昨日，我们妈妈圈的老朋友Andi老师和Tracy老师给我们的家长和同学分解了文书写作结构与方法，我们把这种方法总结成“三段式文书写作方法”，分享给大家。
申请美国大学的每一段文书不能超过650字，通常我们建议是在500到650字，申请高中则最多不能超过500字。文书写作是很难的，学生在学校里学习和练习了很多分析文章、调查文章的写法，可是文书是一篇关于“我”的文章，如何能讲一个生动的“我”的故事，呈献给招生官一个鲜活的人，这对每个学生，都是一个不小的挑战。
文书写作，通常可分成“开篇”、“中间”及“结束语”三个部分，五个段落。这三个部分承担的作用不同，又互相呼应。
第一部分开篇段落。
我们通常把开篇段落称为“hook”（钩子），好的开篇段落能够迅速抓住招生官的眼球，即使招生官一天内已经读了100份文书，还是会饶有兴致地跟随你的开篇去阅读整篇文章。好的开篇，要定下整个文书的通调，介绍你要讲述的故事。
下面是两个好的文书开篇案例：
开篇案例一：
“Darling,turn off the tap once you are done.”
“Mommy,that’s the water crying...her tears are flowing.”
Such was my response as a four-year-old, who loved to observe everything around me from a fresh perspective.
Drip! Often, when the shower tap lets out rays of water, new ideas emerge. Admiring water’s clarity and its power to refresh me, I turn off the tap and wander off to transform ideas into reality.
开篇案例二：
Who am I? That is a question I never asked myself until the summer before my seventh grade. I had been studying in an international schoolsince nursery. I was the only Chinese child in the whole school for a long time and I was always proud of that fact. I spoke English at school and Chinese at home. Since I was four, I was used to living in two completely different worlds in one day. It may be because my own thoughts weren’t fully developed that I had never questioned in which world I really belonged.
第二部分中间段落。
中间段落通常为２－３段，我们有时称中间段落为“肉”。考生需要在这个部分构建文书的主体，把要阐述的要点在中间段落阐述清楚。要注意确保你的写作是注意细节的，而不是空洞的泛泛而谈。
案例一：
My primary impression of the two worlds I had been living in was becoming blurred as I didn’t interact with people from different nationalities and was immersed completely in a Chinese world. When I wouldthink back to the time when I was studying at the international school, it seemed like a lifetime ago. The experiences were so different. Knowing what I know now, I believe I made the right decision to study in the Chinese national system for my middle school years.
案例二：
As an aspiring writer who has published my creative thoughts in different magazines, this past summer, I decided to further my interests by interning at Caixin Media. Amid the fervor of media agencies fighting for “new”information that interviewees sometimes unwittingly admit, I was honored to interview one of Africa’s most influential economists, philanthropists, and billionaires, Tony Elumelu.Instead of being confined by my role as an intern, I regarded this interview as an opportunity to culminate a long-time vision that formed from my experienceas a student journalist - getting my interviewees to honestly exchange opinions, via me, with readers.
第三部分结尾段落。
结尾段落是对整篇文章的总结，可以在结尾段落再强调你希望表达的要点，另外，结尾的段落还有一个作用，是可以将整个文书贯穿起来，让写作浑然一体。在写完后，最终要的一点是要重新检查一下文书内容，然后回过头看文书题目，扪心自问，我是不是真的回答了文书的题目，这一点很重要。
下面两个案例是两篇文书的结尾，文书的开头我们也用在了开篇段落的案例中。我们可以看到，第一个案例以水开头，以水结尾，用水贯穿整个文书，可以看到水对考生的重要，和对考生的深刻影响；第二个案例以whoam I开头，又以whoam I结尾，全文一气呵成，表达了考生在两个教育体制之间经过痛苦历练最终成长的故事。
案例一：
Drip... As time passes, the metaphorical significance of water in my life becomes even greater, for I trust the power of a raindrop to moisten the dry lips of African children, melt away their tears, and stimulate laughter through gentle tickles.
Dripping.... Suppose that “water” symbolizes a well-rounded university education experience that furthers my respect for authentic trustand helps me become that raindrop?
Drop. Trust me, it does.
案例二：
Who am I? I am no longer eastern or western but a combination of both educational systems, fusing the creativity and freedom of expression from the west with the discipline andstructure of the east. Drawing upon the two different experiences, I believe I can help solve different problems in unique ways. This is the reason why the lines differentiating my two worlds are weakened, yet I am stronger.
文书撰写小窍门
从中间开始写。文章开篇需要精彩、抓人人心，很多时候，考生卡在开篇，无法动笔。这时，其实可以从中间部分开始，先写下要讲述的故事，再回头考虑开篇的撰写。
要用自己的语言。招生官有考生的所有标准化考试情况，知道考生的英语水平，文书的英语水平可以高于考试，但不能明显高于考试中考生的水平。
慎用特殊符号。当你用斜体、粗体、下划线的时候，一定要谨慎，确保自己正确使用这些特殊符号。
讲述“你”的故事。文书基本是唯一一个渠道让招生官“看到”真实的考生，所以千万牢记，选择最有感觉的文书命题，从自己的内心深处撰写文书。
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