众所周知,文书是向招生官展示自己的最有力的申请工具,每一个想法和每一句话的思路、用词及处理都是至关重要的。在申请留学的过程中,文书是十分重要的申请材料之一,一份好的文书能够让学生在众多的申请者之中脱颖而出。

那么如何写好一篇文书呢?一篇文书中有哪些需要突出的重点?如何在短短的一篇文字迅速抓住招生官的心今天,Uni君整理一篇成功申请Emory University的文书来给大家做详细的分析。希望能帮助到同学们!

经典案例



原文参议及分析


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My fingers experienced a pulsating sensation like no other; with each heartbeat, the blood vessels in my arms contorted, screaming for help and accentuating the soreness of my muscles. However, I did not stop; I could not stop. The song was almost finished, with the last bars ringing throughout the room and filling the garage with harmonious, yet coarse sounds. Suddenly, the succession of blast beats occurs and my picking hand is free from its stiffened cage hovering above the bass strings. And then it stops. Taking a seat on my amp to rest, the melody still rang in my head. My breathing almost assimilating to the tempo of the song, we were united as one.

Translation
我的手指在有节奏地跳动着。每次心跳时,我手臂中的血管都会扭曲,尖叫着寻求帮助,这也加重了我的肌肉酸痛的感觉。但是,我没有停下来,我停不下来。这首曲目马上就结束了,最后的几个音符在整个房间响起,使车库充满了和谐而又有些粗糙感的声音。突然,发生了连续的爆破音,我的弹奏手飞一样地自由弹奏我的琴弦。然后停止。当我坐在我的放大器上休息时,旋律仍然在我的脑海中不断回响。我的呼吸几乎与这首歌的节奏同步,我们融合成了一体。

Uni君:文章第一段,场景式描述,描述了作者弹奏乐器最高潮时候的场景。把读者带入到情境中来,好像亲身经历一般。


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One Friday night, I decided to place my faith in Christ and devote my life as a Christian. Quickly thereafter, I joined the church praise team, yet found myself feeling ashamed of sharing my musical tastes with my peers. The song mentioned earlier is by the band, Tool. The song reigns in the obscure, intrinsic genre called progressive metal. It blends elements of the metal genre with distorted guitars, course riffs, and dense beats while retaining avant- garde qualities in order to further the boundaries of sound itself. These two artistries coalesce to form progressive metal; containing artistic compositions with irregular time signatures, loud aggression, cerebral, psychedelic noises and metaphysical lyrics. These qualities are what my band, Hunter, tries to create.

Translation

一个星期五晚上,我决定相信基督,献身为基督徒。此后不久,我加入了教会赞美小组(唱诗班),却发现自己与同伴分享我的音乐品味感到羞愧。前面提到的歌曲是乐队Tool创作的。这首歌以一种模糊的,固有的风格统治,这种风格被称为渐进金属。它将金属流派的元素与失真的吉他,课程即兴演奏和密集的节拍融合在一起,同时保留了前卫的品质,以扩大声音本身的界限。这两个技巧结合在一起形成渐进的金属。包含带有不规则时间签名,大声攻击,大脑,迷幻的声音和形而上的歌词的艺术作品。这些品质是我的乐队Hunter试图创造的。

Uni君:本段引发了“冲突”也就是比较精彩的点,我的信仰,给人一种peaceful的感觉,而我的爱好,确实金属音乐。那么读者就会去想,这两者到底是如何融合在一起的呢?让人有继续读下去的欲望。



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With the stigmatized view of metal as the “devil’s” music, I worried what my Christians friends would think about my affinity for metal music. Our praise team plays songs that are easy on the ears, which is completely opposite from progressive metal. I always wondered what it would be like to lead praise through metal music. But then again, I am fairly certain that they will look at me completely different. Though my metal band’s purpose is to dictate a spiritual story through the means of sounds and rhythms, it is not appreciated by most. The process of metal music is synonymous with a journey. It reflects and accentuates the various parts of my life as a student, musician, son, worker, leader, and now a Christian. It coalesces these distinct fragments to exemplify who I am through a musical outlet. The music we create is soft yet gritty, psychedelic yet concrete, ephemeral yet extended. Similarly, these contradictions represent a microcosm of who I am in and through the complexities of a person; complexities that crash together like the coarse riffs of the guitar and the rounded tone of the bass, producing an everlasting, beautiful balance.


