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Oxford University asks tough question
    2018-10-16  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

牛津这道入学试题该怎么答?

Oxford University, one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated institutions of higher learning, has asked this question this year: Would you like to be a vampire or a zombie?

Vampires and zombies are two strange creatures from Western folklore that have become the protagonists of fiction, movies and video games in recent years, and are increasingly known in popular culture around the world. The problem at All Souls College of the University of Oxford is also an old one: the performance of old traditional universities in keeping pace with the times.

Martin Bellam, the Guardian’s senior cultural correspondent, joked about the benefits of vampires: Have you ever seen an ugly vampire? It’s not clear whether fashionistas are the only ones who become vampires or whether being a vampire makes you fashionable, but vampires look cool anyway.

One of the drawbacks of being a vampire, he says, is that being immortal sounds fun, but it’s not fun as you watch all your loved ones grow old and die in front of you. Of course, unless you make them all vampires, they can be with you forever and ever, and that puts a lot of pressure on you to choose who you want to establish such a permanent relationship with.

As for zombies, Bellam wrote: Vampires are solitary, but zombies are in packs, so it’s a better choice, and zombies feed on brains, which are completely delicious and healthy, an important Omega 3 fatty acid full of DHA. Of course, zombies have the disadvantage of never being sexy and always emit a rotten meat smell, so it’s usually considered disgusting.

There are also more traditional questions such as “Does music stop suddenly at Brahms” and the annual ethical question “Is all life valuable?”

The College of All Souls itself is remarkable. Unlike other colleges, this college does not admit undergraduates.

People who pass the exam automatically become academicians of the college, and the exam is unusually known as the most difficult test.

Words to Learn

相关词汇

【时尚达人】

shíshàng dárén

fashionista a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry

【永久的】yǒngjiǔ de

permanent existing perpetually, everlasting, especially without significant change another

世界最古老最顶尖的高等学府之一英国牛津大学今年出了一道这样的考题:“你愿意当吸血鬼还是僵尸?”

吸血鬼和僵尸是西方民间传说中的两种异怪生物,近年来经常成为小说、电影、电子游戏中的主角,在流行文化中日渐为全世界各地的人们所知,牛津大学万灵学院面临的难题也由来已久:历史悠久的传统大学怎样努力与时俱进。

《卫报》文化事务高级记者马丁·贝拉姆调侃吸血鬼的优势:“你见过样貌丑陋的吸血鬼吗?不清楚到底是只有时尚人士才变成吸血鬼呢还是当了吸血鬼就让你很时尚,但总而言之,吸血鬼看着都很酷。”

他还表示,吸血鬼当然也有不好之处,其中之一便是长生不老。听着很好玩,但你要看着所有心爱的人都在你面前变老死去,你会发现这一点都不好玩。当然啦,除非你让他们都变成吸血鬼,可以永永远远地陪着你。不过,这就意味着你要决定谁可以永久陪伴你,这个压力有点大。

至于僵尸,贝拉姆是这样写的:吸血鬼都是独来独往,但僵尸却是成群结队,因此这是一个更好的选择,另外,僵尸以脑髓为食,这是“完全美味,而且很健康,是富含DHA的Omega3脂肪酸。”当然,当僵尸的坏处除了永远无法有性感的样子,还有身上总是散发出一种腐朽的烂肉味,让人恶心。

此外还有一些比较传统的问题如“勃拉姆斯之后再无音乐吗?”以及年年都有的伦理问题“所有的生命都有价值吗?”

万灵学院本身就非常不同凡响,与其他学院不同,这所学院并不招收本科生,通过考试的人自动成为学院的院士,而这一考试常被称为最难的考试。

(Chinadaily.com.cn)

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