ACT写作3大步骤：规划-写作-修改

　　第二阶段：写作(25-28分钟)

　　(1)介绍段落和论文

　　写下你的介绍。如果你能想出一个有趣的第一句话，把你的论文变成更大的讨论，那就从这个开始吧。(如果你写了引言，在论文开始的时候留下10 - 15行，然后再回来。)

　　From the simplest system of pulleys and ropes in ancient Greece to the most complex supercomputer in the world today, machines have had (and continue to have) a profound influence on the development of humanity.

　　确保你清楚地陈述了你的论点。这应该包括你对这个问题的观点，以及它是如何与提示中出现的其他观点联系起来的。

　　While some argue that machines have a negative impact on us, the increasing prevalence of intelligent machines in the world challenges us to change long held beliefs about our limitations and to continue forward to new and even more advanced possibilities.

　　(2)中心段落

　　第一段中心段落

　　当你开始第一段中心段落的时候，试着去想第一个句子，它指的是第一个段落。在理想的情况下，你可以在每一段的开头引用你的论文来建立一个统一的论点。

　　One common argument against the increased presence of machines in our day-to-day lives (seen in Perspective One) is that machines leach away at our basic humanity.

　　然后讨论反对你的论点(在这种情况下，观点一)。用3 - 5个句子解释支持这个观点的证据。

　　I found this to be true in my own life as a result of witnessing many a phone conversation between my mother and an automated telephone menu. For whatever reason, she consistently has issues with the menus that try to verify her date of birth. The automated system never understands what she says (possibly because of her accent), and asks her to input the numbers via her keypad; of course, my mom's smartphone is so smart that the screen turns off while she is on a call, making it impossible for her to follow the automated phone system's instructions. By the time the system gives up and routes her to speak to a "human representative," my mother is often so frustrated that she is far from courteous and respectful to that person.

　　然后，一定要把你的反驳解释给这个观点，把它和你的论点联系起来。

　　Despite my mother's understandable frustration with automated phone systems, however, overall the benefits outweigh the costs. Providing people with the option to submit prescriptions or ask about store hours through an automated menu frees up customer service representatives to answer questions machines are incapable of addressing. In addition, the recordings of angry phone calls (where customers are not courteous, respectful, or tolerant of other humans) are used to improve the phone menus to make them more user-friendly. Thus, the momentary disrespect toward other humans caused by machines is more than compensated for by the positive effects of those same machines.

　　第二段中心段落

　　如果你只是将你的观点与另一个观点进行比较，那么这段话应该包含对这两个观点之间关系的进一步分析。如果你将你的观点与其他观点相比较(正如我在这篇文章中所做的那样)，那么这就是你从第二个角度来介绍你的想法的地方。

　　Another school of thought, exemplified by Perspective Two, argues that the main utility of machines is their ability to perform repetitive tasks more precisely and more efficiently than humans, which leads to a more prosperous and progressive world for everyone.

　　解决第二个角度的观点(在这种情况下，Perspective Two)。在3-5句话中解释支持这个观点的证据。

　　In auto plants around the world, robots build cars on assembly lines. Instead of having to pay a human employee a yearly salary, invest time in training that employee, and worry about liability should that employee be injured, manufacturing plants can now make a one-time purchase of an intelligent machine that will perform that same job at higher levels of precision. This leads to a more prosperous world for the manufacturers, as they are able to invest less money to get a better product.

　　然后，一定要解释这个观点是如何与你的观点联系起来的。

　　This perspective is fine as far as it goes, but is limited in its consideration of the implications. Robots can not only work in place of humans, but can also work cooperatively with humans to a greater results than either could have hoped for alone. This can be seen in highly complex and delicate surgeries, where a surgeon controls robotic microtools to perform operations that even ten years ago would have been unimaginable and impossible.

　　第三段中心段落

　　介绍你的主要观点，把它与你在其他观点中至少反对的观点联系起来。

　　I agree with Perspective Three that the true impact of intelligent machines in our lives is that they challenge us to re-think our preconceived notions of what people can do or become in the future.

　　提出支持你的观点的最后一个例子。

　　A final example of this is brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs. Humans are able to manipulate computers with their brains via electrodes that are either implanted in their brains or attached (temporarily) to their heads. With these intelligent machines, formerly paralyzed people who had no hope of communicating with others are able to transcend their physical limitations by concentrating to form words out of keyboards on the computer screens. In addition, BCIs have captured the interest of people from all different backgrounds and are being applied to non-scientific fields like music to create new, previously unimagined instruments that react to people's thoughts, adding a new dimension to an ancient art form. Truly, intelligent machines are providing the impetus not just for greater efficiency, but for greater accomplishments.

　　(3)下结论

　　最好能腾出5 - 6分钟做个简短的总结。

　　In conclusion, rather than taking away from our humanity, intelligent machines actually help us to move forward as a species to achieve new, previously unimagined possibilities.