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1、成功申请耶鲁大学的Essay范文 I'MGOINGRUNNINGTODAY.Iamnotconcernedaboutmycalorieconsumptionfortheday,noramIanxioustogetinshapeforthewinterseason.Ijustwanttogorunning。 "今天我要往跑步。我不是担心一天的卡路里消耗,我也不是渴看在冬季保持自己的身材。我只是想往跑步。 Iusedtodislikerunning."Ifyoudon'twinthisgame,you'
2、reallrunningfivemilestomorrow,"thefieldhockeycoachusedtowarn,duringthoselastdaysofOctoberwhentheaveragetemperatureseemedtobedecreasingexponentially.Andso,occasionally,mygrief-strickenteamwouldrunnumerousmiserablelapsaroundthefields.Attheendoftheseexcursio
3、ns,ourfacesandlimbswouldbenumb,andwewouldallhavedevelopedthosenotoriousflu-likesymptoms;buttherunningmadeusbetterinthelongrun,Isuppose.Nevertheless,Icounteddownthedaysuntiltheendofthefieldhockeyseason,vowingnevertoputonapairofrunningshoesagain.ThenIsurpri
4、sedmyselfbysigningupforoutdoortrackinthesecondhalfofsophomoreyear.IwasfoolishtohavebelievedthatIcouldeverescapethisinsidiousandmagneticaddiction。 我过往并不喜欢跑步。“假如你们没有赢得这场比赛,明天你们所有人都得跑5英里。”曲棍球教练过往经常警告;那是十月的最后几天,均匀气温仿佛呈指数般骤降。是的,偶然,我们可怜的球队队员会在田径场上痛苦地跑上很多圈。在长跑结
5、束的时候,我们的脸和四肢会变得麻痹,我们都会出现类似臭名昭著的流感一样的症状;我猜想,就长远而言长跑对我们有利。尽管如此,我都会数着间隔曲棍球赛季结束还剩几天,并发誓尽不再穿上跑鞋。然后,连我自己也感到惊奇,十年级下学期的时候,我又报名参加了室外径赛队。我傻乎乎地以为我本可摆脱这种渐渐积累且磁性般的跑步瘾。 AnyonewouldhavethoughtthatI'dbeofftheteaminafewdays,butthelastweekofJanuarycaughtmesplashingthrough
6、puddlesofmeltedice,andFebruarywindsnearlyblewmeoffthetrack.Ilookedforwardtopracticesthistimearound,totheclapsandthepersistentcheersofmyfellowtrackies.Iwasfeelinga"runner'shigh"spurredbytheendorphinsreleasedbyexercise.Buttoattributemyaffinityforrunningsole
7、lytochemistrydiminishesthepersonalimportancethatrunninghasforme。 任何人都以为我会在几天内脱离径赛队,但一月的最后一个星期,我跑过冰雪消融后的水坑,水花飞溅;仲春的风里,我几乎被吹离跑道。我期待在这个时节训炼,以回应同伴队友的鼓励和不断的喝彩。我感受到因锻炼开释的内啡肽刺激产生的跑步者的快感。但是,仅仅把我对跑步的爱好回结于化学反应是降低了跑步对我个人的重要性。 Ilikerunning—inthecoolshadeofthetoweri
8、ngoaktrees,andinthewarmsunlightspillingoverthehorizon,andinthedropsofrainfallinggentlyfromtheclouds.CertainthingsbecomecleartomewhenI'mrunning—onlywhilerunningdidIrealizethat"hippopo*****i"ispossiblythefunniestwordi