Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi[……]
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgyi[……]

move/go/close in for the kill
释义:本意是形容猛兽“准备给猎物致命一击”,引申用来形容在辩论或比赛中彻底击败占下风的对手。可以在留学文书中用来生动体现自己所处的逆境。
例句:
Murphy moves in for the kill, but Delmar roll[……]

哈佛大学成立于美国建国前的殖民地时期,于1636年由马赛诸塞湾殖民地最高法院(Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony)投票批准成立。1639年,学校以已故牧师约翰·哈佛(John Harvard)的名字命名为哈佛学院(Ha[……]

mountain bike
释义:“山地车”,专门为越野用途定制的运动型自行车,具有避震、变速和更耐久轮胎等功能。
例句:
We tested the Lush, a new women’s full-suspension mountain bike from Trek, and found t[……]

蜀道难,难于上青天!
曾经有一个时候,留学被视为是easy way,是相对万人挤独木桥的高考而言的一种“捷径”。而在今天如果你问任何一位美本留学党,留学党的父母或者靠谱的留学顾问,得到的答案多半是一个字“难”!美本申请不是单一靠分数取胜,但是没有达标的分数往往又会让申请功亏一篑。在标化、语言和平时[……]

never fail to
释义:非常经典的一个双重否定表达。“一定会”,常在留学文书里形容某门学科对自己的吸引力,不过用来自夸似乎又过了一些。
例句:
Her naturally husky voice never failed to captivate him.
You never fail[……]

enroll
释义:这个词本意是“把……记入名册”,在留学文书中常用来表示“就读于”某个大学或项目。注意习惯上前者用介词at,后者用介词in。
例句:
In fact, he initially enrolled at the University of Texas as a premed st[……]