美国留学生essay指导:Final Exam Prompts

1. In my essay “Got No Time for You” I am actually suggesting that “Jane” was being far more reasonable than I was in her wish to spend time interacting with a friend rather than, as I was, focusing on reading things from a computer. In another essay on my Out of the Blue site, “Slow Down—You’re Moving Too Fast!”1。在我的文章“没时间”我其实，“简”是不是我是她的希望花时间与朋友，而不是像我是从一台计算机上阅读的东西，重点更合理。在另一篇文章我出的蓝站点上，“慢 - 你移动得太快了！”
I also believe, though, that Americans are over-focused on the sort of entertainment that involves listening to or watching something, rather than interacting directly with other people. If you are American, do you ever find yourself ignoring or avoiding the people in your life either because you are too busy or because you don’t want them interfering with your entertainment choices? If you are an international student, have you noticed yourself getting sucked into this pattern of behavior since coming to America—i.e., being to busy or preoccupied to give your friends the sort of time and attention you gave them when you were in your own country? Even if you American or international students feel that you have not allowed yourself to become distanced from friends, do you notice this in other people, especially those you try to have conversations or quality interactions with? Use specific examples to illustrate your points. (Tell “stories”!)我也相信，虽然，美国人过于集中在听或看的东西，而不是直接与其他人互动的娱乐。如果你是美国人，你有没有发现自己忽视或避免在你的生活中的人，或者是因为你太忙了，因为你不想让他们干扰你的娱乐选择吗？指导美国essay如果你是一个国际学生，你有没有注意到自己卷入这种行为模式，自从来到美国，即忙的时间和精力，你给他们忙于给您的朋友，当你在自己的国家？即使美国或国际学生觉得你没有让自己变得疏远的朋友，你注意到这一点，其他的人，尤其是那些您尝试对话或质量的相互作用？用具体的例子来说明你的观点。 （告诉“故事”！）


2. American students (and international students, too, if this applies to you): Since I have mentioned it, have you noticed that when you are with friends you spend more time doing things that require little in the way of real conversation? Remember the story I told you about my son (when he was 20), who said that after about 5 minutes, he and his friends ran out of things to talk about, and that is why they drank when they got together. Do your social activities with friends revolve around deep conversation, or do you mostly watch things (games, sports, movies, TV shows, etc.) or go to bars and clubs where drinking and loud music limit the possibilities for conversation? If you and your friends are deep conversationalists, do you notice the difference between the way you and your friends interact and the way your age cohorts in general interact? Use specific examples to illustrate your points. (Tell “stories”!)2。美国学生（国际学生也一样，如果这适用于你）：既然我已经提到这个问题，你有没有注意到当你是朋友，你花更多的时间做的事情，需要一些真正的对话的方式吗？我告诉你，我的儿子（20岁时），他说，约5分钟后，他和他的朋友们跑出来的东西谈论，这就是为什么他们喝他们聚在一起的时候记住的故事。你的社会活动，与朋友围绕深入的交谈，你看的都是别人的东西（游戏，体育，电影，电视节目等），或去酒吧和俱乐部，喝酒和大声音乐极限谈话的可能性吗？如果你和你的朋友们深健谈，你发现你和你的朋友们互动的方式和一般的相互作用年龄组之间的差异呢？用具体的例子来说明你的观点。 （告诉“故事”！）

3. If you are an American, do you agree with my claim that American lives in general (not necessarily yours or the lives of those you are close to, because there are always exceptions to general observations) are too busy to allow for the developing and nurturing of close personal friendships—and that this goes back to the way American kids are constantly scheduled in organized sports and activities rather than being allowed to play around in their own neighborhoods with children who live close to them? If not, offer clear arguments against that claim, with specific examples to support your arguments. If you do agree, offer specific examples from your own experience and observations to help support the claim. (Tell “stories”!)3。如果你是一个美国人，你是否同意我的要求，一般的美国人的生命（不一定是你的还是你接近的生活，因为总有例外一般性意见）是太忙，以便发展和培养密切的个人友谊，而这可以追溯到美国的孩子们不断地计划，有组织的体育活动和活动，而不是被允许发挥在自己的社区，他们住在附近的孩子谁？如果没有提供明确的论据，反对这种说法，用具体的例子来支持你的论点。如果您不同意，请提供具体的例子，从自己的经验和观察，以帮助支持这种说法。 （告诉“故事”！）
 

4. Many international students think that Americans students are not very friendly, even though they might seem to be friendly at first. Do you think that American students tend to form shallow friendships, as international students often think they do? If so, what do you think causes that tendency? If not, how do you account for the sense that international students get that American students don’t establish or maintain deep friendships. (Do you think that perhaps American students are just stand-offish with international students? If so, why do you think that might be the case?)  BTW, it is probably not irrelevant that Jane is an international student.4。很多国际学生认为美国学生不是很友好，即使他们起初似乎是友好的。你认为，美国的学生往往会形成浅的友谊，为国际学生往往认为他们这样做呢？如果是这样，你认为是什么原因，趋势呢？如果没有，你怎么解释这个意义上，国际学生获得美国学生不建立或保持深厚的友谊。 （你觉得，也许美国学生只是高傲的国际学生如果是这样，你为什么认为这可能是这样吗？）顺便说一句，它可能是不相关的，Jane是一名国际学生。
 

5. I once enraged a class full of 101 students by saying that Americans don’t know how to form and maintain real friendships. My point was that American friendships tend to be based on doing things together that do not allow for real conversation, and also on the fact that American friendships are made transient by the fact that we are so mobile. We form shallow friendships in a hurry, and let them fade away fairly easily as we move on geographically and personally. What do you think about my claim? If you agree with me, do you necessarily think that such shallow, transient friendships are a problem? Why or why not?5。有一次，我激怒了类101名学生说，美国人不知道如何形成和保持真正的友谊。我的意思是，美国人的友谊往往是基于一起做事情，不要让真正的对话，也一个事实，即美国的友谊是短暂的事实是，我们使移动。我们在赶时间，形成浅的友谊，让他们消失很容易的，因为我们向前地理上和个人。你认为我的要求是什么？如果你同意我的看法，你一定认为这种肤浅，短暂的友谊是一个问题吗？为什么或者为什么不呢？
 

6. What aspects of American culture do you think might get in the way of children’s developing the ability to form close personal relationships and to do the “work” necessary to maintain them.6。你认为美国文化的哪些方面可能会在儿童的发展形成了密切的个人关系，并做了“工作”的必要，以维持他们的能力。
 

7. In the essay “Got No Time for You,” I am implying that Jane was the one who was in the right, and that my inability to find time for her (and the annoyance I feel when she interrupted me when I was doing other things) was the real problem. Do you find that the pressures of modern life prevent you from finding quality time to spend with your friends and family? Do you think that many other people that you know have this problem? Has this always been a problem, or is it something that just started when you came to college? Consider the situation of finding it hard to find time for friends and family. What seems to be the underlying cause of this problem, and what do you think might be done about it—not necessarily just by individuals, but perhaps even as a matter of social change.7。在文章中“有你没时间，”我暗示Jane是一个人在正确的，而且她（和烦恼，我感觉时，她打断了我，当我在做其他的事情，我无法找到时间）是真正的问题。你是否发现，现代生活的压力阻止你寻找优质花时间与您的朋友和家人吗？你认为其他许多人，你知道有这样的问题吗？有这始终是一个问题，或者是什么东西，刚开始当你来到大学吗？考虑的情况，发现很难找到为朋友和家人的时间。似乎是这个问题的根本原因，你怎么想可能它不只是个人一定要做，但甚至是社会变革的问题。