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学生公开信比赛优胜者—Dear New York State Senators, Could You Please Repeat That?

这封信由 Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y. 17 岁的凯西·戈德斯坦（Casey Goldstein）撰写，是学习网络学生公开信竞赛的前 9 名获奖者之一，我们收到了 8,065 份参赛作品。

Dear New York State Senators,

Let me make myself clear that I did not want hearing aids. “Social suicide,” as my sister described it. Arriving at school with new glasses hails compliments from friends or teachers, but when you come to school with new hearing aids, the best compliment is none. You hope no one notices them and even grow out your hair for full coverage.

When I found out that I needed hearing aids during my junior year of high school, I simply refused. But, in the following weeks, I began to notice how many times I said “What?” in conversations, how many frustrated friends stared back at me for interrupting the story yet again. I became aware of the missed lunchtime drama that unfolded in muted discourse around me as I retreated inside my head with only pieces of conversations I understood. I was excluded, a non-participatory, lonely friend adapting to a fragmented life. I became aware that hearing aids were no longer an option I could refuse.

That’s when I learned that to most insurance companies, hearing aids are an option they can refuse, and they do. The same device with the power to reorganize brain pathways that have been altered due to hearing loss is deemed as not medically necessary, considered equal to cosmetic surgeries. No state mandates in New York require non-Medicaid insurance support for hearing aids. Why, then, are there over 25 other states that mandate specific coverage for hearing aids, whether for a certain age or amount of coverage, while New York has nothing?

There was a glimmer of hope on Oct. 17, 2022, when the F.D.A. introduced cheaper over-the-counter hearing aids, yet they were not made for children and are even potentially harmful to them. That means, currently, anyone under the age of 18 living in New York has no other option; their family needs to muster up thousands of dollars for hearing aids, or they try to get through their 18 years without the device essential for learning and development.

There is currently a bill in the New York State Senate Committee that “requires all insurance policies to provide coverage for medically necessary hearing aids for children less than 18 years of age.” I implore you, as a child who has experienced firsthand the transformative power of hearing aids, that you support this bill and its respective fight unequivocally. In a world full of high social anxiety, there is no reason why any child should feel further socially isolated or inferior in intelligence simply because they are denied the fundamental right to hear. I was there, and hearing aids changed my life. Now, I ask that you let them change the lives of all the others.

Sincerely,
Casey Goldstein

Works Cited

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. State Insurance Mandates for Hearing Aids. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 5 March 2024.

Boylan, Jennifer Finney. Opinion | Glasses Are Cool. Why Aren’t Hearing Aids? The New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017.

Dragan, Lauren. Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Could Finally Give People an Affordable, Convenient Hearing Solution. The New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022.

Gatta, Frances. Are Hearing Aids Covered By Insurance In 2024? Forbes, 12 Sept. 2023.

Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids. Federal Register, 17 Aug. 2022.

NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4929. The New York State Senate, 17 Feb. 2023.

学生公开信比赛优胜者—The Devil From Down Under

这封信由 澳大利亚 Geelong Geelong Grammar School 13 岁的 Alexis Rippon 撰写，是学生公开信竞赛的前 9 名获奖者之一，我们收到了 8,065 份参赛作品。

G’day Warner Brothers,

You may be a global leader in the entertainment industry, but I’d like to highlight how you’ve been unjust toward a super cute, yet awkwardly destructive, native Australian creature.

In 1954, you created the cartoon character Taz. He is such a well-known and devious creature and became an iconic member of the Looney Tunes family. So popular was Taz that you trademarked him decades ago. Essentially, since then, you have prohibited anyone from using the name or images that resemble Taz. But did you know that Taz is based on a real animal, a renowned carnivorous marsupial from Down Under? Taz is a Tasmanian devil.

Tasmania is a small island state off the south coast of Australia, so small that Manhattan’s population is over three times the size. And on this island lives the Tasmanian devil. The devil is iconically Australian and is not only emblematic to the island state, but to all Aussies. When I say the devil lives in Tasmania, I should emphasize that the species is fast becoming critically endangered. The devil population is receding rapidly because of an incurable facial tumor disease. It’s a race to save the species.

