第一篇：美國大學英文推薦信

To whom it may concern Dear Sir/Madam， ProfessorKim Zhang,Finance Department School of Economics, Central State University West Road, Zhengzhou, Hunan, 33321, China Email:Telephone: Feb.8, 2011

I highly recommend Mr.Chen Futo your university.I had a chance to get to know him when he applied for a student exchange program in my school with University of California at Los Angeles since 2008.In order to select talent students to take part in the UCLA exchange program, we had several rounds of tests including written test and interview.Before preparing those tests, he communicated with me by MSN and telephone, and his breadth of knowledge and his attitude of study had given me a deep impression.He ranked first tier among students who enrolled in the program.I feel strongly that his academic talents and initiation will stand him in good state for a quality master education in your esteemed department.As an organizer of the program, I would constantly chat with my counterpart in UCLA.The feedback they gave to me further indicated that Chen Fu was one of the most outstanding students in the program.He was so enthusiastic to participate in group discussion that he would never miss any opportunity to exchange opinions with other students from all over the world as well as the faculty in UCLA.His leadership was well recognized during the two month study program in UCLA.I was surprised to find that he had grown so much in many aspects especially dealing with people from different culture background after he came back from UCLA.Obviously, hee is well prepared for advance study in U.S.In my experience with Chen Fu, I am sure that he will be an excellent student in a postgraduate program in the field he pursues.Therefore I would like to support and recommend him firmly.I really appreciate if you decide to accept him as he wishes.Ifthere is anything you want to know concerning about his application, please do not hesitate to contact me.Sincerely

Yours ,Dr.Kim Zhang

第二篇：英文信開頭

開始語

1、Thank you for your letter of September 1.2、Many thanks for your kind letter which reached me yesterday.3、You letter come to me this morning.4、I was delighted to receive your letter.5、I am in receipt of your letter.6、It’s a long time since I saw your last.7、I have been missing you a lot since we met last time.8、I am sorry for not writing to you sooner.9、I am writing to you tell that ……

10.I often think of you.How are you recently?

Thank you for your kind letter．（謝謝你的友好來信。）

I was so pleased to receive your letter．（收到你的來信我十分高興。）I have just received your kind letter．（已接到你的友好來信。）

I was pleased to hear from you．．．（……收到你的來信，我非常高興。）I have just this moment received your letter and I am writing at once because．．．（我此時收到你的來信，便立即寫信，因為……）

Your letter of．．．was duly received（你……的來函已妥收。）

Your letter came to（reached）me this morning．（今晨收到你的來信。）Many thanks for your last kind letter．（接最近來信，感激之至。）

I am sorry it has taken me a long time to reply to your last letter but．．．（很抱歉，這么久才回你的上次來信，只是……）

What a surprise it was to get a letter from you．（收到你的來信我感到很吃驚。）I was very sorry to hear．．．（聽到……感到很不安。）

You will be very glad to hear that．．．（聽到……你會非常高興。）From your letter I learned that．．．（從你的信中知道……）

With great delight I learned that．．．（我得知……非常高興。）

I often think of you．How have you been recently ？（我常想到你，你近來好嗎？）

Sorry for delaying this letter so long．（這封信耽擱了很久了，真對不起。）I have the pleasure to tell you that．．．（我高興地告訴你……）

As I have not heard from you for long，I feel anxious．（很久沒收到你的信，我感到很擔心。）

I have learned with delight that．．．（我高興地得知……）

Heartly congratulations on your graduation！（衷心地祝賀你畢業！）

How are you getting on with your English study？（你英語學得怎么樣了？）Your kind letter gives me much pleasure．（你的來信給我帶來了無比的快樂。）Your kind letter from Beijing arrived this morning ．（你從北京寄來的信件，今晨收到。）

Give you a reply and remember me to your whole family ．（今復信，代我向你全家問好。）

第三篇：英文信的格式

(一)英文書信的組成部分

英文書信一般由六部分組成。即：信頭（heading）、信內地址（inside address），稱呼（salutation），正文（body of letter）、結束語（complimentary close）、署名（signature），有時在書信后面還有附言（postscript）、附件（enclosure），這得視具體情況而定。下面將分別說明。

1.信頭（heading）

信頭是指寫信人的地址和寫信日期，一般寫在或打在第一面信紙的右上角，先寫地址再寫日期，地址的寫法是從小到大，先寫門牌號、路號，再寫區名、市名、省名，最后寫國名。時間的寫法對英國人和美國人而言是不同的。英國人習慣按日、月、年的順序寫，而美國人習慣按月、日、年的順序寫。例如：

