BROWNPS范文
今天要给大家带来一篇布朗大学的PS范文，内容超实用，接着看下去吧！
01、兴趣起源
If you are not the first, you are one of the rest. I always thought this was the key to happiness. Even when I was an infant, my mom used to say that I chose the people who could carry me. There were only two people: my mom and my sister, not even my dad.
如果你不是第一个，你就是其他人中的一个。我一直认为这是幸福的关键。甚至在我还是婴儿的时候，妈妈就常说，我选择了能抱我的人。只有两个人：我妈妈和我姐姐，甚至没有我爸爸。
Growing up, I always wanted to be the best in everything. And I was for the most part. I have a bunch of certificates: first in elocution competition, debates, patriotic song competitions, fancy dress, story narration, top 1% in the Macmillan math Olympiad, etc. In all the parent-teacher meetings, every teacher would say that my parents were blessed to have such a child and no one else stood a chance.
在我的成长过程中，我总是希望在任何事情上都做到最好。大部分时候，我都是最好的。我有一大堆证书：口才比赛第一名、辩论赛第一名、爱国歌曲比赛第一名、奇装异服第一名、故事演讲第一名、麦克米伦数学奥林匹克竞赛前 1%等等。在所有的家长会上，每个老师都会说，我的父母有这样的孩子是他们的福气，其他人根本没有机会。
02、挑战与转折
Everything went great until I came second in the fifth grade in the annual examination. I just could not admit that I got defeated, that someone else was better than me. As the middle school period is when “who is the prettiest girl in class” came up, I lost there as well. Since that mattered a lot during the puberty stage, that cost me my confidence. I stopped talking to my friends because I thought they had this perception of me being ugly. It went to such an extent that I thought my parents felt the same way, so I’d never let them attend the parent-teacher meetings. I stopped participating in many activities.
一切都很顺利，直到我在五年级的年度考试中得了第二名。我就是不承认我输了，不承认别人比我优秀。中学阶段是 "谁是班上最漂亮的女生 "的时候，我也输了。在青春期，这个问题非常重要，这让我失去了自信。我不再和朋友说话，因为我觉得他们认为我很丑。甚至我以为我的父母也是这么想的，所以我从来不让他们参加家长会。我不再参加很多活动。
Then the ultimate burst: my sister, the one whom I’d let hold me, moved to the United States. That was the rock bottom; I felt so lonely and lost. I just isolated myself because I felt so insecure. I was afraid to be with myself. Still, I lingered on and immersed myself in something I knew I was good at and did not have to be social: academics. Then came the eighth grade. This was the most crucial period of my life. Just keep reading and you’ll know why.
然后，终极爆发了：我的姐姐，那个让我牵挂的人，搬到了美国。那是我的人生谷底；我感到无比孤独和失落。我把自己孤立起来，因为我感到非常没有安全感。我害怕和自己在一起。不过，我还是坚持了下来，沉浸在我知道自己擅长的、不需要社交的事情中：学业。然后到了八年级。这是我人生中最关键的时期。继续读下去，你就会知道为什么了。
03、兴趣转向与追求
This was when I was introduced to programming, and since I was always inclined to problem-solving and logical analysis, I was fascinated. When I could solve the problems my tutor gave me, I felt like I was solving problems in my real life and started to regain control (as I was when I was a baby). That’s how my passion for programming started. I delved further into this. This made me come out of that pitch-black pit. In my tenth-grade board exam, I was one among the few to get the perfect score in computer science. But I wasn’t ready to let this go after the tenth grade. I gave up a relaxed life for the Android development classes during my tenth-grade summer vacations.
就在那时，我开始接触编程，因为我一直倾向于解决问题和进行逻辑分析，所以我被深深地吸引住了。当我能解决导师给我的问题时，我感觉自己就像在解决现实生活中的问题，并开始重新获得控制权（就像我还是个婴儿时一样）。我对编程的热情就这样开始了。我进一步深入研究。这让我从漆黑的深渊中走了出来。在十年级的会考中，我是为数不多的计算机科学满分学生之一。但十年级毕业后，我还不甘心就此放弃。十年级的暑假，我放弃了轻松的生活，选择了安卓开发课程。
When I published my first app in the Google play store, I realized that this was the happiest I had ever been. So, does it make you happy if you are the best at everything? When was I the happiest— when I was the best at everything or when I was programming? The truth is that the former happiness was fleeting. It was for those few words of my teachers or my peers, but the latter was real. It’s true, that was harder to achieve but when I did come past all those little runtime errors and crashes, it made my day. So, the answer to the question is ‘no’. What makes you happy is you pursuing your passion.
当我在 Google Play 商店发布我的第一个应用程序时，我意识到这是我有生以来最快乐的时刻。那么，如果你什么都做得最好，你会快乐吗？我什么时候最快乐--是在任何事情上都做到最好的时候，还是编程的时候？事实上，前者的幸福转瞬即逝。那只是为了老师或同学的几句话，但后者却是实实在在的。的确，这更难实现，但当我克服了那些运行时的小错误和崩溃时，我的心情就会好很多。所以，问题的答案是 "不"。让你快乐的是你在追求你的激情。
04、结语
The outcome: my attitude towards life changed. Nothing could pull me down anymore. Even if I didn’t top my class, I was happy because I knew my happiness was independent. The sheer spirit of chasing my dreams makes me happy. I will work hard to achieve them. You create your own destiny.
结果：我的生活态度发生了改变。没有什么能再把我拉下神坛。即使我的成绩不是全班第一，我也很开心，因为我知道我的快乐是独立的。追逐梦想的纯粹精神让我快乐。我会努力去实现它们。命运是自己创造的。
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