外籍專家談PS——注意你的聽眾是誰,語氣

2013年02月21日來源：美國留學(xué)網(wǎng)作者：萬佳留學(xué)

>>我感興趣，馬上在線咨詢Audience and Voice
    It's important to keep your audience in mind as your write your personal essay. While the admissions committee appreciates creative essays, they also know all the tricks. After all, many of them have been reading thousands of applications for decades. So, make yourself stand out, but dont' write what you think the committee wants to hear. First of all, they've heard all that before. Second, they can see through your attempts to please. The most successful essays are those in which the author is honest and genuine. The best advice we can give you is simply to be yourself. That also means paying some attention to voice, or the personality behind your writing. You should not be afraid of using "I" in your personal statement. This essay should not be a dry, academic essay, but neither should it be one stand-up comic routine; instead, you should strive for a balance between the two. Admissions committees also complain that many students try excessively hard to create an entertaining voice or write what they deem sophisticated prose. Often, these attempts backfire, making the essay sound contrived and flowery. You can avoid these pitfalls simply by being yourself.
   This handout was written with the help of Michael Nguyen.
    譯:
    在寫作申請信時,您一定要時刻記住是誰在閱讀您的文章. 錄取委員會當(dāng)然欣賞那些有創(chuàng)造力的文章, 但是他們也了解所有的小伎倆. 畢竟, 他們中的許多人在過去的數(shù)十年中已經(jīng)閱讀了成千上萬份申請材料. 因此, 您應(yīng)該使自己與眾不同, 但是不要寫一些你認(rèn)為錄取方想聽的話. 首先, 他們都已經(jīng)聽過了. 其次, 他們能看穿您的取悅企圖. 最成功的文章往往是那些誠實而真實的文章. 我們能給您的最好建議就是----做您自己. 這就意味著您應(yīng)該注意文中的語氣口吻, 以及文中刻畫的人物性格. 您不應(yīng)該害怕在申請信中使用"我"這第一人稱. 申請信不能成為一篇枯燥的教條式的文章, 但更不能演化成一幕滑稽的鬧劇; 相反, 您應(yīng)該在這兩個極端中取得一個平衡. 錄取委員會的委員們抱怨道, 很多學(xué)生過分地試圖在文中營造一種滑稽的氣氛, 或者把申請信寫成了一篇他們認(rèn)為很不錯的散文. 這種起反作用的試圖常常使得文章看起來很做作, 華而不實. 其實您可以避免這些寫作陷阱, 只要您簡單地----做您自己. >>我感興趣，馬上在線咨詢

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