Because of your trademark, the devil’s name now cannot be used without agreement from you. This issue was ignited recently because there is a new team entering our Australian Football League competition. The team will be from Tasmania and will be the state’s first-ever team to play in our national competition. So, the obvious choice was to call them the Tasmanian Devils. But that idea was obstructed because of your intellectual property entitlements. Your obnoxiousness led to a stoush between you and the A.F.L. because your corporate greed denied us of what is rightfully ours.

Your $20-billion-dollar empire has profiteered for decades off our beloved native species that has been in existence for over 20,000 years. The least you could do is make a meaningful financial contribution to fund conservation and research to help save the devil population. I think it is now time for you to “save face” and demonstrate your corporate social responsibility before it is too late, and the devil is gone.

From Alexis Rippon, a 13-year-old animal lover

Works Cited

Frost, Natasha. Australia vs. Warner Bros.?. The New York Times. 5 May 2023.

University of Tasmania. Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal. 10 Jan. 2024.

学生公开信比赛优胜者—Every High School Student Can Save a Life

这封信由 Woodbridge, Conn Amity Regional 高中的 16 岁的亚历山大·克利（Alexander Klee）撰写，是学生公开信竞赛的前 9 名获奖者之一，我们收到了 8,065 份参赛作品。

Dear Governor Lamont,

From cutting taxes for working families, to investing in clean energy, to leading our Covid-19 response, you have made lasting and positive change in Connecticut. This is not, however, a time to rest. You must take another look at the opioid overdose epidemic in our state.

While the judicial system has dealt with the Sacklers, the impact of opioids is still sending waves of loss through our communities. In 2022, 1,348 of your constituents died of an opioid overdose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System. With more potent opioids like fentanyl in our illegal drug supply, these accidental deaths could continue to happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

In your defense, Connecticut has done a lot to combat this public health epidemic, like developing the Naloxone + Opioid Response App and increasing access to fentanyl test strips. However, I firmly believe that your administration’s response efforts missed the mark by ignoring high school students.

In our current health curriculum, there is extensive education on illicit substances, their classifications and their impact on our bodies. The Connecticut General Statutes require the Department of Education to include these subjects in our curriculum, but they do not go as far as to mandate instruction on one of the greatest tools available to combat the opioid crisis: Naloxone.

Naloxone is a safe, effective and lifesaving medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose when given in time, per The New York Times. There is room in our health curriculum to teach students how to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose. If teachers are given appropriate materials and support, every high school student in Connecticut could learn these crucial skills.

I strongly urge you to submit a governor’s bill to the Connecticut General Assembly to mandate education in our public high schools on opioid overdose recognition and reversal.

This curriculum mandate is the puzzle piece missing from our health education, and is not without precedent — Maine enacted similar legislation in 2023. Of course, we should know that addictive substances are harmful, but knowing what an opioid overdose looks like, and how to reverse it, is what students need to be a part of the solution.

While students and parents often worry that teaching about Naloxone will encourage drug use, the data actually shows otherwise. A study published in 2023 found that Naloxone access laws are not associated with an increase in substance use among adolescents.

High school should give us the tools necessary for life outside of public education. After graduation, high-risk behavior drastically increases, and it is imperative we have the knowledge to prevent fatalities. Governor Lamont, you can ensure we receive this crucial instruction, which will empower us to fight the opioid overdose epidemic and save lives.

Sincerely,
Alex Klee

Works Cited

Bruzelius, Emilie, et al. Naloxone Expansion Is Not Associated With Increases in Adolescent Heroin Use and Injection Drug Use: Evidence From 44 U.S. States. International Journal of Drug Policy. April 2023.

Hoffman, Jan. 10 Questions About Narcan. The New York Times, 29 March 2023.

Opioids and Drug Overdose Prevention. Connecticut State Department of Public Health.

SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Drug Overdose Data. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 26 Feb. 2024.

夏季阅读比赛第 3 周获胜者：‘First Someone Dies, Then Everyone Expects Us to Eat’

Winner

Miki Schnitzer, 16, from Plainsboro, N.J., responded to an Opinion essay headlined “What Joan Nathan Taught Me About the Power of Showing Up.” She wrote:

A trio of uniquely spiced nuts, an ocean of smoked fish floating on bagels, platters of corned beef decorated with pickled tomatoes — first someone dies, then everyone expects us to eat.

