雙語：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?請開始做答，我們在等你的答案……這可真是個稀奇古怪的問題，但它只是報考牛津大學及劍橋大學的學生們需要面臨的眾多奇怪問題中的一個。

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?

想學習哲學、政治學及經濟學?那么，你最好能說出這只茶壺的貨幣價值。我們算出的是32.95英鎊，其中包括增值稅?？梢赃^關嗎?

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世紀及21世紀的英國首相。但在19世紀中，誰和托尼·布萊爾最為相像?這些問題都是去年1200名學生在牛津及劍橋大學的面試中所遇到的。

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”.

這里有一塊樹皮，請你對此發(fā)表看法。如果你想在英國牛津大學中學習生物科學的話，那么你將不得不面對這樣一道怪問題。而且，不要以為回答成“這是種褐色的木頭片”就能僥幸過關。

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?面對這一問題，或許有些人會說，這會讓燙頭發(fā)的人顯得更年輕時尚。但如果你想進入上述這兩所頂尖級學校中學習，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問題。

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.

在什么意義上來說，一個人算死亡。這也是一道哲學問題嗎?不，事實上，這是一道針對醫(yī)學系學生的問題。

7、Are you cool?

另外一道怪問題：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。來和我們談論一下香蕉吧。