23道最創意的美大學入學作文

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1. “If you were to write the story of your life until now,what would you title it and why?”

如果把你迄今為止的經歷寫成一個故事，你會給這個故事起什么名字，為什么?

Emerson College; Boston, Massachusetts.

愛默生學院；波士頓，馬薩諸塞州

2. “Celebrate your nerdy side.”

“來談談你蠢的一面。”

Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.

塔夫斯大學；美德福德，馬薩諸塞州

3. “Whether you are goal tending or cheering from thestands, celebrate the role of sports in your life.”

“不管你是在干擾投籃，還是在看臺上歡呼，談談運動在你生活里的角色。”

Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.

塔夫斯大學；美德福德，馬薩諸塞州

4. “What do you see as the biggest threat to civility?”

“你認為對文明舉止最大的威脅是什么？”

Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

維克森林大學；溫斯頓塞勒姆，北卡羅來納州。

5. “Pick one woman in history or fiction to conversewith for an hour and explain your choice. What would you talk about?”

“如果讓你從歷史中或者小說中挑選出一位女士來交談一個小時，你會選誰？解釋一下你的選擇。你們會談些什么？”

Barnard College; New York, New York.

巴納德學院；紐約，紐約州

6. “You’ve just reached your one millionth hit on your YouTube video. What is the video about?”

“假設你的YouTube視頻點擊量剛剛過百萬。這個視頻是關于什么的？”

Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

美國理海大學；伯利恒，賓西法尼亞州

7. “If your name were an acronym, what would it standfor and how would it reflect your strengths and personality?”

“如果你的名字是個首字母縮略詞，那你的名字代表什么？它能反映出你的哪些長處和個性？”

Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

美國理海大學；伯利恒，賓西法尼亞州

8. “What’s so odd about odd numbers?”

“奇數有什么特別之處?”

University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.

芝加哥大學；芝加哥，伊利諾斯

9. “Why are you here and not somewhere else?”

“你為什么在這里而不在其他的地方？”

University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.

芝加哥大學；芝加哥，伊利諾斯

10. “You were just invited to speak at the White House. Write your speech.”

“假設你剛剛被邀請去白宮發表演說。來段你的演說辭。”

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; ChapelHill, North Carolina.北卡羅來納州北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校

11. UNC Professor Barbara Fredrickson—an expert inpositive emotions—has defined love as “micro-moments of connection between people, even strangers.” Tell us about a time when you experienced a“micro-moment of connection.” What did you learn?

正面感情專家，我校教授芭芭拉·弗雷德里克森把愛定義成「人們（甚至是陌生人）之間的瞬時聯系」。談談你所體驗過的「瞬時聯系」，你從中學到了什么？”

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill,North Carolina.北卡羅來納州北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校

12. “What one invention would you uninvent if youcould, and why?”

“如果你能將某一項發明從人類歷史中抹去，會是哪一樣？為什么？”

Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.

布蘭代斯大學；沃爾瑟姆，馬薩諸塞州

13. “Tell us about an unjust law, written orunwritten, that you believe should be broken.”

“說一條你認為應該打破的不公正法律（成文的或是不成文的）。”

Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.

布蘭代斯大學；沃爾瑟姆，馬薩諸塞州

14. “You are writing your autobiography. Imagine what you would say on page 54 about yourself and your experiences.”

“你正在給自己寫自傳。想象一下，你會在第54頁怎樣描寫你自己和你的經歷？”

Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.

新罕布什爾州大學；阿默斯特，馬薩諸塞州

15. “Imagine a scientist and artist coming together for a conversation about color. How do you think this exchange would go?”

“想象一下，一位科學家和一位藝術家即將就顏色這個主題進行一場對話。你覺得這場對話會進展到什么樣？”

Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.

新罕布什爾州大學；阿默斯特，馬薩諸塞州

16. “A good story starts with a good beginning. Get us hooked in the first 150 words.”

“好的故事往往有好的開頭。用150字起個頭，讓我們欲罷不能。”

University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.

圣母大學；圣母院，印第安娜州

17. “The founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross described education as ‘the art of helping young people to completeness.’ How are you incomplete?”

“圣十字教會的創始人巴澤爾·門羅神父認為教育是「幫助年輕人達成圓滿的藝術」。你的不圓滿之處在哪？”

University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.

圣母大學；圣母院，印第安娜州

18. “Every name tells a story: Tell us about your name— any name: first, middle, last, nickname — and its origin.”

“每個名字都有一個故事，說說你的名字：大名、中間名、姓氏、外號，都可以，再說說你名字的起源。”

Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.

達特茅斯學院；漢諾威，新罕布什爾州

19. “When you meet someone for the first time, what doyou want them to know about you, but generally don’t tell them?”

“當你第一次見到某些人，你想讓他們了解你哪些方面，但又不是不靠嘴說出來的？”

Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.

達特茅斯學院；漢諾威，新罕布什爾州

20. “Tell us about spiders.”

“和我們講講蜘蛛。”

University of Richmond; Richmond, Virginia.

里士滿大學；里士滿，弗吉尼亞

21. “Design your own three-and-a-half week course anddescribe what you would do.”

“給自己設計三周半的課程，描述一下自己將會做什么。”

Colorado College; Colorado Springs, Colorado.

科羅拉多大學；科羅拉多斯普林斯，科羅拉多州

22. “What’s a question that has changed how youunderstand the world? What changed?”

“有沒有一個問題，改變了你對世界的看法？通過這個問題，你哪里改變了？”

Bennington College; Bennington, Vermont.

本寧頓學院；本寧頓，佛蒙特州

23. “How do you define yourself?”

“你如何定義自己的？”

Babson College; Wellesley, Massachusetts.

巴布森學院；衛斯理，馬薩諸塞州

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