英式：1st october，1999

美式：october 1，1999

在使用前一種形式時，月和年之間的逗號可用可不用，但是在后一種形式中，必需要使用逗號。

信頭的寫法有縮進式和齊頭式。縮進式每行開頭向右縮進一兩個字母；齊頭式左邊對齊排列，如下所示：

縮進式

wang ming

dept.of chemical engineering

dalian university of technology

dalian 11602

3liaoning province

p.r.china

齊頭式

wang ming

dept.of chemical engineering

dalian university of technology

dalian 116023

liaoning province

p.r.china

2.信內地址（inside address）

信內地址要寫出收信人的姓名和地址。一般給比較生疏的親友的信和公事信件要寫出信內地址，而熟悉朋友可以省去這一步驟。信內地址寫出在日期下一兩行的左上角，第一行寫收信人的稱呼姓名，然后寫出地址。地質也是從小到大寫出，分縮進式和齊頭式兩種。例如：

縮進式

the president

oxford university

england

齊頭式

jiang bin

64heping road

p.r.china

3.稱呼（salutation）

稱呼是對收信人的稱謂。在信內地址下一兩行處頂格寫起，自成一行。末尾用逗號或冒號。

（1）當給一位熟悉的人寫信時可以用dear 或是my dear。在英國，my dear 比dear親切，而在美國，dear比my dear 親切。

（2）當給一位你不知婚否的女性寫信時，可以用ms.……，這是指“……女士”。

（3）在給不熟悉的人寫信時，可以用dear sir, dear madam, dear sirs, gentleman 等等。

4正文（body of letter）

正文是一封信的主體部分。通常在稱呼的下一行寫出。正文也可采用齊頭式或縮進式的方法。齊頭式是反映每段開頭一行和后面行并齊。縮進式是指每段的第一行向右縮進幾個字母。信箋講究簡潔、效率。開頭幾句簡單地寒暄后就不如正題，在結尾處要有祝愿和敬語。

常用的開頭語有：

i have received your letter of july ist.7月1 日來信已經收悉。

i have the pleasure to tell you that …….很高興告訴你……。

i am very much delighted to receive your letter.非常高興收到你的來信。

it is my honor to inform you that ……很榮幸告訴你……。

常用的結束套話有：

i am looking forward to hearing from you 盼早日回信。

wish best regards.祝好。

thank you for your help 感謝你的幫助！

wish my best wishes for your success.祝你成功。

第四篇：美國大學面試

啟德顧問推薦:

大學申請時，為什么要準備面試？首先得澄清，大學面試不和你的英文水平有關，但跟你的整個人的綜合素質和臨場應變能力有關。

學生的interview分兩種：“friend to friend?和“interviewer to interviewee”。大多數大學面試是前一種，在一種相對很輕松的氣氛里進行，一般時間大約45分鐘，一小時，甚至一個半小時以上。“interviewer to interviewee”方式的面試，則類似于我們大人的求診面試，有限的時間里給你機關槍似的一串的提問，一般是限制在30分鐘以內。后一種面試對高中學生來說，難度相對大的多，很容易造成他們緊張。

不管哪一種形式的面試，孩子們最好都要稍做準備。比方說，你申請哈佛，常規問題：“為什么你想申請上這所學校？”你絕對不能說：因為這學校有名，因為這學校給的助學金比其它學校多……那你就完了！你得先上人家學校的網站，了解人家學校的具體情況及辦學理念等，根據你所選的專業，看他們能否提供你機會，然后，你才能真的告訴別人為什么你要這所學校：學校的人文環境，學校的辦學理念，具體program對你的吸引力，以及學校對你未來career的可能有的影響等來談。這樣，人家一看，你報這所學校不是盲目的，不是趕潮流，人云亦云。

其次，面試的關鍵是自信。一般無論長短的面試，都會問你起碼4個問題左右或以上。在有限的時間里，如果人家問你：“你如何看待美國在國際上扮演的角色的重要性？”即便關心政治的成人，也要思考片刻看如何回答，對吧？更何況一個普通高中學生呢？你不想看到你的孩子在面對這類問題時沒有思想準備的表情，和“嗯。。啊。。噢。。”等語氣詞，你希望他胸有成竹，侃侃而談，充滿自信。

還有，要注意談話技巧，不要心里想什么，就馬上倒豆子出來。一個例子，有個面試的人問學生：“你怎么看待同性戀這個問題？”孩子很正直，馬上不假思索地說了一串來表達對同性戀的道德上的反對和譴責。等他說完，那個面試他的人平靜地告訴他：“對不起，我就是一個同性戀者。”其結果，你怎么想都可以。

