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美国研究生留学申请条件2022(申请书+条件+材料+流程)Dear__,IwassevenyearsoldwhenIsawtheoceanforthefirsttime.MygrandmotherhadinvitedmetovisithernearOkinawa,Japan.Iwillneverforgetthatencounter—theintensesun,theendlesshorizon,theinfiniteshadesofbluethatdissolvedanyboundarybetweenskyandwaves.Andmostofall,thesecretofthewater.Swimminginthosewaterswaslikedivingintoakaleidoscope,deceptivelyplainontheoutside,butashowofcolorsontheinside,waitingtodazzleme,mesmerizeme.Thosecolors!Coralreefs—pink,green,red,purple—coveredtheseafloor;streaksofsunlightilluminatedthem,theswayingwatercreatingadanceofhues.Andweavinginandoutofthecontoursofcoralswambrilliantfishthatsynchronizedeverymovementwiththewater,creatingonebody,onelivingentity.Ilongedtojoinandflowwiththemtothemusicofthewaves;that’swhereIfeltIbelonged.Andleavingwaslikepartinghome,notgoinghome.Fiveyearslater,Ireturned.Atfirst,allseemedtomatchmymemory:thecrystallinewatersandthatopenhorizonwiththesundaringtocomeclosertoEarth.ButthesecondIdovein,Iknewmyhomehadvanished…white.That’sallIcouldseearoundme:bone-whitedeath.Icouldn’tacceptit.Ikeptswimmingfartherout,hopingtocatcheventhesmallesthintofcolor.ButtherewasnosignofthatbrilliantgardenIremembered,justfragmentsofbleachedcoral.Itwaslikelookingdownontotheaftermathofawar:abombedcity,withonlythecrumblesofcementtotestifyforthegreatbuildingsthatoncestood.Butwhowastheculpritbehindthisegregiousattack?Thoughattheageoftwelve,Icouldn’tevenbegintoguess,Inowknowtheanswerisus.Humansareanimpressivespecies:wehavetraveledtoeverycontinent,adaptedtocountlessenvironments,andinnovatedtocreatecomfortablemeansofliving.Butintheprocess,wehavestolenthecolorsfromnatureallaroundtheglobe,justaswedidthatcoralreef.Ourtrailofwhitehaspenetratedtheforests,theoceans,thegrasslands,andspreadlikeawilddisease.I,too,haveleftawhitefootprint,soIhavearesponsibilitytorightthesewrongs,torepaintthosecolors,andtopreservetheonesthatremain.SomequestionwhyIshouldcare.Theanswerissimple:thisplanetismyhome,mybirthplace.Andthat,inandofitself,isaninseparablebonda