(这个可跟猪流感没什么关系)

　　the entire world was on the brink of

　　nuclear war, destruction of the sites might trigger World War III, doing nothing means exposing America to possible nuclear destruction.

　　高效率不完美vs. 低效率完美

　　Sputnik

　　Soviet satellite, shocked Americans, efforts to catch up with the Soviet Union in space

　　太空研究

　　Model T

　　assembly lines, mass production, effective advertising

　　广告和产品的相互依存关系

　　At first, the game was described as "too long, too dull and burdened with 52 fundamental play errors" by a game company.

　　没想到吧 ?连“大富翁”游戏的成功也充满了曲折

　　latchkey kids

　　lack of parental supervision

　　工作与家庭的关系 empty nest syndrome

　　the extended family is less common; loneliness

　　年轻人与老年人的关系

　　the Three-Mile Island accident

　　the safety of nuclear plants; ralatively low levels of radiation; no new nuclear plants were built in America since the accident

　　科技对生活的改变是利还是弊

　　the Exxon Valdez Oil Spoil

　　the ship's captain, negligence

　　个人对于环境可能造成的影响

　　the impeachment of Bill Clinton

　　"I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again… I never told anybody to lie a single time. These allegations (指控)are false and I need to go back to work for the American people."

　　lies & truth

　　the digital divide

　　gap; access to more information

　　科技让生活更简单还是更复杂

　　Child pornography

　　proliferation

　　互联网的利弊

　　Obama Girl

　　an Internet celebrity, I got a crush on(暗恋)Obama

　　媒体的影响

　　the Challengerdisaster broke apart, seven crew members

　　太空研究

　　the Mars Exploration Mission

　　the Spirit Rover & the Opportunity Rover

　　太空研究

　　the national debt topped $ 11.4 trillion

　　credit, emergency

　　plan & risk 话题

　　Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers

　　"Your company is now bankrupt, our economy is in crisis, but you get to keep $ 480 million (￡276 million). I have a very basic question for you, is this fair?"

　　“有米”是否是成功的唯一标准

　　the subprime mortgage crisis

　　high-risk loans, uncalculated

　　risk risk 话题

　　Goole Earth

　　convenience, great accessibility

　　科技是否让生活更复杂

　　An Inconvenient

　　Truth/ Our Choice Al Gore

　　个人与环境的关系

　　American Idol

　　Simon Cowell

　　是否应该总讲真话/cooperation

　　Haiti earthquake

　　catastrophe humanitarian

　　是否应该关注与我们生活不直接相关的时事