我方方面面觀察了很久，從一般的general questions，到結合學校的興趣所在，以及高中生的實際情況，準備了這些面試問題。我不敢說它幾年后不會過時，但是，作為現在高中的學生的參考，我相信是可行的。我兒子上面提到的兩種面試形式，他都遇上了，一個面試長達2個小時。另一個面試，人家排隊的一大堆，每個人只允許有30分鐘。面試他的人是一個50出頭俄國裔career woman，當地一家大公司的總裁，說話精練，辦事果斷，雷厲風

行。在30分鐘里，不停地向你扔球，不給你任何喘息的機會。這種情況，你是需要心理承受能力的。我兒子不lucky，遇到這么tough的面試的人，但是，他有備而去，沉著接球，并勇敢地拋回去。在舊金山的某大學的校友會的面試會里，那天，30個學生，一個接一個，經歷了這場某種意義上的拼殺。

我即使準備這些面試題給大家，也不代表每一個孩子都能因此有好的面試結果，因為各人對問題的理解不一樣，答案也會不同；怎么地回答，大人指點可以，但其實不能代替回答。代替的回答，是變了味兒的，走了形的，人家聽得出來。所以，就此而言，在面試，你的孩子回答，多少可體現出一些他/她的一向的綜合素質的。

最后，我要說的是，好的面試，不會增加你孩子的錄取機會，但是，糟糕的面試，絕對地，會hurt他/她的被錄取的chance。

那如何做好申請大學的面試呢？我認為所有的申請大學的面試，原則上高中生們都應該在其談話深度上進行充分準備，主要要反映出他們的interests, experiences, and goals。

舉一些例子吧，來說明如何準備面試。

Question 1: Why This College?

這個問題的重點是要顯示出被面試的學生已經對該大學做了很深入地研究，和他/她對于學校而言是一個strong match.那么，如果該學生給了一個generic response that can be applied to any school，這就不成其為一個好的答案。比方說，人家問你：Why Columbia? 你的回答是：“Columbia has strong academics and is in the middle of New York City”，就太泛泛而論了。

比較好的回答是，這個學生給了一個response that showes some level of research but was not specific about why the school is a good fit for him/her.就好像這樣的回答：“Columbia has very strong science programs and I want to study biology.I could also participate in lab work.There is also so much for students to do because of the many on-campus clubs and organizations.”

我認為，理想的答案是去show這個學生的極強的enthusiasm for the school，并且給一些specific examples of what the school has to offer and how that directly connects with the students interests.我如果這樣回答，你覺得怎么樣？“I love Columbia for so many reasons but the top three are: Access to Research, the Core Curriculum, and an Active Student Body.I hope to pursue my passion for science by working with Dr.Smith, who is working on Sleep Deprivation in Kids.Columbia’s unique core curriculum also really stands out to me.While I want to study in the sciences, literature is my second passion.I want to study Socrates, Emerson and Bronte with the best.And finally, I want to surround myself with an intellectually invigorating student body.As an active member of my school community, I want to get involved in college.At Columbia, the NY Outreach Program will allow me to continue my love of working with young disadvantaged kids.”

Question 2: Why Your Major？

大學一般都很清楚地知道，大多數高中生進入大學后，很可能會change their major，但是，他們仍希望通過這一個問題能看出這個學生已經有一些sense of direction.換言之，it is okay to be undecided, but the student should still describe what majors are appealing.于是，如果一個學生僅僅只是states a major but does not state why that major appeals to him/her，就像“I think I want to major in Chemistry” 之類的，顯然這種答案是不能令人滿意的。

較好的答案標準是，這個學生可以states a major without truly understanding what the major is but can support it with some activities.舉一個例子，如果該面試的學生這樣回答：“I want to major in something science oriented.Currently, I am considering Chemistry because it is a good combination of my passion for science and math.” 我認為，這還湊合吧。

優秀的答案，其標準應該是，這個學生should demonstrate thorough knowledge of a major, evidence of some pursuit of knowledge in that subject area and can connect it to the school well.比方說，或許這樣地回答關于major的問題：“Chemistry is most likely what I will major in.I have taken two Chemistry courses at my school and scored a 5 on the AP test.I love Chemistry because it is the basis of almost everything that we use.This summer I worked with the Earth Science Department at Stanford where I helped a graduate student study the formation of ice on Antarctica.I had to use many of the chemical principles I learned, such as the difference between Oxygen 7 and Oxygen 8, to help date the dirt samples.I also realized that I love working in a lab, even though it can be tedious at times.MIT also has one of the best Chemistry Labs and the new Calorimeter is supposed to be the best in the world for dating samples.I want to be in that

environment and learn from the best.”

