托福写作范文之快速做决定好不好

　　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 peoplemake quickly are always wrong. Use reasons and specific examples to support youropinion.

　　I disagree with the statement that the decisions people make quickly arealways wrong. However, I think those decisions probably turn out to be wrongmore often than carefully made decisions do. Usually, fast decisions are basedon what we call our "gut reactions," or feelings we have about a situation.Sometimes these gut reactions are based on good sense backed by experience, butsometimes they're based on nonsense or poor reasoning.

　　Let's say you're at work and the boss calls you to his office and tells youthere's a big project that needs to be done. He thinks you're the best personfor the job, but he needs an answer from you on the spot. He hasn't told youwhat the project is, but you make the quick decision to accept. This is theright quick decision, because you're basing it on a lot of factors that willoccur to you later. One is that it wouldn't make sense for the boss to ask youto do something he didn't think you could handle. That would only hurt hisbusiness. Plus, doing a good job on this project might help your career. Yourealize it's good to reach higher, if you want to get ahead.

　　But let's say you're on a deserted highway late at night and your carbreaks down. Along comes a car driven by someone who doesn't seem quite right toyou. He offers you a ride to the nearest gas station. You make the quickdecision to accept the ride because it's late, you 're cold and tired and youdon't want to sit there waiting for the highway patrol to arrive. This is a casewhere a quick decision is a wrong decision. You shouldn't trade your personalsafety for physical comfort, and if you thought about it, you wouldn't.

　　How do you know when it's okay to make a quick decision? You have to beable to guess at the possible benefits versus the possible dangers. If it's asmall decision like where to go to lunch, .who cares? However, if my wholefuture were at stake, I'd want as much time as I could get to think aboutit.