Looking back on when my grandfather died this November, what sticks out among the throngs of people that shuffled in and out of my house was the food they left. As they say, actions speak louder than words, and as Sarah Wildman writes, “in mourning and in crisis food is often an action, an act.” Food is familiar. Food is nourishing and a vital part of human life. Food is also the perfect way to deliver comfort when words fail to do so.

Being a Jew living in a predominantly Indian and Asian community, I wasn’t sure what to expect of my neighbors as my family began sitting shiva. How would they reconcile their culture with our tradition? They did it the best way they could: by showing up, and showing up with food. In the days following the funeral, my fridge became chock-full of dosas, samosas, chutneys, and Indian sweets. They asked thoughtful questions about shiva, respectfully listened, and connected it to their own mourning traditions.

It is easy to point out differences between communities. It takes patience, respect, and curiosity to understand what bridges those gaps. Amidst a year of heightened division and hate, I find solace in the fact that sharing food and one’s time are actions that never get lost in translation.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

Andy Qi on “Are Planes Safe Right Now? Here’s What the Experts Say.”

Caroline on “Mary Cassatt’s Women Didn’t Sit Pretty”

Diane Tang on “Old and Young, Talking Again”

Jennifer Ma on “260 McNuggets? McDonald’s Ends A.I. Drive-Through Tests Amid Errors“

Semi Jung on “Lets Chill Out About Apostrophes”

Shenyao (Sean) Xu on “Where Did Our Strange Use of ‘Like’ Come From?”

Vanessa on “The Joys and Perils of Return Travel”

Honorable Mentions

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2024年公开信比赛的获胜者名单公布！

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学生公开信竞赛获奖者

按字母顺序，按作者的名字排序：

Top 9 Winners

Alexander Klee, 16, Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Conn.: “Every High School Student Can Save a Life”

Alexis Rippon, 13, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Australia: “The Devil From Down Under”

Anya Wang, 16, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: “A Letter From a ‘Loser’”

Casey Goldstein, 17, Byram Hills High School, Armonk, N.Y.: “Dear New York State Senators, Could You Please Repeat That?”

Emma Wang, 15, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Conn.: “Reclaiming Singapore’s Credit for Success: Removing Colonialist Statues”

Justin Kim, 16, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul: “A Letter to Midjourney”

Leela Uppaluri, 16, The Winsor School, Boston: “Accepting Autism: A Sibling’s Perspective”

Lucy Robb, 17, Jesuit High School, Portland, Ore.: “Grass Lawns: Lavish and Lamentable”

Oliver Bohon, 17, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, Ind.: “Insulin: Drugs vs. Dividends”

Runners-Up

Aila Woods, 17, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: “To the Mothers of the 9-Year-Olds in Sephora”

Aliyah Majeed-Hall, 16, The Potomac School, McLean, Va.: “Why Gen Z Needs Ted Lasso”

Callisto Lim, 17, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston: “Reinstate DEI in Texas Universities: An Open Letter”

Celine Tay, 17, Shanghai: “Dear Moms and Dads, We Should Talk About Sex”

Jessie Hui Hu, 17, Colégio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil: “Dear Taylor Swift, Let’s Shake Off Those Carbon Emissions!”

Lauren, 14, Seoul International School, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: “An Open Letter to Mr. James Quincey Addressing Worker Exploitation in India”

Matan Davies, 17, Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Governor Hochul From a High Schooler Entering Society”

Natalie Krause, 16, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich.: “My (Menstrual) Education”

Niah L. Maduakolam, 15, Munster High School, Munster, Ind.: “An Open Letter to Schools Districts that Discriminate Against Afro-Centric Hairstyles”

Om Nair, 17, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, N.C.: “An Open Letter to the Commissioner of the F.D.A., Written By a Maternal Orphan”

Rongfei Mu, 16, Beijing World Youth Academy, Beijing: “An Open Letter to Prime Minister Kishida”

