如何选择一个有趣的esasy主题,Topic of Your Choice写作思路辅导
留学申请essay写的好与坏将直接影响着我们是否能够成功的被国外的大学所录取，那么要如何才能够写好一篇优秀的essay呢？这里我要强调的一点就是essay的主题非常重要，如果我们能够选择一个非常有趣的essay主题，这样便能够让招生老师们感到新意，从而获取好的评价，今天我就来辅导各位Topic of Your Choice的写作思路，教会大家如何去选择一个有趣的essay主题。
申请essay题目很多时候会遇到-Topic of Your Choice。那么这个题目应当怎么写？我们一般常见的思路就是用一件事或者一个经历来写？那么除此之外还有什么其他思路吗？
在申请美国大学时，通常都会用到美国大学通用申请系统Common Application，在填写其申请表格时，大多数申请学生通常会选择撰写表格上第一个essay题目，即Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you，或者是第六个essay题目，即Topic of Your Choice。申请学生愿意用这两个题目来描述自己亲身经历的、对自己有深刻影响的一件事或一段经历。
针对第六个题目，除了用一件事或一段经历来写作之外，其实还有另外一种思路来写出优秀的申请essay，那就是仅仅围绕学生个人的某一、二项突出的个性特质，将学生个人的数段经历按照一定逻辑进行编排，完成一篇essay的写作。为让同学们对此思路有感性认识，笔者就结合数月前指导一名学生的经历，简单介绍一下这种写作思路，同学们在写作这类申请essay时可以参考借鉴。
那天，笔者与那名学生面谈，帮助她梳理个人背景资料，挖掘写作素材，谈话持续两个多小时。为挖掘写作common表格上长essay的素材，我问她有什么事让她感到很自豪，她讲了一些让她感到自豪的事，其中她谈到曾在语文课上做过一个口头陈述，是有关京剧的，受到同学和老师的好评。对京剧了解很多，是因为她曾在培训班学过五年多的京剧
我又问她是否遭受过磨难，她向我讲述了自己从小到大的种种不幸经历，其中因病导致她放弃自己业余活动的经历引起我的注意：小学时，这名学生曾苦练京剧，将来想报考中央戏剧学院当京剧演员，曾被选出来为外宾表演京剧，但练了五年后自己突患肾炎，在医生建议下不得不终止训练，京剧演员梦就此止步；痊愈后，这名学生喜欢上了游泳，苦练两年通过测试获得了两张国家认证的游泳证书，但又发现皮肤出现问题，查出患皮肤病，医生禁止她再接触水；之后，她选择利用课后时间到体校羽毛球队练习打羽毛球，期间曾参加区羽毛球比赛获少年组三等奖，直至上高中后由于离体校太远才终止练习。
听了她这段介绍，笔者脑海里首先感到这名学生确实有些不幸，厄运接二连三，但马上又意识到，她是一位顽强不屈的学生，也是一位做事认真、坚持不懈、勇于追求卓越的学生：她参加每项活动都十分认真地训练，并且一段时间过后都取得了一定成就。当厄运来临，让她不得不放弃一项活动时，她会很快找到另一项活动，并继续认真苦练，又会取得新的成就。根据她的经历，笔者按照她这些优秀的个性特征，将她看似不幸实则充分展示其亮点的几段经历串起来，帮助她设计了下面这篇essay的写作思路。她写出草稿后，又指导她认真修改，最终完成这篇essay的写作。下面，我们一起来看一下这篇essay，笔者在每一段后面做了简要的点评。
Misfortunes and Me
不幸和我
点评：以common表格第六个essay题目为题撰写好的essay，最好能够加上一个简短精练、起画龙点睛作用的标题。
Last semester, I made an oral presentation in the Chinese class.All the classmates clapped their hands heavily after I finished. “How do youknow so much about Peking Opera?” A classmate asked me surprisingly. Hearingthis, my heart began to hurt. For me, Peking Opera was a precious memory, but Ireally did not want to touch on the subject with ease.
点评：essay开头很巧妙地将第一个misfortune引出来：作者语文课上做了一个出色的口头陈述，受到同学们的热烈欢迎。而一名同学不经意的一问“你怎么知道这么多京剧知识”，碰到了作者的痛处——京剧是珍贵的记忆，但作者不愿轻易碰触。文章最后一句留下了一丝悬念——为什么作者不愿轻易碰触？而这正是作者设下的诱饵，吸引读者一探究竟接着读下去。
When I was about five years old, I was fascinated by Peking Operaand I dreamed to become an Opera actress in the future. Then I started learningit in a training class. The class started at six p.m., so I had to go thereimmediately after I finished my school every afternoon, no matter it was rainyor windy. I practiced three hours there, then went home and had dinner at abouthalf past nine. I felt exhausted after every training class, but my skills insinging and performance improved quickly and firmly. I was once chosen toperform for foreign guests three years later after I learned it. I thought mydream was drawing closer and closer. However, on a day when I was ten, I wassent to hospital and diagnosed with nephritis. The doctor suggested I have agood rest and terminate my Opera training because it would make my body worse.I felt very sad about that, after all, I had been training for it for fiveyears. However, I had to give it up.
点评：这一段essay具体讲述了作者凭着最初对京剧的痴迷，五年间利用业余时间刻苦训练，训练三年后被选出来为外宾表演，这些都展示出作者对京剧的热爱以及刻苦训练取得不错的成就。就在作者对未来当京剧演员的梦想充满期待并为之奋斗之时，作者入院被查出患上肾炎，医生的忠告让作者京剧演员梦成为泡影。
Several months later, I recovered from the disease. To exercisemyself, I began to swim. In fact, myteacher once told me I was not suitable to be a swimmer. But I still practicedvery hard every day. Two years later, I obtained two national certificates.However, misfortunate came to me again: I got dermatitis and was prohibited totouch water. Sadness spread over me, but just for one or two days this time. Ifigured out another sport that I could play–badminton. I joined a badminton team in a sports school. So, I wentthere practicing for two hours every afternoon. I did not miss any class. Oneyear later, I took part in a badminton competition in our district and won thethird prize in the teenager group. After I entered my senior high school, I hadto terminate the training because the sports school is too
