如何撰寫令人印象深刻的recommendation letter
[明報專訊] 好多人寫personal essays或獎學金申請信,或替下屬寫reference時,喜歡整篇寫滿形容詞,什麼passionate呀,devoted呀,logically minded之類。其實這類字完全沒有impact,只係撻幾個形容詞,係人都識,有何難度?讀信的人,也是見慣。
要增加文字的感染力,讓人留下深刻印象,不如試下講故事:一些人無你有的小故事、小經驗,以突顯閣下希望market的特點。
最近英國演員Alan Rickman逝世,同演Harry Potter電影的「哈利仔」Daniel Radcliffe在其Google+ account寫了一篇悼文,在網上瘋傳。這篇文用字不深,造句不特別,但令人印象最深的是一兩三件小事,表現出Alan Rickman的特別性格。第一段他講Rickman對後輩如何supportive and encouraging:
He is also one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry. He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years post-Potter. I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that.
假如沒有寫he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York,而只用形容詞loyal、supportive同encouraging,就沒有原文的impact了。
然後再借別人的remark講Rickman是個有義氣、對朋友很好的人:
I know other people who've been friends with him for much much longer than I have and they all say "if you call Alan, it doesn't matter where in the world he is or how busy he is with what he's doing, he'll get back to you within a day".
同樣,這裡不用形容詞。一句quote已顯明突顯Rickman的性格。這個impact,不論你寫幾多helpful、friendly、kind、encouraging都不能達到。
下一次寫求學信或替人寫reference letter,不妨用心想想要寫什麼qualities,再想有什麼特別的經驗或故事可以講,可能效果更好。
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accuse sb of Ving 控告;指責某人於某事
e.g. At present, plenty of parents accuse school teachers of their indifference to their children’s psychological development.
目前有很多家長指責學校老師對於他們小孩的心理發展漠不關心
be adjacent to 與…比鄰; 連接; 靠近; 貼近
e.g. The fancy hotel is within a walking distance to Time Square and is adjacent to the two major shopping malls in the city.
這個精緻的飯店距離時代廣場非常近,而且非常接近此城市的兩個大賣場
have an affinity for 對…有吸引力; 喜歡
e.g. The truth is that if you have an affinity for a person, you overlook most of his or her imperfections. That is why love is blind.
事實上就是如果你喜歡上一個人,你會忽略掉他/她大部份的不完美之處。這就是為什麼愛情是盲目的
be aggrieved at 因..感到焦慮; 對…感到悲傷
e.g. Caroline’s mother is rather aggrieved at her having been taking drugs since her high school.
凱瑞萊的母親對於她自從高中就開始吸食毒品感到非常悲傷
be allergic to 對…有過敏反應; 厭惡…
e.g. Suggestions and criticisms are usually unpleasant to people but do good to them in fact. Sadly to say, some are even allergic to them and thus make no progress.
建議與批評通常是帶給人不悅,但事實上對人們是有益處的。很難過地,有些人甚至厭惡它們,也因此無法進步。
come into antagonism with 與..鬧翻; 對抗
e.g. The two entrepreneurs came into antagonism with each other since their companies’ new products seem to be coincidentally identical in terms of function, leading to big loss in profits.
這兩位企業家與彼此鬧翻,因為就功能性而言,他們公司的新產品似乎巧妙地雷同,造成很大的利益損失。
be apt to 有…傾向; 很容易..; 有可能
e.g. The old are apt to make such mistakes as thinking the young should always be at their mercy because they are definitely more experienced in everything.
老年人很容易犯諸如此類的錯- 認為年輕人必須一直聽從他們,因為老年人在每件事都是非常有經驗的
aspire after/towards/for + N. ; aspire to V. 渴望; 嚮往; 追求; 有志於
e.g. Caroline aspires to become a successful businesswoman since she is obsessed with feminism.
凱瑞萊嚮往成為一個成功的女商人因為她沈溺於女權主義
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