SAT寫作素材分享：成功人士

眾所周知，SAT作文喜歡偏向高大上的普世價值觀，對成功也是一再強調主觀能動性的作用，但客觀來看，確實有一些人憑借pure luck而盆滿缽滿成名立萬，大家往往只能想到盤尼西林的發(fā)現(xiàn)是個意外，其實這方面素材還有很多，下面就介紹一下：

1.糖精發(fā)明者：康斯坦丁法堡和伊拉雷森

時間：1879年

事情發(fā)生的經過：在研究了一整天的煤礦衍生物之后，法堡離開他約翰霍金大學的實驗室回家吃晚飯。

大發(fā)現(xiàn)：他吃到了某種特別甜的東西(明顯不是晚飯本身)，于是他追溯到了自己手上沾到的某種化學成分(滬江小編注：糖精，從煤焦油中提取的物質。)而且最棒的是，這種糖精完全沒有熱量。

結果：法堡摒棄了伊拉(指導他完成論文的導師)和所在大學，偷偷申請了糖精的專利……

Inventors: Constantin Fahlberg and Ira Remsen

Year: 1879

WhatHappened: After spending the day studying coal tar derivatives, Fahlberg lefthis Johns Hopkins laboratory and went to dinner。

BigDiscovery: Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which he traced to achemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. Best of all, it turned out to becalorie-free。

As a result: He cut Remsen andthe university out of millions of dollars when he secretly patented thebreakthrough discovery, saccharin.

2.橡皮泥發(fā)明者：詹姆斯懷特

時間：1943年

事情發(fā)生的經過：在戰(zhàn)時，通用的工程師將硅油和硼酸混合、試圖制造出能用于坦克、靴子的橡膠。

大發(fā)現(xiàn)：他的嘗試沒有成功，但科學家們重新設計和延伸了這項發(fā)明。

結果：孩子們開始普遍地玩橡皮泥。

Inventor: James Wright

Year: 1943

WhatHappened: During the war years, the General Electric engineer combined siliconeoil and boric acid in an attempt to find a cheap alternative to rubber for tanktreads, boots, etc。

BigDiscovery: It didn't work. But the scientists had a blast bouncing andstretching his mistake, when they weren't using it to transfer comics ontopaper。

As a result: Kids had a blast playing with the SillyPutty too.