托福寫作例子總結(jié)：事件類(上)

　　Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, opposition, at a critical juncture

　　自己做決定的重要性

　　Alaska Purchase

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

　　take risks的意義

　　the founding of the Library of Congress

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

　　果斷行動的必要性

　　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

　　按計劃工作還是有創(chuàng)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

　　政府與個人leisure的關(guān)系/計劃的重要性

　　Marbury vs. Madison

　　the basis of judicial review

　　個人經(jīng)驗vs.他人建議

　　the Underground Railroad

　　Block slaves, abolitionists, secret routes

　　the Bay of Pigs(這個可跟豬流感沒什么關(guān)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

　　廣告和產(chǎn)品的相互依存關(guān)系