Michigan PS范文
这篇来自密歇根大学的ps范文
通过真实的故事展现自我成长，让经历成为你使命感的源泉
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回忆与情感引入
His eyes stared back at me with contentment. Neither he nor I, the baby girl on his lap, are smiling, but there is a sense of peace, of quiet happiness about us. I hold his wrist in one hand, my other grasping a bottle of ketchup. He holds my tiny leg and my waist, propping me up. His wedding band gleams in the midafternoon sunlight.
他的眼睛满足地望着我。他和我，还有躺在他腿上的女婴，都没有笑，但我们身上有一种安详、宁静的幸福感。我一手握住他的手腕，另一只手抓着一瓶番茄酱。他抱着我的小腿和腰，把我撑起来。他的结婚戒指在午后的阳光下熠熠生辉。
That same ring catches the light in my bedroom, the bedroom he painted yellow when I was still the baby in the photo. My mother gave it to me for my sixteenth birthday, and it flashes purple when I move my hand. Staring at my reflection in the ring’s surface, I can still see the baby girl in the photo. I have the same round face, the same brown, almond-shaped eyes. For the first time, I have something tangible to remind me of him -- something more substantial than our shared love of puns or 16-year-old photographs that curl at the corners.
这枚戒指在我卧室的灯光下闪闪发光，我还是照片中的婴儿时，他把卧室漆成了黄色。这枚戒指是我 16 岁生日时妈妈送给我的，当我移动手时，它就会闪烁紫色的光芒。凝视着戒指表面的倒影，我依然能看到照片中的女婴。我还是那张圆脸，还是那双棕色的杏仁眼。这是我第一次有东西实实在在地让我想起他--比我们共同喜欢的双关语或 16 岁那年眼角卷曲的照片更实在的东西。
父亲对我的影响
That picture has stayed the same for 16 years. My dad passed away before I took my first steps. I have no conscious memories of him. My mother did her best to make my childhood as normal as possible, but my dad’s loss still hurts. It is a strange feeling not to know what my own father’s favorite color was or what foods he liked.
这张照片已经保持了 16 年。我父亲在我迈出第一步之前就去世了。我对他没有任何有意识的记忆。我的母亲尽其所能让我的童年尽可能正常，但失去父亲的伤痛仍然挥之不去。我不知道父亲最喜欢的颜色是什么，也不知道他喜欢吃什么食物，这种感觉很奇怪。
I was most fascinated by my mother’s stories of his career. Driven by a desire to emulate him, I decided I wanted to prosecute corporate tax fraud for the IRS, as he had done. If I was unable to know him, choosing his career path felt like the most substantial connection I had to him. I wanted to make him proud to be my father.
母亲讲述的他的职业生涯最令我着迷。在效仿他的愿望驱使下，我决定要像他那样为国税局起诉公司税务欺诈行为。如果我无法了解他，选择他的职业道路就像是我与他之间最实质性的联系。我想让他以我的父亲为荣。
For much of my life, my dad’s most discernible presence came through Social Security survivor benefits or checks from his pension fund, supporting our family and compensating for my mom’s sporadic employment. My health insurance was provided through Medicaid. These programs leveled the socioeconomic playing field so that my family had one less thing to worry about. So we could afford to focus our limited finances on things like extracurricular activities or saving money to further my education.
在我生命的大部分时间里，我父亲最明显的存在是通过社会保障遗属津贴或他的养老基金支票来实现的，他支撑着我们的家庭，弥补了我母亲的零星工作。我的医疗保险由医疗补助计划（Medicaid）提供。这些计划为我们提供了公平的社会经济竞争环境，让我们全家少了一份后顾之忧。这样，我们就可以把有限的资金用于课外活动或存钱供我继续深造。
职业道路的转变与新兴趣
Slowly, my desire to become an attorney became less about becoming my father. The older I have grown, the more I have realized the necessity of programs like Medicaid and Social Security, how changes in entitlement programs affect the everyday lives of Americans dependent on them: if Medicaid suffered cuts or my pediatrician’s accepted forms of insurance changed, I went months at a time unable to see a doctor. Through this experience, I discovered a passion for civil rights law. I want to aid others in danger of losing the same programs that have been instrumental to my success -- to help those that need additional advantages to gain the same opportunities as their peers.
慢慢地，我想成为一名律师的愿望与成为父亲的关系变得越来越小。随着年龄的增长，我越发意识到医疗补助和社会保障等项目的必要性，以及福利项目的变化是如何影响依赖这些项目的美国人的日常生活的：如果医疗补助遭到削减，或者我的儿科医生接受的保险形式发生变化，我就会有好几个月无法看病。通过这次经历，我发现了自己对民权法的热情。我希望帮助其他面临失去与我的成功一样重要的计划的危险的人，帮助那些需要额外优势的人获得与同龄人一样的机会。
Even many of my close friends do not ask why I wear the same ring every day; I keep the story personal. Writing about my dad is difficult. I rarely talk about him with anyone, even my family. I prefer my ring to be a silent symbol of our relationship. Our connection is intimate, and sharing the ways that I feel his presence in my day-to-day life makes me feel exposed. I have never written in this much depth about the ways losing my dad has affected me.
即使是我的许多好友也不会问我为什么每天都戴着同一枚戒指；我把这个故事保留在了个人空间。写我父亲的故事很难。我很少和任何人谈起他，甚至是我的家人。我更希望我的戒指是我们关系的无声象征。我们之间的关系很亲密，分享我在日常生活中感受到他存在的方式会让我觉得自己暴露了。我从未如此深入地写过失去父亲对我的影响。
反思与总结
Addressing my greatest vulnerability has forced me to think about the example my dad set for me, despite being unable to play the role in my life he deserved. His legacy helped me form my greatest aspirations. Embodied in my story is the story of someone I barely remember, yet has inspired me more than anyone, someone who has given me so many traits that have made me the person I am today.
解决我最大的弱点迫使我思考父亲为我树立的榜样，尽管他无法在我的生活中发挥应有的作用。他的遗产帮助我形成了最大的愿望。在我的故事中，体现了一个我几乎不记得的人的故事，但他给了我比任何人都多的启发，他给了我许多特质，使我成为今天的我。
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