Today let'stalk about how to do your autobiography in English for college.

今天我們來談談如何做大學備審的英文自傳

Okay. I have a lot of students who are ready to go to college.

我有很多學生都準備要上大學了

They just finished their biggest test in their life.

他們剛完成人生中一次非常重大的考試

If you're one of them, I sincerely wish you good luck.

如果你是其中之一，我誠摯的祝福你

So maybe you are now ready to prepare for your portfolio,

或許你正在準備你的備審資料

including a lot of your report cards from senior high school,

包含你的高中成績單

or certificates that you get to prove your abilities.

或是證明你的能力的證書

and there is one thing that my students are preparing right now.

還有一樣文件是我的學生正在準備中的

That would be the English autobiography.

那就是英文自傳

It is not required by a lot of departments,

雖然不是很多學校要求

but it's alwaysnice if you can include something in English into your portfolio.

但是如果可以在備審資料中加些英文的內容總是好的

You know you can impress professors when they see a whole page of English.

你知道的，教授們看到一整頁的英文會多印象深刻

So today, we're just gonna tell you how to make English autobiography.

所以今天我就來告訴你如何做英文自傳

And there are some things you really have to pay attention to.

有些事情你要特別注意喔

I'm not gonna tell you step-by-step how to do it,

我不是要告訴你做自傳的細節

There are just some tips that you have to know.

而是有一些撇步是必須要注意的

And I have prepared three tips that you really have to listen to,

我準備了三個小提點你要仔細聽喔

if you are preparing for your autobiography.

特別是如果你正在準備自傳的話

Here we go. Number One.

我們開始吧，第一。

I know a lot of times when people ask you to do your autobiography,

我知道每次要做自傳的時候

you're gonna talk all about your family members,

你都會提到你的家人

like how many brothers or sisters you have,

像是有多少兄弟姊妹

or what your brothers or sisters are doing right now,

或是你的兄弟姊妹現在在做什麼

or your parents' jobs.

或是你的父母的工作

It could fill up the space for that A4 page you're preparing,

這是很好的塞滿整頁A4紙的方式

but don't you think it is too much to just always mention your family members?

但你不覺得每次都提到家人有點太多了嗎？

My suggestion is, your family members are crucial to your life.

我的建議是，你的家人對你有多重要

We get it. Everybody's family members probably play a very important part in their life.

我們都知道的。每個人的家人都有一定的重要性

However, if your family members' jobs or what they're currently doing

但是如果家人的工作或是現在在做什麼

has nothing to do with what you are right now or the department that you're trying to get into,

和你自己的現狀或是你要進入的科系沒有關係的話

then just leave them alone. You don't have to mention all of them.

就放他們一把馬吧！不要提他們了

The point is why are you writing something that nobody wants to read,

重點是，為什麼要寫出別人不想讀的

or after they read it, they think is a waste of time.

或是讀了之後覺得浪費時間的內容呢？

The professors are more interested in you not your family members,

教授們感興趣的是你，不是你的家人

unless your family members are super rich,

除非你的家人超有錢

or super prominent in society. No No No.

或是超重要。。。不不不。。。

That is still cheating. Don't do that.

這樣是作弊，不要這樣做

So when you're doing your autobiography, try to leave your family members alone.

所以當你在準備自傳時，放過你的家人吧！

Don't always mention them. You can probably talk about

不要總是提到他們。 你可以談談

how many members you have in your family, but don't give us any details that is not required.

家裡有多少人，但是不要給太多不必要的細節

And let's move on to Number Two.

我們繼續看第二個

This is also very common when I am reading students autobiography.

這也非常常見。我在看學生的自傳時

They want to tell me all about their childhood,

他們會想要告訴我他們的孩提時期

their school life

他們的學校生活

,how they were born,

他們何時出生的

where they got their first scar.

還有各個傷疤的歷史

I get it if you say that you want to tell everybody about everything that happens in your life.

