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ion in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented, capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, munications, food and survival, on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial body, and then return it safely to earth, reentering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sunalmost as hot as it is here todayand do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is outthen we must be 39。m the one who is doing all the work, so we just want you to stay cool for a minute.[laughter]However, I think we39。re going to do it, and I think that we must pay what needs to be don39。t think we ought to waste any money, but I think we ought to do the this will be done in the decade of the may be done while some of you are still here at school at this college and will be done during the term of office of some of the people who sit here on this it will be it will be done before the end of this am delighted that this university is playing a part in putting a man on the moon as part of a great national effort of the United States of years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb said, “Because it is there.”Well, space is there, and we39。re going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are , therefore, as we set sail we ask God39。s blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever you.第五篇:如何申請美國大學申請美國名校動手早成功率高哈佛、耶魯錄取生分享經(jīng)驗(。請仔細閱讀參考)出國留學入讀哈佛、耶魯?shù)让#瑤缀跏敲课恢袊鴥?yōu)秀學生的夢想。但是,如何才能成功申請海外名校。4月21日下午,“2012美國本科名校錄取分享會”將在中關(guān)村皇冠假日酒店舉行。屆時,2012年被哈佛、耶魯、康奈爾、布朗大學等名校錄取的學生將分享留學申請的成功經(jīng)驗。近年來,隨著美國留學申請人數(shù)逐年遞增,美國高校也逐步提高錄取門檻。據(jù)新東方前途出國市場部負責人李浚介紹,美國名校的錄取標準通常為:學術(shù)、課外活動、個性修養(yǎng)各占三分之一。在學術(shù)方面,判斷標準是包括高中三年課程平均累積分的成績(GPA)、美國高考SAT成績、大學選修課程(AP)、學術(shù)競賽、科研活動等,而成績對頂尖大學的錄取來說只是基本要求或必要條件,不是充分條件,也就是說美國名校的錄取不會僅通過成績論英雄。據(jù)了解,在2012年新東方前途出國美國本科的錄取榜單中,3人被哈佛大學錄取、4人被耶魯大學錄取、4人被哥倫比亞大學錄取、2人被普林斯頓大學錄取、3人被杜克大學錄取、2人被加州理工學院錄取、4人被賓夕法尼亞大學錄取??從這些被美國名校錄取的學生條件可以看出,即使申請者通過美國名校標準化考試錄取分數(shù)線,但是要想從眾多入圍者中脫穎而出,必須具備一些其他與眾不同的綜合素質(zhì)。美國名校的招生標準就是錄取全方位發(fā)展的學生、見解獨特的學生、能為學校學術(shù)項目帶來全新體驗的學生。李浚表示,根據(jù)國內(nèi)學生申請美國名校的成功經(jīng)驗,可以總結(jié)出一些基本的規(guī)律:首先,申請規(guī)劃做得早。對于高中成績和托福、SAT、AP等標準考試,他們很早就著手準備,并不斷積累優(yōu)秀的學業(yè)成績。其中不乏奧林匹克數(shù)學競賽冠軍、西屋科學獎得主、Spelling Bee優(yōu)勝者等各式各類科學比賽的成績。同時,在留學專家的規(guī)劃指導幫助之下,針對個人綜合素質(zhì)進行了一定的背景提升,準備了相應的經(jīng)歷和素材,在申請文書寫作中起到了重要作用。其次,有豐富的課外活動。被美國名校錄取的學生中總是不乏多才多藝、看待問題視角敏銳獨特以及經(jīng)歷豐富的學生。課外活動能夠具體展現(xiàn)學生在課堂之外的優(yōu)點、特征和潛力,從而在文書寫作中能夠結(jié)合自身閱歷,突出個人特點及闡述對待事物的獨到見解,最終獲得美國名校錄取官的青睞。不過,由于申請美國名校的中國學生越來越多,美國名校也加大了審核的力度。其中,越來越多的美國名校增加了面試學生的數(shù)量。新東方前途出國市場部負責人李浚告訴記者,美國名校增加面試,一方面是了解申請人實際的語言水平,另一方面是查看申請人所回答問題是否與申請材料內(nèi)容相吻合。因此,國內(nèi)學生在申請美國名校時,首先需要提供真實的材料,其次一定要親自參與留學申請的全過程,不能將全部申請都委托中介機構(gòu)辦理。本報記者 鄭勇