SAT写作素材分享：成功人士

众所周知，SAT作文喜欢偏向高大上的普世价值观，对成功也是一再强调主观能动性的作用，但客观来看，确实有一些人凭借pure luck而盆满钵满成名立万，大家往往只能想到盘尼西林的发现是个意外，其实这方面素材还有很多，下面就介绍一下：

1.糖精发明者：康斯坦丁法堡和伊拉雷森

时间：1879年

事情发生的经过：在研究了一整天的煤矿衍生物之后，法堡离开他约翰霍金大学的实验室回家吃晚饭。

大发现：他吃到了某种特别甜的东西(明显不是晚饭本身)，于是他追溯到了自己手上沾到的某种化学成分(沪江小编注：糖精，从煤焦油中提取的物质。)而且最棒的是，这种糖精完全没有热量。

结果：法堡摒弃了伊拉(指导他完成论文的导师)和所在大学，偷偷申请了糖精的专利……

Inventors: Constantin Fahlberg and Ira Remsen

Year: 1879

WhatHappened: After spending the day studying coal tar derivatives, Fahlberg lefthis Johns Hopkins laboratory and went to dinner。

BigDiscovery: Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which he traced to achemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. Best of all, it turned out to becalorie-free。

As a result: He cut Remsen andthe university out of millions of dollars when he secretly patented thebreakthrough discovery, saccharin.

2.橡皮泥发明者：詹姆斯怀特

时间：1943年

事情发生的经过：在战时，通用的工程师将硅油和硼酸混合、试图制造出能用于坦克、靴子的橡胶。

大发现：他的尝试没有成功，但科学家们重新设计和延伸了这项发明。

结果：孩子们开始普遍地玩橡皮泥。

Inventor: James Wright

Year: 1943

WhatHappened: During the war years, the General Electric engineer combined siliconeoil and boric acid in an attempt to find a cheap alternative to rubber for tanktreads, boots, etc。

BigDiscovery: It didn't work. But the scientists had a blast bouncing andstretching his mistake, when they weren't using it to transfer comics ontopaper。

As a result: Kids had a blast playing with the SillyPutty too.