下面是一封carlton原创的高中生就读美国大学本科的推荐人推荐信，历时一整天完成。

推荐信从班主任和物理老师的角度来描述评判被推荐学生。部分语句和段落可以直接套用。

recommendation for xxx 

dear sir or madam:

as the physic teacher of miss han, i have known her for 4 years during which time i’ve shaped a overall image of her. generally, she’s included in the category of top-notch students i’ve ever acquainted with. thus, i’m happy to give an introduction outlining her junior high school life here, to enable you to assess her suitability for acceptance to your esteemed university.

开头固定模式，介绍推荐人与被推荐人关系，简要提到推荐人的职位（最重要的一个）。这一段力求简练精干。 

i taught miss xxx, where she left me with an impression of her intellect, industry and independent thinking. during the 2 years in my class, both her assignments, which are meticulously finished, along with test scores on physics subject almost always come out excellent. on the whole, she performed fairly competitively in most subjects in junior high.

这一段是从第一个侧面来描述被推荐人，本文是从学术角度评价被推荐人的。 

with a different frame of reference, i’d like to focus the picture on her merits of art talents and perseverance. her active participation and many awards in art contests guide me to speculate about longtime practice of playing piano and painting which has later been confirmed by her. it seems that her serious attitude toward school courses has something to do with the art practice. though suffering from a broken arm since an accident in a sports activity, she didn’t give up practicing piano and finally passed the certificate exam of that year. having conversed with her parents about the story, i come to understand this connection.

与前段不同，该段描述了被推荐学生在艺术上的才能，但在下面一段我们更进一步叙述了被推荐学生应用其艺术才能为团队做贡献的实例，可谓一石二鸟。 

not only does she exhibit many talents but also employs them to aid the class in various activities. assigned to take charge of activities related to arts, she fulfilled her duties pretty well in selecting songs for the chorus, teaching them word by word and finally accompanying their vocals in the contests. besides, another case would prove her an able student to balance and make schedules. even with approaching final exams and heavy courses work, she still kept classroom bulletin board updated by tips about courses and instant news about campus. probably she takes it as a manner in which her painting skills could be applied while class activities were assisted.

最后强调了被推荐人良好的平衡能力，即使学业紧张，但仍出色完成工作任务。 

xxx has been a real asset to beijing no.xx middle school, both in academics and in extracurricular activities. i am quite sure that she will prove equally valuable to your university, and am convinced that she will prove an outstanding undergraduate student. please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information regarding this remarkable student.

最后一段仍然是模式化的语言。

tips on diy留学申请推荐信

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如果申请人决定自己动手写推荐信而不去找那种骗钱的中介，那么两样东西结合就基本上没有顾虑了。

google + 柯林斯英英字典（不要用金山）

使用google可以检验你的表达是中式的还是native的，因为如果表达非常中式，search bar下面会蹦出好多中英夹杂的网站链接，那么就直接否定掉。

笔者曾经翻译过一个词“班主任”，很遗憾美国的高中并不设有这样一项职位，网络上有译为teacher in charge of the class，这属于纯粹的“意”译。外国人仍然不能第一眼看明白。于是，笔者从班主任的功能出发，想到了supervisor一词，然后再次google，非常让人兴奋的是class supervisor一词有很多uk和美国的链接，而且supervisor是监督之意，符合班主任之职责。

使用柯林斯英英字典的理由是，他给出的英文解释和例句能够消除英汉字典中中文解释的歧义。e.g.challenge the authority在英文中用来形容英勇的行为，有较强的感情色彩，不宜修饰学生，若修饰学生直接使用 the courage to question就好，中性且无异议。

最后就是注意句式变化，特别是强调句型的应用。若需强调被推荐人的某个特质，强调句型是最理想的选择，不要通篇全都是陈述句。