Sofia Fontenot, 18, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston: “An Open Letter to Labi Siffre”

Sophie Jin, 14, Shanghai American School, Shanghai: “N.Y.C. Needs to Pee — An Open Letter to the New York City Council”

Honorable Mentions

Abigail King, 16, Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Mental Health Professionals From a Member of the Lockdown Generation”

Amy Lau, 15, Roosevelt High School, San Antonio, Texas: “Letter to Washington: End the Use of Hateful Rhetoric”

Anniyah Rizvi, 17, Langley High School, McLean, Va.: “An Open Letter to the English Language”

Ava Resnick, 13, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Bronx, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to Screenagers: Start Living Outside the Phone-Shaped Box”

Caroline Serenyi, 18, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, Md.: “A Necessary Breakup”

Chiana Le, 17, Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School, Irvine, Calif.: “Dental Healthcare Isn’t a Privilege, It Is a Natural Right”

Chidera Okeke, 15, The Berkshire School, Sheffield, Mass.: “Written in the Margins”

Claire Weng, 14, Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas: “Leaving Library Fines Behind”

Clementine Lu, 15, World Foreign Language School: “Let Kids Be Kids in High School Interviews”

Cyrus Sarfaty, 17, Upper Canada College, Toronto: “Regrets From a Font-Fretting Fussbudget”

Daniel Kang, 16, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore: “Open Letter to Men: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health”

Ella Dickinson, 15, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C.: “Dear United States Preventative Task Force”

Eva Manevski, 17, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich.: “Oh Crickets: Turning Over a New Leaf for Food”

Felize Riona G. Ilagan, 16, Philippine Science High School - Main Campus, Quezon City, Philippines: “An Open Letter to the Tycoons of the Global North”

Georgia Bond, 17, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, Pa.: “Reforming Our College Admissions Culture”

Harshitha Sudhakar, 17, South Lyon High School, South Lyon, Mich: “What Is the Value in Movie Classics?”

Irene Yebin Joh, 14, Seoul International School, Gyeonggi-do: “Beyond ‘Gifted’: Embracing Diversity in Washington’s Classrooms”

Isha Harbaugh, 17, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington, Ind.: “My Life, My Choice: An Open Letter”

Jessica Zhang, 15, Sage Hill School, Newport Beach, Calif.: “Fast Fashion Brands: Your Young Customers Are Heading for the Exit”

Jina Song, 15, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul: “Mayor Oh, Stop Suffocating Us With Seoul’s Waste”

Kathryne Hong, 16, Durham Academy: “Farewell From Nowhere”

Leah Platts-Mills, 14, Smith Middle School, Chapel Hill, N.C.: “An Open Letter Advocating for Accessible Swimming Lessons”

Lila Boutin, 16, School One, Providence, R.I.: “Dear U.S.D.A.: Underresourced Communities Can Only Join Your ‘People’s Garden Initiative’ Once They Have Access to Resources for Growing”

Lila Cassinari, 15, Farmington High School, Farmington, Conn.: “Fueling the Future: A Student’s Right to Eat”

Lola Babinski, 15, Lyons Township High School, Western Springs, Ill.: “Normalize Noise-Cancelling”

Lucas Rounds, 15, Open World Learning, Saint Paul, Minn.: “An Open Letter to Millionaires Who Hold Our Healthcare Hostage, and the American Healthcare System”

Qiming Yang, 18, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y.: “An Open Letter to High School Educators: The Case for Home Economics”

Nathan Yam, 14, International Christian School, Hong Kong: “Nuclear Power Is Safer and Greener Than You Think: A Letter to Greenpeace”

Ngoc Linh Nguyen, 17, Vinschool Smart City, Hanoi, Vietnam: “Tote Overload: A Letter to Cotton Tote Bag Users”

Nickohli Beiersdorf, 17, James E. Dottke Project-Based Learning High School, West Allis, Wis.: “A Letter to the Metal Community (From a Metalhead)”

Paula Garcia Moreno Caraza, 17, Instituto Mexicano Regina, Mexico City,: “An Open Letter to Mexico’s Undecided Voters”

