雙語(yǔ)：讓人瘋掉的古怪面試題

1、What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow?Come on answer… We're waiting… This is just one of the oddballquestions asked to Oxbridge candidates.

一只母牛身體中所含有的水分占世界水資源的百分之多少?請(qǐng)開(kāi)始做答，我們?cè)诘饶愕拇鸢?hellip;…這可真是個(gè)稀奇古怪的問(wèn)題，但它只是報(bào)考牛津大學(xué)及劍橋大學(xué)的學(xué)生們需要面臨的眾多奇怪問(wèn)題中的一個(gè)。

2、Want to study philosophy, politics andeconomics? Well then you'd better put a monetary value on this teapot.We reckon ￡32.95. Including VAT. Do we pass?

想學(xué)習(xí)哲學(xué)、政治學(xué)及經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)?那么，你最好能說(shuō)出這只茶壺的貨幣價(jià)值。我們算出的是32.95英鎊，其中包括增值稅。可以過(guò)關(guān)嗎?

3、Tony Blair, 20th and 21st century PrimeMinister. But who is his 19th century equivalent?These questions wereasked of around 1,200 students who attempted the notoriously gruellingOxbridge interview process last year.

托尼·布萊爾是20世紀(jì)及21世紀(jì)的英國(guó)首相。但在19世紀(jì)中，誰(shuí)和托尼·布萊爾最為相像?這些問(wèn)題都是去年1200名學(xué)生在牛津及劍橋大學(xué)的面試中所遇到的。

4、Here's a piece of bark, now talk about it.You'd have to if you wanted to study Biological Sciences at Oxford. Anddon't think you could get away with saying “it's sort of brown andwoody”.

這里有一塊樹(shù)皮，請(qǐng)你對(duì)此發(fā)表看法。如果你想在英國(guó)牛津大學(xué)中學(xué)習(xí)生物科學(xué)的話，那么你將不得不面對(duì)這樣一道怪問(wèn)題。而且，不要以為回答成“這是種褐色的木頭片”就能僥幸過(guò)關(guān)。

5、How does a perm work? Some might say it makes the wearerfeel like a trendy young thing. As for the chemistry behind whoppinghair, well, you'd better know the answer if you want to get into two ofthe world's top universities.

燙發(fā)如何起作用?面對(duì)這一問(wèn)題，或許有些人會(huì)說(shuō)，這會(huì)讓燙頭發(fā)的人顯得更年輕時(shí)尚。但如果你想進(jìn)入上述這兩所頂尖級(jí)學(xué)校中學(xué)習(xí)，那么你最好能知道在一頭蓬亂的燙發(fā)后面所隱藏的某些化學(xué)問(wèn)題。

6、At what point is a person dead? Could thisbe another philosophy question? Nope. It's actually a poser for medicalstudents, who we hope all know the correct answer.

在什么意義上來(lái)說(shuō)，一個(gè)人算死亡。這也是一道哲學(xué)問(wèn)題嗎?不，事實(shí)上，這是一道針對(duì)醫(yī)學(xué)系學(xué)生的問(wèn)題。

7、Are you cool?

另外一道怪問(wèn)題：你很酷嗎?

8、How might you argue what everyone says isa banana is not a banana and how many atoms do they have? In fact, justtell us about bananas.

對(duì)于人人都叫作香蕉的東西，你如何反駁他們，告訴他們這并不是支香蕉。來(lái)和我們談?wù)撘幌孪憬栋伞?br />