我能夠理解你想要告訴大家所有發生在你生活周遭的事

But don't you think it is going back too much?

但是你不覺得這樣回溯太多了嗎？

You're applying for college,

你申請的是大學

which means anything that is before your senior high school life

意思是任何在你高中之前的事

is probably not required,

大概都不太必要提

unless it's something that is nationally or internationally important,

除非是有全國或是國際重要性的事

Don't mention it.

否則就別提了吧

We don't want to know if you are the best students in your elementary school,

我們不想知道你國小是好學生

or you're a kindergarten life.

或是幼稚園乖寶寶

You might be a very good boy or a good girl,

你可能是個好寶寶

but we care more about your senior high school life.

但是我們更在乎你的高中生活

For example, what kind of clubs that you've joined?

例如你參加了什麼樣的社團

What kind of special abilities you acquired in senior high school?

你在高中學到了什麼特殊的專長

They are more to the present, which means they are the things that you should mention.

他們比較近代，意思是這才是你應該提的

Don't dwell on the past too much. Don't trace back too much.

不要沈耽往事，不要提當年勇

And let's move on to Number Three.

我們繼續看第三個

I know you've probably accomplished a lot during your school life.

我知道你在學校可能成就了許多事情

For example, if you were number one in a speech contest,

例如你得到了演講比賽第一名

or you had some kind of scientific experiments, and you

或是你在某個科學實驗中

you made a big breakthrough.

然後你有什麼樣的突破

I know therewere a lot of things that you want to mention in your autobiography

只我知道在自傳中有許多你想要提到的事

because you want people to know,

因為你想讓大家都知道

but think about it.

但想想看

If you are talking about how good you were as a student, like you always aced your tests,

如果你想要告訴人你是個好學生，例如你的考試都特優

then your report cards would say everything.

那麼你的成績單不是都說了嗎？

So just try to mention those things that are relevant.

所以只要提相關的事情就好

For example, if you are going to an English department,

例如，如果你要申請進入英文科系

mention anything that is language related.

就提些語言相關的內容吧

Don't talk about your math competition,

不要提數學競賽

or your science experiments.

或是你的科學實驗

They're not relevant. It is always recommended that for your English autobiography,

他們沒關係吧！我們建議你的英文自傳

You have to make sure that everything fits into an A4 sized page,

最好是能夠在一張A4大小的紙就好

so that is why we have to make sure that whatever you write down is necessary.

所以這就是為什麼你寫的內容都要盡量是必須的

You might have a really colorful senior high school life.

你的高中生活可能過得多采多姿

You might have won hundreds of prizes during those years,

你可能在高中曾得過上百個獎項

but those things that are worth mentioning

但值得提的應該是

should be the ones thatare relevant to whichever department that you are applying for.

那些有關你要申請的科系的就好

So notice that unless it's gonna amaze people,

所以要注意，除非能夠嚇到人

you don't have to mention them.

沒關係的都不用提

You want people to look at that simple piece of paper,

你希望人們看到那張自傳時

and know as much as possible about you.

能夠馬上盡量多了解你

So those are the three tips that I think might help you when you are doing your English autobiography.

這些就是這次提到做英文自傳時的三個要注意的事項

Leave your family alone.

放過你的家人吧！

Don't trace back too much.

別提當年勇！

Be relevant.

注意相關性！

Of course maybe in your Chinese autobiography you have to do the same thing.

當然或許在中文自傳中你也要注意一樣的事

I don't know. You might have to ask your school teacher.

我不知道，你可能要問學校老師

For the English autobiography, as an English teacher, I just want to make sure that

但是英文自傳，身為一個英文老師，我要提醒你

you want to get the professors interested in you, so keep it short,

你希望能夠讓教授們對你感興趣，所以簡短有力

and make sure that everything in your autobiography can catch their eye.

然後讓教授們看到你的自傳後能眼睛一亮

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