目錄
contents

前言 i
使用本書 iii
chapter 1 sat essay簡介
sat essay introduction
sat寫作介紹sat essay introduction 3
sat essay結構sat essay structure 6
sat寫作話題分類sat essay top topics 9
chapter 2 商業與發明
business and invention
諾貝爾alfred bernhard nobel (1833–1896) 25
卡內基andrew carnegie (1835–1919) 27
洛克菲勒john davison rockefeller (1839–1937) 29
貝爾alexander graham bell (1847–1922) 31
figure 05 愛迪生thomas edison (1847–1931) 33
福特henry ford (1863–1947) 36
迪士尼walt disney (1901–1966) 38
雷蒙德?克羅克raymond albert kroc (1902–1984) 40
山姆?沃爾頓sam walton (1918–1992) 42
figure 10 巴菲特warren buffett (1930–) 44
奧普拉oprah winfrey (1954–) 46
比爾?蓋茨bill gates (1955–) 49
喬布斯steve jobs (1955–2011) 51
chapter 3 哲學與文學
philosophy and literature
孔子confucius (551–479 bc) 57
蘇格拉底socrates (469–399 bc) 60
柏拉圖plato (428?–347 bc) 62
亞里士多德aristotle (384–322 bc) 64
figure 05 馬基雅維利niccol? machiavelli (1469–1527) 66
培根francis bacon (1561–1626) 68
莎士比亞william shakespeare (1564–1616) 70

笛卡兒ren? descartes (1596–1650) 72
伏爾泰voltaire (1694–1778) 74
figure 10 狄更斯charles dickens (1812–1870) 77
列夫?托爾斯泰leo tolstoy (1828–1910) 79
尼采friedrich nietzsche (1844–1900) 81
蕭伯納george bernard shaw (1856–1950) 83
海明威ernest hemingway (1899–1961) 85
chapter 4 科學與探索
science and exploration
希波克拉底hippocrates (460–377 bc) 89
阿基米德archimedes (287–212 bc) 91
哥白尼nicolaus copernicus (1473–1543) 93
布魯諾giordano bruno (1548–1600) 95
figure 05 伽利略galileo galilei (1564–1642) 97
哈維william harvey (1578–1657) 99
牛頓sir isaac newton (1642–1727) 101
瓦特james watt (1736–1819) 103
愛德華?詹納edward jenner (1749–1823) 105
figure 10 達爾文charles darwin (1809–1882) 106
孟德爾gregor mendel (1822–1884) 108
巴斯德louis pasteur (1822–1895) 110
居里夫人marie curie (1867–1934) 112
愛因斯坦albert einstein (1879–1955) 114
figure 15 弗萊明alexander fleming (1881–1955) 116
波爾niels bohr (1885–1962) 118
克里克francis crick (1916–2004) 120
霍金stephen hawking (1942–) 122
chapter 5 政治與權力
politics and power
愷撒大帝julius caesar (100–44 bc) 127
亞歷山大大帝alexander the great (356–323 bc) 129
武則天empress wu (624–705) 131
成吉思汗genghis khan (1162?–1227) 133
figure 05 本杰明?富蘭克林benjamin franklin (1706–1790) 135
華盛頓george washington (1732–1799) 137
拿破侖napoleon bonaparte (1769–1821) 140
林肯abraham lincoln (1809–1865) 143
丘吉爾sir winston churchill (1874–1965) 146
figure 10 羅斯福franklin d. roosevelt (1882–1945) 148
希特勒adolf hitler (1889–1945) 151

里根ronald reagan (1911–2004) 155
尼克松richard nixon (1913–1994) 158
肯尼迪john f. kennedy (1917–1963) 160
chapter 6 社會與變革
society and reform
圣女貞德joan of arc (1412–1431) 165
馬丁?路德martin luther (1483–1546) 167
南丁格爾florence nightingale (1820–1910) 169
甘地mahatma gandhi (1869–1948) 171
figure 05 海倫?凱勒helen keller (1880–1968) 175
白求恩norman bethune (1890–1939) 177
德雷莎修女mother teresa (1910–1997) 179
曼德拉nelson mandela (1918–) 182
安妮anne frank (1929–1945) 185
figure 10 馬丁?路德?金martin luther king (1929–1968) 187
chapter 7 藝術與流行
art and fashion
達?芬奇leonardo da vinci (1452–1519) 193
米開朗基羅michelangelo (1475–1564) 195
拉斐爾raphael (1483–1520) 197
凡?高vincent van gogh (1853–1890) 199
figure 05 香奈爾coco chanel (1883–1971) 201
卓別林charlie chaplin (1889–1977) 203
瑪麗蓮?夢露marilyn monroe (1926–1962) 205
chapter 8 音樂與演藝
music and performing
巴赫johann sebastian bach (1685–1750) 209
海頓franz joseph haydn (1732–1809) 211
莫扎特wolfgang amadeus mozart (1756–1791) 213
貝多芬ludwig van beethoven (1770–1827) 215
figure 05 柴可夫斯基pyotr iiyich tchaikovsky (1840–1893) 217
路易斯?阿姆斯特朗louis armstrong (1901–1971) 219
貓王elvis presley (1935–1977) 221
列儂john lennon (1940–1980) 223
邁克爾?杰克遜michael jackson (1958–2009) 225
chapter 9 挑戰與競技
challenge and competition
哥倫布christopher columbus (1451–1506) 229

達?伽馬vasco da gama (1460–1524) 231
羅伯特?皮爾里robert e. peary (1856–1920) 234
萊特兄弟orville (1871–1948), wilbur (1867–1912) 236
figure 05 杰西?歐文斯jesse owens (1913–1980) 238
加加林yuri gagarin (1934–1968) 240
阿姆斯特朗neil armstrong (1930–) 242
chapter 10 附錄
appendix
人名字母排序a-z name list 245
人名時間排序chronological name list 248
重要歷史事件表influential historical events 251
參考文獻references 258