英語課前演講牛津萬靈學(xué)院入學(xué)試題引發(fā)討論

第1頁/共13頁第一頁，共14頁。第2頁/共13頁第二頁，共14頁。01OxfordUniversitytest03EXPAMLES02THOUGHTS目錄/CONTENT第3頁/共13頁第三頁，共14頁。01OxfordUniversity,oneoftheworld'soldestandmostsophisticatedinstitutionsofhigherlearning,hasaskedthisquestionthisyear:Wouldyouliketobeavampireorazombie？ThequestionwasasurprisetomanyBritons,andtheTimescalleditthemostfrighteningtestintheworld,andtheGuardiancalleditthemostdifficult.世界最古老最頂尖的高等學(xué)府之一英國(guó)牛津大學(xué)今年出了一道這樣的考題：“你愿意當(dāng)吸血鬼還是僵尸？”此題讓很多英國(guó)人大跌眼鏡，《泰晤士報(bào)》稱之為“世上最讓人驚恐的考試”，《衛(wèi)報(bào)》說這是“最難”的考題。第4頁/共13頁第四頁，共14頁。第5頁/共13頁第五頁，共14頁。VampiresandzombiesaretwostrangecreaturesfromWesternfolklorethathavebecometheprotagonistsoffiction,moviesandvideogamesinrecentyears,andareincreasinglyknowninpopularculturearoundtheworld.TheproblematAllSoulsCollegeoftheUniversityofOxfordisalsoanoldone.Theperformanceofoldtraditionaluniversitiesinkeepingpacewiththetimes.吸血鬼和僵尸是西方民間傳說中的兩種異怪生物，近年來經(jīng)常成為小說、電影、電子游戲中的主角，在流行文化中日漸為全世界各地的人們所知，本次牛津大學(xué)萬靈學(xué)院的難題也來自這個(gè)古老傳說，不失為歷史悠久的傳統(tǒng)大學(xué)與時(shí)俱進(jìn)的表現(xiàn)。第6頁/共13頁第六頁，共14頁。Ithasnostudents.Everyyear,thetopfinalistsoftheUniversityareinvitedtosittheexaminationforfellowshipoftheCollege.Abouttwoareelectedtofellowshipeachyear.第7頁/共13頁第七頁，共14頁。Haveyoueverseenanuglyvampire？It'snotclearwhetherfashionistasaretheonlyoneswhobecomevampiresorwhetherbeingavampiremakesyoufashionable,butvampireslookcoolanyway.Mychoice第8頁/共13頁第八頁，共14頁。Butit'snotfununtilyouwatchallyourlovedonesgrowoldanddieinfrontofyou.Ofcourse,unlessyoumakethemallvampires,theycanbewithyouforeverandever,andthatputsalotofpressureonyoutochoosewhoyouwanttoestablishsuchapermanentrelationshipwith.第9頁/共13頁第九頁，共14頁。Asforzombies,areporterwrote:zombiesarepacked,soit'sabetterchoicenottobealone,andZombiesfeedontheirbrains,whicharecompletelydeliciousandhealthy,animportantOmega3fattyacidfullofDHA.Ofcourse,whenzombieshavethedisadvantageofneverbeingsexyandalwaysemitarotten,rottenmeatsmell,it'susuallyconsidereddisgusting.至于僵尸，一個(gè)記者是這樣寫的：，僵尸卻是成群結(jié)隊(duì)，因此這是一個(gè)更好的選擇，另外，僵尸以腦髓為食，這是“完全美味，而且很健康，是富含DHA的Omega3脂肪酸?！碑?dāng)然，當(dāng)僵尸的壞處除了永遠(yuǎn)無法有性感的樣子，還有身上總是散發(fā)出一種腐朽的爛肉味，讓人惡心。第10頁/共13頁第十頁，共14頁。Doestheincubatorthink？Aresnailconscious？（OxfordExperimentalPsychology）保溫箱會(huì)思考嗎？蝸牛有意識(shí)嗎？（牛津-實(shí)驗(yàn)心理學(xué)）Thisisabark.Pleasesaysomethingaboutit.（Oxford-Bioscience）這是一塊樹皮，請(qǐng)就它說點(diǎn)什么。（牛津-生物科學(xué)）Howdoyoumeasuretheweightofyourhead？（Cambridge-Medical）你如何測(cè)量自己頭部的重量？（劍橋-醫(yī)學(xué)）第11頁/共13頁第十一頁，共14頁。Isthehusband'shabitofsmearinglemonadeonhiseggsatbreakfastenoughtojustifydivorceifhiswifehasrepeatedlyexpressedherdisgust？（Cambridge-Law）丈夫吃早餐時(shí)有在雞蛋上涂檸檬醬的習(xí)慣，如果妻子已經(jīng)多次對(duì)此表示厭惡，這個(gè)習(xí)慣是否足以成為離婚的理由？（劍橋-法學(xué)）Doyouwanttobeanovelorapoem？（Oxford-English）你更想成為一部小說還是一首詩？（