Question 3: What do you do just for Fun？

在我參觀MIT的時候，他們的admissions officer告訴我，他們最引以為驕傲的是，他們的申請表和所有其它的學校最不一樣的地方在于他們的第一篇essay就是問你，在業余的時間，不學習的時候，你喜歡做什么？那個Admissions officer對我說，很多亞裔的家長把孩子都包裝得幾乎完美，但千篇一律，缺乏個性。他們就是要通過這一問題，想看看學生們真正的本我。MIT不是光要 high score的學生，他們更看中學生的創造意識和創造能力。Caltech, MIT的功課，絕對比Harvard的要難念得多。在這兩所學校里，零點幾的課程需要你的腦子轉得飛快！他們舉例告訴我，有一個學生，在自家的后院里，按照所學的物理等原理，用干稻草做了一架飛機模型；還有一個學生，在自家的二樓臥房里，用電腦編寫了一個洗衣程序，他不用下樓，通過他的電腦發出的alarm的叫聲，便可知道他們樓下的洗衣房的洗衣機已經把衣服洗完了。MIT招生的人說：“我們需要什么樣的學生？我們就需要這樣的學生!” 所以，那些high-end schools 問你“What do you do just for Fun ”這樣的問題，其目的是要get to know the student outside of academics.In another word, what will the student bring to campus other than a transcript and resume?

如果一個面試的學生數說一些他/她所做的事情，就是像watching TV or just hanging out with friends等，可想而知，人家會怎么評判你了。

對這一答案OK的標準是，面試的學生listed off extracurricular activities but did not mention why they are FUN.最perfect的回答是，面試的學生應該show出自己的熱情、熱愛 for things he/she does in free time.FUN things were not just extracurricular activities but also hobbies such as making models, running marathons, singing karaoke, etc.就像我上面提到的MIT的那些學生所狂熱從事的愛好一樣。

Question 4: What are your three greatest strengths？

其實這是給你一個機會highlight what you want to the admissions committee.你的回答應該是嘗試著給人一種很thoughtful和nique的印象。千萬別說：“I don’t really know what they are.Can we come back to this question? ” 如果你不能夠很快地come up一個answer的話，這是很糟糕的一件事。

如果你只是給了3個(或n個)很generic attributes without providing details on how those attributes have been demonstrated，it’s fine but not perfect.好像“My three greatest strengths are: hard-working, smart, and funny ”之類的。

The great response is that the Student mentions 3 attributes(or 3+ attributes)and describes where each comes from and where they have exemplified it.舉例，好像這樣的一種回答：“My first strength is my compassion.I have been a peer counselor for the past 3 years and I have realized that I am able to connect with those that call.Many times people just want someone to listen to them without giving advice right away.I feel that, for the most part, I can find that line by just tuning into what the other person needs.My second strength is my ability to lead.For me leadership is not just forcing people to do something that I want but being able to build a common goal and inspiring others to reach it.As Vice-President of the Humanity Club at my school, it was hard to get people to volunteer their entire weekend to build a house because my classmates are so busy.But I created a poster board that told the story of a family that lost their house because of a fire.They had to live on the street and Habitat was helping them.I presented this family’s need to my club and also promised lots of pizza and soda for coming out to help.We took lots of pictures and posted them on the website and our school paper wrote a story about it.The next time the opportunity to build came up，we had more than enough volunteers.And my third strength is my curiosity.I love to ask questions and sometimes these questions lead to more questions than answers.But my curiosity is my drive to learn.I stay up late working on Physics problem sets not because I need to get them done, but because I truly want to understand how vectors are used to build bridges.”

Question 5: What are your favorite activities？

這是大學給你一個機會，讓你去highlight你的1-3個activities and demonstrate their importance.如果你僅僅list off several activities without showing why they are important and meaningful，這不算一個好的response.真正好的回答標準是，學生列舉three activities that he/she loves the most and why they are meaningful and how that makes him/her a good match for the school.比如這個回答：“Throughout high school, I have tried to get involved in several activities so that I could find my passions.Early on, I realized that swimming was something that I love to do.I have been on the team for all 4 years of high school.I just absolutely love being in the water and what is unique about swimming is that it is both an individual sport and a team sport.I get to challenge myself to be the best and still also contribute to a team goal.I have also been taking guitar lessons for 2 years now and am starting a band.I am not very good yet, but it is just a really great way to relax and I love music.Finally, I have been working on an independent research project where I am trying to determine how light gets filtered through the optic nerve.One day, I hope to become an ophthalmologist and I have been working with a professor at Stanford in his lab.We came up with the project together and I will be entering it into the Siemens Competition.”

