Yale面试实录

YaleUniversity耶鲁大学面试实录【无老师力荐】November28th,2010GotocommentsLeaveacomment无老师题：名校录取一直是要求面试的，不管是美国还是英国，这都是一个必不可少的环节。但是由于之前考生人数少，因此这样的面试实录其实也很罕见。但是近年来中国越来越多的高中生出国留学，水涨船高，更是促成了有越来越多的优秀的高中考友得到面试的机会，量变的积累最终引起质变。于是有了这篇《YaleUniversity耶鲁面试实录》，无老师仅是转载，文章来自“袁子鸣Elvire同学”。无老师仅是希望能让越来越多的考友们增长见识，增加经验，为将来做好一切准备^_^———————————————————————————————————————唉……至于这个杯具……我其实不太愿意回想，但是我觉得把整个面试过程公布对后来面试的同学来说非常有帮助，于是记忆帝也来积攒下人品……【】内是我的吐槽，请自行无视……周五晚上，我和DavidBarboza，纽约时报上海分社的社长约在他的办公室进行面试。来之前我查了下他的资料，是历史专业，在上海呆了N多年，老婆是上海人。我：YD：DavidBarboza寒暄客套之后开始提问。D：Pleasetellmealittlebitaboutyourself.Y：Allright.MynameisZimingYuan,andyoucancallmeEve.IstudyatShanghaiForeignLanguageSchool,aschoolemphasizingthestudyofforeignlanguagesandtheextracurricularactivitiesofstudents.Maybebecauseofthisimpactofenvironment,Iamveryinterestedinforeignlanguages.IhavestudiedGermanfortwoyears,andIhavebeenlearningJapanesebymyself.IhavepassedtheIntermediateInterpretationTestinEnglishwhenIwasinJuniorTwo,and…D：WhywouldyoustudyGerman?Y：Well,whenwewereinJuniorTwo,theschoolselectsomestudentswhoweregoodatEnglishandgavethemaopportunitytostudyasecondforeignlanguage.Inmyyear,therewereonlyFrenchandGermantobechosenfrom.Andtheschoolwouldalsogiveusatest,askingustoimitatewordsinFrenchorGermantodecidewhichlanguageweweremoretalentedin.AndIwasdecidedGerman.D：Isee.Whatdoyouthinkofit?Y：Well,Iwouldsaythatitwasverydifficult.D：Yes,Iknow.Ihaveknownpeoplewhostudythat,andtheyhadaheadache.Y：Metoo,butIalsofoundgreatinterestinthat.Also,IhavetranslatedMITopencourseware.(把书给他)ThetitleisModernDrama.D：Wow.Whoprinteditforyou?Y：Iprinteditmyself.ButIamspreadingitoutformorepeopletosharetheknowledge.D：So,isthatyourdream?Becomingantranslator?Y：Well,Iwouldjustconsideritasahobby.Ithinkcommunicationtopeopleisveryimportant,andtranslatorsandinterpretersdoesajobofcrossingthebarriersandbuildingbridgesforpeople’scommunication,andthat’swhatfascinatesmealot.D：Whatdoyouwanttobeatranslatorfor?Y：Ononehand,Iwanttousemytalenttohelppeople.Ontheotherhand,Imyselfalsolovewriting,soIhopethatonedaycouldcomethatIcouldtranslatemyownnovels.Andduringtranslation,Icouldalsoabsorbthethoughtsfromdifferentauthors.D：Yousaidthatyoulikedwriting.Who’syourfavoriteauthor?Orwhoaretheauthorsthatyoulike?Y：【看的书太多了一时完全想不出来】Well,ifyouasktheoldtimewriters,IlikeLuXunandZhuZiqing…D：Whataboutsomemodernwriters?Y：【更加语塞】Well,IwouldsaythatIlikedDiAnverymuch…D：Ihaveneverheardofher.WheredoessheliveinChina?Y：【干嘛，你准备到她家去采访啊】Actually,shelivedinFrance.D：Oh!Whatdoesshewriteabout?Y：umm,herfirstbookisaboutherteen’slife,andherlaterbooksareaboutfamilyrelationship…D：HerfamilyinChinaorinFrance?Y：No,no,aboutthefamilyrelationshipofthecharactersinherbook.D：Isee.So,arethereanywesternwritersthatyoulike?Y：【脑子里又晃过N多作者的名字，语塞】IwouldsaythatShakespeareisoneofmyfavoriteauthors…IlikehisTempestverymuch…D：CanyoutellmeaboutthestoryoftheTempest?