Managershare:谁说美国学习轻松来的?
1. “If you were to write the story of your life until now,what would you title it and why?”
如果把你迄今为止的经历写成一个故事,你会给这个故事起什么名字,为什么?
Emerson College; Boston, Massachusetts.
爱默生学院;波士顿,马萨诸塞州
2. “Celebrate your nerdy side.”
“来谈谈你蠢的一面。”
Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.
塔夫斯大学;美德福德,马萨诸塞州
3. “Whether you are goal tending or cheering from thestands, celebrate the role of sports in your life.”
“不管你是在干扰投篮,还是在看台上欢呼,谈谈运动在你生活里的角色。”
Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.
塔夫斯大学;美德福德,马萨诸塞州
4. “What do you see as the biggest threat to civility?”
“你认为对文明举止最大的威胁是什么?”
Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
维克森林大学;温斯顿塞勒姆,北卡罗来纳州。
5. “Pick one woman in history or fiction to conversewith for an hour and explain your choice. What would you talk about?”
“如果让你从历史中或者小说中挑选出一位女士来交谈一个小时,你会选谁?解释一下你的选择。你们会谈些什么?”
Barnard College; New York, New York.
巴纳德学院;纽约,纽约州
6. “You’ve just reached your one millionth hit on your YouTube video. What is the video about?”
“假设你的YouTube视频点击量刚刚过百万。这个视频是关于什么的?”
Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
美国理海大学;伯利恒,宾西法尼亚州
7. “If your name were an acronym, what would it standfor and how would it reflect your strengths and personality?”
“如果你的名字是个首字母缩略词,那你的名字代表什么?它能反映出你的哪些长处和个性?”
Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
美国理海大学;伯利恒,宾西法尼亚州
8. “What’s so odd about odd numbers?”
“奇数有什么特别之处?”
University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.
芝加哥大学;芝加哥,伊利诺斯
9. “Why are you here and not somewhere else?”
“你为什么在这里而不在其他的地方?”
University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.
芝加哥大学;芝加哥,伊利诺斯
10. “You were just invited to speak at the White House. Write your speech.”
“假设你刚刚被邀请去白宫发表演说。来段你的演说辞。”
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; ChapelHill, North Carolina.北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校
11. UNC Professor Barbara Fredrickson—an expert inpositive emotions—has defined love as “micro-moments of connection between people, even strangers.” Tell us about a time when you experienced a“micro-moment of connection.” What did you learn?
正面感情专家,我校教授芭芭拉·弗雷德里克森把爱定义成「人们(甚至是陌生人)之间的瞬时联系」。谈谈你所体验过的「瞬时联系」,你从中学到了什么?”
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill,North Carolina.北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校
12. “What one invention would you uninvent if youcould, and why?”
“如果你能将某一项发明从人类历史中抹去,会是哪一样?为什么?”
Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.
布兰代斯大学;沃尔瑟姆,马萨诸塞州
13. “Tell us about an unjust law, written orunwritten, that you believe should be broken.”
“说一条你认为应该打破的不公正法律(成文的或是不成文的)。”
Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.
布兰代斯大学;沃尔瑟姆,马萨诸塞州
14. “You are writing your autobiography. Imagine what you would say on page 54 about yourself and your experiences.”
“你正在给自己写自传。想象一下,你会在第54页怎样描写你自己和你的经历?”
Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.
新罕布什尔州大学;阿默斯特,马萨诸塞州
15. “Imagine a scientist and artist coming together for a conversation about color. How do you think this exchange would go?”
“想象一下,一位科学家和一位艺术家即将就颜色这个主题进行一场对话。你觉得这场对话会进展到什么样?”
Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.
新罕布什尔州大学;阿默斯特,马萨诸塞州
16. “A good story starts with a good beginning. Get us hooked in the first 150 words.”
“好的故事往往有好的开头。用150字起个头,让我们欲罢不能。”
University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.
圣母大学;圣母院,印第安娜州
17. “The founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross described education as ‘the art of helping young people to completeness.’ How are you incomplete?”
“圣十字教会的创始人巴泽尔·门罗神父认为教育是「帮助年轻人达成圆满的艺术」。你的不圆满之处在哪?”
University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.
圣母大学;圣母院,印第安娜州
18. “Every name tells a story: Tell us about your name— any name: first, middle, last, nickname — and its origin.”
“每个名字都有一个故事,说说你的名字:大名、中间名、姓氏、外号,都可以,再说说你名字的起源。”
Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.
达特茅斯学院;汉诺威,新罕布什尔州
19. “When you meet someone for the first time, what doyou want them to know about you, but generally don’t tell them?”
“当你第一次见到某些人,你想让他们了解你哪些方面,但又不是不靠嘴说出来的?”
Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.
达特茅斯学院;汉诺威,新罕布什尔州
20. “Tell us about spiders.”
“和我们讲讲蜘蛛。”
University of Richmond; Richmond, Virginia.
里士满大学;里士满,弗吉尼亚
21. “Design your own three-and-a-half week course anddescribe what you would do.”
“给自己设计三周半的课程,描述一下自己将会做什么。”
Colorado College; Colorado Springs, Colorado.
科罗拉多大学;科罗拉多斯普林斯,科罗拉多州
22. “What’s a question that has changed how youunderstand the world? What changed?”
“有没有一个问题,改变了你对世界的看法?通过这个问题,你哪里改变了?”
Bennington College; Bennington, Vermont.
本宁顿学院;本宁顿,佛蒙特州
23. “How do you define yourself?”
“你如何定义自己的?”
Babson College; Wellesley, Massachusetts.
巴布森学院;卫斯理,马萨诸塞州