[求助] University of Chicago [求助]

carl407UID: 112200

小弟我申请transfer University of Chicago, 4月1日DEADLINE. 这个学校要我写命题作文,5555555, 我搞不定, 还请各位大侠帮忙.
他的第一篇是这样的:Tell us about a few of your favorite book, poems, authors, films, plays, music, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed or add a category of your own.

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6 H* |+ B* Q1 Y* ~2 eEssay Option 1
Storytelling is an integral part of the formation of our identities. The stories that our parents and our communities tell us about themselves and the world form our first map of the universe. At some point, we begin to tell our own stories to ourselves and to others. Tell us a story you tell. Your story does not have to be either true or a story you would think to tell anyone but yourself; but the story must be your own, and its telling should have significance to you. Your story should also be significant to a listener who might tell a story about you.
6 y4 S9 z& X1 Y: ]' l) g" GEssay Option 2
7 P5 J0 k0 {& [4 NHow do you feel about Wednesday?

, Z5 @6 ~$ S; Z9 o9 }- YEssay Option 3
The Sudanese author Tayeb Salih wrote, “turning to left and right, I found I was halfway between north and south. I was unable to continue, unable to return.” If he is unable to choose, the character faces the threat of being frozen in place or torn between two states. Describe a halfway point in your life—a moment between your own kind of “north” and “south.” Tell us about your choice, your inability to choose, or perhaps your folly in thinking there was ever a choice to be made.
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3 N: ^5 t5 s6 d' n- P9 mEssay Option 4
In his book Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll imagines a fantastic, nonsensical world for Alice after she walks through a misty mirror. Physicist Stephen Hawking has speculated that a black hole, not a looking glass, might someday take us to many parallel universes. Three years ago, The Matrix mixed a bit of science with Carroll’s fiction to create Thomas Anderson, a contemporary Alice who discovers that the “real” world is in fact a computer-generated dream. Explore the idea of a parallel world through the eyes of philosopher, an artist, a theologian, a psychologist, or a scientist, or from any perspective you choose. How would you find this alternate reality? Who or what would take you there (by choice or by accident)? Would you or could you be a different person in each world?

% w0 b% S/ {# J& G; ?& q+ W3 zEssay Option 5
In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, pose an untraditional or uncommon question of your own. The answer to your question should display your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, sensible woman or man, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago. Remember, this is about “adventurous inquiry.” Be sure that you actually use a question of your own.

% d! e  n( v7 Y6 m; ?5555555,我连有些题目的意思也没有看明白,似乎题目中有很多典故,如WEDNESDAY在英文中什么含义,还请各位大侠帮忙看一下,解释一下题意,提点建议,最好推荐一些相关的文章.
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KaliUID: 110664

There aren't as many hidden meanings as you might think (for example, Wednesday--that's really what they are asking) aside from Option 4.

5 F- z9 J- z6 f; M. g6 w8 n1 nBut I must smile...不愧是我读高中时最喜欢的芝加哥大学呀。