SAT备考资料：ESSAY写作素材（39）
<p> <span word="SAT">SAT</span>的写作在于平时的积累，考生们可在日常生活中多累积写作的素材，多练笔，培养出好的语感和逻辑，这样就能在考试中写出优秀的作文。为此，收集整理了一系列<span word="SAT">SAT</span>的<span word="ESSAY">ESSAY</span>写作素材，供考生们参考使用。</p><p> <span word="Rags">Rags</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Riches">Riches</span></p><p> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> 20/20 <span word="how">how</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="homelessness">homelessness</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="businessman">businessman</span>. <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="brokerage">brokerage</span> <span word="firm">firm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> <span word="Townhouse">Townhouse</span>--<span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tailored">tailored</span> <span word="suits">suits</span>, <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Miles">Miles</span> <span word="Davis">Davis</span> <span word="albums">albums</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="path">path</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="series">series</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="turns">turns</span>. <span word="Just">Just</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="living">living</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="occasion">occasion</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bathroom">bathroom</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Bay">Bay</span> <span word="Area">Area</span> <span word="Rapid">Rapid</span> <span word="Transit">Transit</span> <span word="station">station</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Oakland">Oakland</span>, <span word="Calif">Calif</span>. <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="schoolteacher">schoolteacher</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="up">up</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="grounded">grounded</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="dreamed">dreamed</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jazz">jazz</span> <span word="trumpeter">trumpeter</span>. <span word="Mothers">Mothers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="things">things</span>, <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="She">She</span> <span word="explained">explained</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="me">me</span>, <span word="Son">Son</span>, <span word="theres">theres</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Miles">Miles</span> <span word="Davis">Davis</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="job">job</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="else">else</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="was">was</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span>. <span word="Gardner">Gardner</span> <span word="credits">credits</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="uncles">uncles</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="needed">needed</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="veterans">veterans</span>. <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="enlisted">enlisted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Navy">Navy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>.</p>
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