【一看他的表情就知道他是知道的，这时候要是我讲不出来就大条了】Y：Well,itbeginswithashipwiththekingonitcaughtinatempestcausedbyamagician,andtheshipwasdashedontoanisland,andpeopleontheshipwerespreadalloverontheisland.Therewecouldseethecharactersandrelationshipsofthepeople.Forexample,theking’sservantswereplanningtokillhim,themagicianwasactuallyplanningforarevenge,themagician’sdaughterfellinlovewiththeprince…andit’sjustthecontrastsandconvictionsintheplaythatattractedmeverymuch.D：【点头，我估计他心里在想我回答得对……至少没拿莎士比亚做个幌子显得自己有文学素养】Great.Andwhatdoyoudoinyourleisuretimebesidesstudyingsohard?Y：Well,besideswatchingfilmsand…【才说了一个单词，面试官听到films就非常地激动，一下子打断……我的天呐，films不是重点啊，我都说了besides了】D：Oh,films!Whatfilmsdoyoulikemost?Y：Well,Icouldn’tchoosemyfavoritefilm…butthefilmIlikedbestlatelywas“ThreeIdiots”.D：Oh,threeidiots!【又看过了……】WhataboutChinesefilms?What’syourfavoriteChinesefilm?Y：【完了，平时从来不看中国电影……】Umm,it’shardtosay…butthelatest“LoveUndertheHawthornTree”isverygood…D：Whatdoyouthinkofthat?Y：Well,itshowsthepurityofloveintheoldtimes,whichmovedmealot.【一直很后悔当时没说里面隐藏的另一条线……肯定会出彩的】D：Oh,Ihavealwaysthoughtthatonlyoldpeoplewouldlikeit,andfewyoungpeoplewouldbefondofit.Y：Yes,mymomloveditverymuch.AndfromthemovieIcouldalsoseehertimeoflife,whichalsodrewmyattentiontothismovie.D：Oh,yes.Bytheway,haven’tyouthoughtofgoingtotheHarryPotter?Y：Yes,actually,I’mgoingtomorrow.IhavealwayslikedtheHarryPotterseriesofbooks.D：SoyouhavereadtheallHarryPotterbook?Y：Yes,IbeganreadingthemwhenIwasinprimaryschool,andIhavereadthemoverandoveragain.D：Sowhatelsedoyoudoinyourleisuretime?Y：【总算不要说电影了】Well,Ialsowritemyownnovels.【把我印的小说给他】IbeganwritingwhenIwasinGradeFive,anditismybiggesthobby.D：Wow.Youwroteallthis?Y：Yes.Uptonow,IhavenotwrittenanystoriesinEnglishbecausewhenIbeganwriting,Ihavenotthoughtofthatmuch.ButIhopeonedaycouldcomethatIcouldtranslatemynovelintodifferentlanguages.D：Well.What’sitabout?Y：Umm,itisgenerallyacollectionofmyworkstheseyears…Thefirststorybeginswithagirlworkingasashopkeeper,butshedoesnotsellnormalgoodsbutstories.Andonedaycamefivecustomerswantingtoselltheirstoriestoher,andtheyfoundoutthattheyweremysteriouslyconnectedtoeachother.D：Wow.Howdidyoucomeupwiththisideathatthegirlsellingstories?Y：Well,Ithinkthatwhenpeopleareindifferentmoods,the