Santiago Vira, 17, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: “To the 3-D Printing Industry, Let’s Fix This”

Sophia Tsien, 17, Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro, N.J.: “Dear Congress: Let the China Initiative Rot”

Vale Kerns, 18, Arlington Career Center, Arlington, Va.: “Health of a Nation”

Vanessa Moffett, 15, James Lopez, 16, Emma and Grace, Bernards High School, Bernardsville, N.J.: “Peaking at 16: Unregulated Competitive Sports Are Breaking Children’s Bodies and Minds”

Xinyi (Cindy) Zeng, 15, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass.: “(An Unapologetically Pink) Letter to the National Speech and Debate Association on Gender Bias in Debate”

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夏季阅读比赛第 2 周获胜者：‘Mom, I’m Sorry’

Winner

Kathryne Hong, 16, from Durham, N.C., responded to a piece from the Well section headlined “A Brief History of Sexism in Medicine.” She wrote:

I used to hate apologies.

They often seemed hollow, excuses for avoiding accountability.

But, Mom, I owe you one.

I’ve always trusted medical professionals, so when you fell down the stairs a few months ago and sought help, I believed the doctors who repeatedly overlooked your distress. When simple tasks became monumental challenges, and when you apologized for the little things you couldn’t do anymore — like buckling your seatbelt — I grew frustrated. I couldn’t grasp why you felt compelled to say sorry for the pain that physicians claimed didn’t exist.

After reading the article, it finally crossed my mind that you face a systemic issue that has plagued women for generations. That your apologies are typical in a medical system where women apologize for things deemed atypical — “for sweating, for asking follow-up questions, for failing to detect their own cancers sooner.” That we, women of color, are viewed as “less worthy of care and compassion.” That even female genitalia in Latin is “pudenda”: “things to be ashamed of.”

And I am so ashamed to admit that I never attended a single one of your appointments nor offered a hug when you needed it most. But I promise you, starting today, I’ll become your second pair of eyes at your appointments, buckle all the seatbelts you need, and ensure you get the “trusting and respectful relationship with your health care provider” that “is every patient’s right.”

Mom, I’m sorry.

Runners-Up

In alphabetical order by the writer’s first name.

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夏季阅读比赛第 1 周获胜者：‘Costco, Don’t Give Up on America as a Nation of Readers’

Winner

Daphne Nguyen, 16, from San Jose, Calif., responded to a June news item, “Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round,” by writing:

I like books, and I also like Costco. Like many of us, I spend time with both of them regularly. I carry a paperback so I can stop looking at my phone, even during our weekly Costco run.

So I was genuinely disconcerted to read that “Costco Plans to Stop Selling Books Year-Round” and offer them only during the holiday season. I guess books are a nice gift for someone else, but not something you’d want for yourself?

Or for your children? In fact, the Costco book section is thoughtfully curated for the entire shopping family. There are “My Busy Book” play sets, special C.S. Lewis box sets, and best sellers like “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yaros. The aisle feels fun and inviting, not dated or out of place.

Costco says that books are inconvenient to sell because they have to be specially unpacked off the pallet and changed out weekly for new releases. That seems like the “it’s not you, it’s me” break-up routine. And it seems like a cop-out. They’ve got plenty of people buzzing around doing all kinds of things — what about the staffers constantly refolding clothes?

Costco’s ingenuity shines with the $6 rotisserie chicken. Why not get creative with books? Put Oprah’s top picks at the check-out lines! Surprise us with cookbooks around the food aisles!

What Costco stocks is what America buys. So Costco, don’t give on America as a nation of readers, educated citizens of a democracy. And please don’t give up on books.

