2011-马里兰大学帕克分校破题.docxVIP

University of Maryland--College Park The college admission process is an effort to uncover the aspects of your personality and experience that fit well with the University of Maryland community. When considering your approach to the following essay questions, think deeply about your answers, making them creative and succinct. We hope that you will use this opportunity as a time for self-reflection and intellectual meditation. 在大学录取过程中，招生官会尽量发现你所拥有的非常符合马里兰大学要求的个性与经历。在你考虑如何回答下列论文问题时，请深思熟虑你的回答，要让你的回答既富创意又简单扼要。我们希望你能利用这一机会进行自我反思和理智思考。 Please choose two of the following essay questions to answer. Each essay should be no more than 300 words. Include the questions you choose at the start of each essay. 请选择回答下列其中的两个论文问题。每篇论文不超过300英语单词。请在每篇论文的开头写上你选择的问题。 1. All first-year students at the University of Maryland read one book together as part of our First Year Book program. This year’s book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn chronicles the courageous stories of women who, through education and microfinance strategies, were able to break free from oppressive situations. The authors show us how “social entrepreneurs,” both in the United States and around the world, create constructive social change through their innovative approaches to empower the women of the world. 1. 马里兰大学的新生都要按照第一年的阅读计划共同读一本书。今年的书叫《半边天：全球女性将压迫变为机遇》，由纪思道和伍洁芳（是一对美国夫妻，他们曾担任《纽约时报》驻北京特派员，并共同获得普利策新闻奖）合写，该书记录了勇敢女性的故事，这些女性通过接受教育和小额信贷策略成功摆脱了受压制的处境。作者为我们展现了美国和世界其它地区的“社会企业家”通过创新措施对社会作出了建设性改变并为全球妇女赢得了权力。 Choose from one of the following two options to write your essay: 请在下列两个问题中任选一题进行论文写作： a) Do you think there are groups of people whose potential contributions have not yet been fully realized or appreciated? What is something you have done, or would like to do in the future, to support one of these causes or groups? a）你是否认为一些群体的潜在贡献没有被人们完全认识或得到充分肯定？你曾做过什么或准备以后做些什么来支持这些事业或群体？ OR 或 b) Select your own book for the First Year Book program