Translation

在金属被视为“魔鬼”音乐的情况下,我很担心基督徒朋友会如何看待我对金属音乐的热爱。我们的赞美团队演奏的歌曲听起来很轻松,这与渐进式金属完全相反。我一直想知道通过金属音乐来赞美是什么样的。但是话又说回来,我相当确定他们会以完全不同的眼光看我。尽管我的金属乐队的目的是通过声音和节奏来讲述一个精神故事,但大多数人对此并不赞赏。金属音乐的过程是一段旅程的代名词。它反映并强调了我作为学生,音乐家,儿子,工人,领导人,现在是基督徒的生活的各个方面。它结合了这些截然不同的片段,以通过音乐渠道来证明我是谁。我们创作的音乐既柔和却坚韧,迷幻却又具体,短暂而又延伸。同样,这些矛盾是我身处何处以及人的复杂性的缩影。复杂的声音像吉他的粗轻快的低音和贝斯的圆润的音调一样崩溃,产生了持久而美丽的平衡。


Uni君:本段作者具体延续写了“冲突”的内容,并且通过大量的词汇的展示,像招生官小小的秀了一把写作水平,通过几个反义词的列举,也展示了对词汇的掌控。



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Music to me has always been a method of escapism, to free myself, even only briefly from my daily stresses and anxieties. It was at this instance where I realized that metal and Christianity both contain a method of release may it be emotional or spiritual. Moreover, these two seemingly unrelated topics both maintain the same core message: to deliver the raw truth with no sugar-coated matters, and to accept yet renounce the difficulties of life.


Translation

对我来说,音乐一直是一种逃避现实的方法,可以使自己摆脱,甚至只是短暂地摆脱我的日常压力和焦虑。正是在这种情况下,我意识到金属和基督教都包含一种释放的方法,可能是情感上的或精神上的。而且,这两个看似无关的主题都保持着相同的核心信息:传递没有糖衣的原始味道,接受但放弃生活中的困难。


Uni君:通过激烈的“冲突之后”,作者又把二者的共性写了出来,在冲突之后达到一个和谐共存的状态。这也让读者明白了,两个看似冲突的事务,如何和谐的融合在一起。其实这也是我们生活中很重要的一个状态-求同存异。



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Metal and Christianity both offer hope despite the failures and hardships we have experienced. And in both the genre of metal and the realm of Christianity, I am understood and accepted. Little by little, I am learning to share who I am with my new Christian family by introducing metal music through adding elements of it during praise time at church. Doing so has given surprising responses, but in a good way. In this, I see gradual acceptance of metal. And in that regard, I pick up my bass; whether it be to further my 10-minute composition to an 11-minute composition or to lay my life down for God for yet another day. I realize that the pulsating sensation in my fingers is my heart beating and crying out in joy for the metaphysical, blessed experience I am able to attain each week.


Translation

在日常生活中尽管我们都会经历失败和磨难,但金属音乐和基督教的共同点就是都能给人以希望。在金属音乐和基督教两个团体中,我都逐渐被理解和接受。通过在教堂的赞美期间添加金属音乐,通过引入金属音乐,我逐渐地与新的基督徒家庭分享我的兴趣。这样做给出了令人惊讶的反应,效果很好的反应。在这方面,我看到了金属的逐渐接受。在这方面,我拾起了我的BASS。无论是将我的10分钟作文进一步发展为11分钟,还是将生命献给上帝又有一天。我意识到,手指的脉动感觉是我的心脏在跳动,并为自己每周都能获得的形而上的,祝福的经历而欢呼雀跃。


Uni君:这一段整体升华文章。



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I plan to major in harp. I have 6 years of playing experience, and am also part of the National Harp Society. I am also currently still taking lessons by an instructor and playing at various recitals.


Translation:

我打算学竖琴,我有6年的经历,我是国家竖琴协会的会员。


Uni君:文章整体其实结构比较典型的PS,情景式开头-引出冲突-解释冲突-升华主题。只不过学生的写作功底和词汇量比较大,而且题材选择上比较抓人眼球。



招生官点评




我认为这是最有趣的主题之一。一位摇滚基督徒,看到了他的信仰和金属音乐之间的联系。我对自己说:“这应该很好。”是的!显然,这个学生对音乐充满热情,你可以在每个单词选择中看到它。他不是在简单的弹奏音乐,而是全身心的投入。他不只是完成一首曲目,它响彻整个房间。这位学生对渐进式金属音乐有着明显的热情,以致本文中的语言模仿了他的音乐品味。我看到了复杂的语法,有趣的排比以及有一点点整体的“混乱”。提醒您,这不是一种轻描淡写的样式。这是一个很大的风险,但是它得到了回报。


这个学生的词汇量很大,角度也很独特。但是,在本文的重点是一个年轻的学生,试图找到自己。个人陈述提示可能会使高中生望而生畏,因为他们常常不确定自己的个人状态。我们知道,在您年轻的时候写下500多个关于您的身份的单词似乎仍然不公平。有时,抓住机会并展示自己的两个最对立的部分可以为未来的发展提供启示。



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