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Andrew Han on “Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store”

Chrisel Roche on “How 3 Texas Teenagers Grew Up to Be Broadway Stars (and Stayed Friends)”

Gabriela Abeyta on “At This School, Students Live Entirely for Music”

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自2010年起，纽约时报每年夏天都会举办一场特别的竞赛——夏季读写大赛。这个面向全球13至19岁中学生的活动，为他们提供了一个展示自我、分享观点的平台。

该竞赛的核心理念在于鼓励青少年深入观察周围的世界，思考自身在其中的角色，并提升通过文字表达思想的能力。迄今为止，已有超过8万名来自世界各地的学生积极参与其中。

参与方式既简单又直接。学生们需根据《纽约时报》每周发布的报道、社论、图片等内容，选择任意主题，围绕“本周《纽约时报》中最吸引你的内容是什么？为什么？”这一问题发表见解。回答需控制在250个单词以内（不超过1500个字符）。

今年夏天，时报还创新性地引入了视频参赛方式。除了传统的文字提交外，学生们还可以制作一段时长不超过90秒的原创视频来参与角逐。

1.比赛时间与对象

时间：2024年6月7日至8月16日（美国东部时间）

对象：全球范围内的13至19岁中学生

2.作品形式与提交

文字作品：字数约250个单词，不超过1500个字符

视频作品：时长不超过90秒的原创视频

每周五为提交截止日期，参赛作品须在此前提交。不同年龄段的学生在提交时有不同的规定。

3.竞赛优势

纽约时报夏季读写大赛以其免费参与、高含金量以及易获奖的特点吸引了众多学生。以下是几大亮点：

①简洁明了的要求：只需选择感兴趣的文章，撰写简短读后感或制作创意视频，无需繁琐的论证或前期研究。

②低门槛参与：相比其他写作比赛，时报的夏季读写大赛在题材和字数上都有更大的灵活性，且不会过多占用学习时间。

③赛制友好：每周一轮的比赛制度使得学生们有更多机会参与并获得认可。每周都会评选出获奖者，包括冠军、亚军和荣誉提名等。在纽约时报的系列比赛中，这个竞赛的获奖率相对较高。

总之，纽约时报夏季读写大赛为全球的青少年提供了一个展示才华、锻炼能力的绝佳机会。无论是喜欢写作还是视频创作，学生们都能在这里找到属于自己的舞台。

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自2010年起，《纽约时报》每年夏天都会为全球中学生举办纽约时报（NYT）夏季读写竞赛，旨在为13至19岁的青少年提供一个展示自己“声音和选择”的舞台。

参赛时间

2024年6月7日开始的每周五，都可以提交评论回复，直到下一个周五的上午9点（美东时间）截止提交。

8月9日，《纽约时报》将发布今年竞赛的最后一个问题，评论回复开放至8月16日上午9点（美东时间）。

官方指导建议

对于如何撰写丰富的回应，在众多投稿者中脱颖而出，针对打分标准，《纽约时报》也给出了一些详细的TIPS

一、建立个人联系。

想一想你为什么选择那篇文章、散文、评论、视频、照片或播客？它有什么吸引你注意的地方？

它与你的生活和个人经历有什么联系？

在阅读本文之前，你对该主题了解多少或想到什么？

你在阅读时意识到了哪些背景知识或产生了什么联想？

二、批判性阅读，并向我们展示你的思考过程。

想一想这篇文章对你有什么影响？它教会了你什么吗？挑战了你吗？让你感到安心吗？感动了你吗？让你生气了吗？它激起了哪些情感，为什么？

阅读时发生了什么？你的脑海中在想些什么？哪些具体的句子、引述、词语或细节让你印象深刻？为什么？

它为你提出了哪些问题？它让你想了解更多的是什么？

你能将这篇文章或话题与其他你了解的东西联系起来吗？为什么？例如，它是否让你想起了你读过、看过或听过的其他东西？你在学校学过的东西？

你对这篇文章整体的看法是什么？它的优点和缺点是什么？

三、引用文章中的具体细节或引述。

想一想这篇文章中的哪些句子、词语、细节、图像、引述或段落让你印象深刻？

它提供了哪些对你来说是新的信息、想法或观点？

你最想记住什么？

哪些引述最好地支持了你对这篇文章的看法？

四、用自然的声音写作，并尝试各种风格。

想一想你会如何向朋友讲述这篇文章？你真实的声音中有哪些元素可以体现在写作中？比如你很幽默，那就幽默一点。让你的回应展现出真实的自我。

文章中有哪些方面可以激发你的写作和风格？怎么做到？

这个主题能将你的想象力带到哪里？其中的一些想法能成为你回应的一部分吗？

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