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Let's imagine that your professor tells you to write a five-page paper on this topic:
"The SAT is an unfair test for international students and should no longer be required. Do you agree or disagree?"
Here are four examples of how to begin writing on this topic:
* write a paper[thesis, monograph] (on ~) = (~에 관한) 논문을 쓰다
1. Tell a Story – "Nadia dreamed of going to Harvard from the time she was 5 years old. 'It was my mother's dream for me,' she said. Every Saturday, she spent 10 hours at a "cram school" studying for the SAT while her friends went to the mall and watched movies…"
* dream of(about) ~ = (바라는 일을) 꿈꾸다(상상하다)/ cram school = 입시 준비 학원
2. Use a Quote – "All the SAT measures is how well you take the SAT. It does not show how smart a person you are," wrote blogger Amanda Chan. Chan is one of a growing number of people who argues that SAT is unfair.
* measure = 측정하다[재다]/ argue = 주장하다, 논증하다; 언쟁을 하다
3. Present a Fact – "Of the 1.6 million students who took the SAT in 2013, only 43 percent of test-takers met the SAT's definition for being prepared for college. It is natural to blame teachers and test takers for not studying hard enough. But perhaps the test itself has problems…"
* test-taker = 수험자/ blame sb for ~ = ~에 대해 ~를 비난하다
4. Describe a Problem – "Every year millions of international students are unhappy with their performance on a single test — the SAT. Years of hard work are reduced to a single test on a single day. Is the SAT the best way for universities to choose the best students? ..."
* reduce A to B = A를 (더 일반적이거나 단순한 형태인) B로 축소하다[바꾸다/되게 만들다]
The next time you have to write a paper, remember that planning is very important. Think about what you are going to write before you start writing. Think about all the information you need to include and how you will present it. If the ideas still are not coming, read your class materials again with these four methods in mind. Sooner or later, an idea will come.
* include = 포함하다/ present = 보여 주다[나타내다/묘사하다]/ with ~ in mind = ~을 고려하여, 염두에 두고/ sooner or later = 조만간[머잖아], 이내[곧]