通過以上問題的分析并解答，希望面試的高中生們能因此get some ideas，sense到面試的竅門在哪里。

我為所有的現在正在大學面試和即將大學面試的高中生們準備的面試題：

1、談談你的favorite books?

2、談談你在高中的the most important experiences?

3、談談你的favorite hobby?

4、What do you want to particsapate in at xxxxx college?(or What can you contribute?)

5、What are you looking for in colllege?

6、Why xxxxx college?

7、談談你的passion to journalism?

8、What is your career goal?

9、你是如何看到了其中的需要當你在選擇做這種community service的時候？

10、Talk about your extracurriculars,your classes and your family?

11、Talk about the difference between the west vs.the east coast?

12、How about your personal attributions?

13、談談你在leadership方面遇到的challenge和你的解決?

14、What do you think about the role of the US in the world?(test your social/political awareness)

15、Talk about international relations?(also test your social/political awareness)

16、談談你如何看待teamwork?

17、談談你人生當中所經歷的challenges?

18、如何面對stress?

19、What other colleges did you apply to? Why did you apply to these colleges?20、怎樣看待同性戀？

21、Where would you like to live in the future?

22、How will you demonstrate responsibility and leadership qualities in your freshman year?

23、What social problems do you think your children will have to worry about in 20 years?

24、What is your weakness?

Ask the interviewer the following questions：

1、The experience the interviewers had at the college?

2、Whether the college was a good fit for the interviewer?

3、問interviewers 他/她所上的這個學校對他/她后來人生的影響？

4、請interviewers 介紹當地的大致綜合情況(包括人文地理環境等)？

第五篇：美國大學職稱

·美國大學職稱

美國大學的工作員工粗略分為兩類：教職員工（faculty）和行政員工（staff）中式四級制：助教、講師、副教授、教授 美式三級制：助理教授、副教授、教授

公立大學的教職員工是州政府雇員，私立大學自籌經費，但教師職位同樣兩個系統： 終身系統（tenure-track positions）

非終身系統（non-tenure-track positions）:非終身系統的職稱有多種：兼職（Adjunct）、訪問（Visiting）、研究（Research）、臨床（Clinical）等教授、副教授、助理教授，以及講師（Lecturer）、導師（Instructor）、助教（Teaching assistant）等。許多理工科以及醫學、生化等學科，除了擔負給學生授課的教師外，還有大量研究人員，這些人員基本上屬于非終身系統，他們的職稱常見的有資深研究員（Senior Research Scientist）、研究員（Research Scientist）、副研究員（Associate Research Scientist）或助理研究員（Assistant Research）等。非終身系統情況復雜，這些都是合同制，即off the Tenure-Track。

終身系統職位基本分為三等：助理教授、副教授、教授。這個系統中，助理教授是最資淺的入門職位，在終身系統內的助理教授并不是終身教職，而只是拿到終身教職的必經步驟（tenure-track），只有走過這一步，才有可能得到終身教職。某些華裔學人在美國的大學擔任的是助理教授職位，但在向中港臺的大學或華文傳媒介紹自己時，往往夸大說自己是終身教授，原因便是這個職位的確是在終身系統內。

助理教授不是終身教職，所以，任何人在這個職位上3-8年內如果不能升級成為終身教職的副教授（tenured position），在一般情況下就必須離開這個職位另謀高就，非升即走（up-or-out）。美國的助教Teaching Assistant(TA)

美國大學里的助教(Teaching Assistant)和助理教授（Assistant Professor）是兩碼事，前者不是正式的教員，可能是主講教授的PH.D，只是協助教授上課；后者則是屬于教授編制，一般也列入晉級終身教授的行列，主講教授可能只要求助教幫他批改作業最多講解作業，上上習題課而已，以減少這些工作對教師的壓力。

美國的大學教授一般都在自己的名字后面注上學位縮寫，以表明自己獲得的最高學位，最常見的有以下幾種：

Ph.D.，Doctor of Philosophy in XXX, XXX代表的是專業領域 M.D.，Doctor of Medicine醫學博士

D.M.D.，Doctor of Dental Medicine，牙醫博士

J.D.，Doctor orLaws(Doctor of Jurisprudence)，法律博士 D.B.D.，Doctor of Business Administration，商業管理博士 Ed.D.，Doctor of Education，教育學博士