托福写作练习 Are quick decisions always wrong?

　　Decisions can be made quickly, or they can be made after careful thought. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The decisions that people make quickly are always wrong. Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.

　　参考分析：

　　不能同意。

　　确实，有些时候快速做出的决定可能是错的。(举例)

　　然而，决定是否正确还有很多其他影响因素，并且，快不等于not careful。极端的例子是战场上的指挥官，必须要快速做出正确决定。罗列几个影响“决定正确与否”的其他因素。

　　迅速作出的决定永远是错误的，这个观点是不对的

　　(1)有些决定非常容易作出，不用很长时间想，所以肯定正确。比如说，家里没有吃的，应当采购。这种决定永远是正确的。

　　(2)很多人的实际经验非常丰富，他们在碰到相似的情况的时候，做决定非常迅速。而且总是对。

　　(3)虽然有些时候，快速做出的决定有错误，但是总是说他错是非常绝对的。在考试中，不假思索地进行选择题的成功率还是25%。所以，总是错是不对的。

　　参考范文：

　　Are quick decisions always wrong?

　　I agree with the statements that the decisions that people make quickly are always wrong. Those quick decisions that people make are like bids in a gambling. Even if they have a chance to win, they are still losers theoretically.

　　People should never make quick decisions without fully considering the factors that are influencing their decisions and the consequences of different decisions.

　　When people make hasty decisions, they rarely care anything about the situation. Situation is a very important factor in making a right decision. Different decisions lead to different results, so it is very important to make a decision carefully. People who make quick decisions do not have time to look around and carefully analyze the consequences resulted by different decisions.

　　Secondly, there is a popular belief that people should decide quickly in order to catch opportunities. Unfortunately, that notion is completely wrong. If you made a quick decision without thinking carefully, how could you be able to catch the opportunities? "Chance favors the prepared mind," as a famous saying goes. Only when you have fully prepared, can you really grab a good opportunity when time come. Otherwise the chance that you take hastily may result in a failure.

　　Thirdly, even if you can quickly analyze the situation based on the facts that are provided to you at the time that you make a decision, since you do not have enough time to verify the validity of those information, the information could be wrong, which could leads to wrong decisions. Even the president of the United States can make this kind of mistake. Mr. Bush made a decision to start the War on Iraq based on the false information that his subordinates provided to him, which claims that Iraq has dangerous biochemical weapons. Maybe someday history will prove that the decision to start the War was wrong.

　　Life is not a lottery. Life is a stock market. Only when you make careful decisions based on thorough analysis, can you win. If you make quick decisions, chances are that these decisions will happen to be wrong, and you may lose everything down to your underwear.