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智 课 网 S A T 备 考 资 料 SAT写作难题思路：何为勇气？ Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. We define “courage” too loosely. Real courage is conscious self-sacrifice, either for the sake of others or to uphold a value. But we typically identify a single aspect of courage—daring or honesty, for example—as the entire virtue. We even say it takes courage to differ from the mainstream in one’s preferences in fashion or music or to speak out about certain wrongs. Such acts, though admirable, are not necessarily courageous. Adapted from John McCain with Mark Salter, Why Courage Matters Assignment: Should we limit our use of the term “courage” to acts in which people risk their own well-being for the sake of others or to uphold a value? 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. 写作思路： 不同意。为了他人的利益或者为了坚守某个价值观而牺牲自己的利 益或福利的确可以称之为勇气。但是，还有一些行为，比如不随波逐流 ，比如得了绝症坚持乐观地生活下去，也是要极大勇气的。因此，很多 的行为，即便没有为了别人的利益失去自己的福利，也可以是勇气。 有一位身患癌症的医生写过一篇文章，请大家看看我节选的部分。 能从中获取某些思路和感悟：Hemingway once wrote that courage is grace under pressure. But I would rather think with the 18th century Italian dramatist, Vittorio Alfieri, that “often the test of courage is not to die but to live.” For living with cancer engenders more than pressure; it begets terror. To live with it, to face up to itthat’s courage.(翻译：海明威曾经写道，勇气就是临 危不惧。不过，我更赞同18世纪意大利戏剧家维多利奥.阿尔菲利的观 点 ：“对勇气的考验往往不是去死 ，而是要活。”身患癌症，不仅带来 痛苦 ，而且引起恐惧。抱病生活，并敢于正视这一现实 ，这就是勇气。) 从这位作者的文章我们可以看出 ，正视糟糕的现实 ，也是勇气的表 现。作为一名癌症患者，作者不仅没有消沉 ，反倒比以前更积极快乐地 去生活，这种行为不仅没有损害个人的利益，反倒还有利于 自己的身体 。你能说这种勇于面对现实的态度不是勇气吗? 此外 ，我也反对John McCain说的“We even say it takes courage to differ from the mainstream in one’s preferences in fashion or music or to speak out about certain wrongs. Such acts, though admirable,