評論
打印
we're not trying to write,
我們沒有嘗試寫作
When I was a little kid and the breakfast,
當我很小的時候 關于早餐
the cereal industry was trying to grow they'd have little contest
麥片行業正在競爭
You could turn in things to win prices,
你可以改變東西來獲勝
like write the best jingle for 'Wheaties' you can in 25 words or less
就像寫"小麥"押韻你可以寫少于25個詞
This is not such a contest, but at the same time
這不是個競賽 但是同時
I had a professor, I had a history professor in undergraduate school
我有一個教授 我在畢業學校有個歷史學教授
Undergraduate, college and I had a double major
在大學里我有兩個主修專業
and he, this one professor was notorious for just wanting length
這個教授因為過分要求論文長度而臭名昭著
He would just scan stuff, and so seriously,
他只會瀏覽一些東西 很嚴肅的
people would just soak their hands in hot water before his test to help them keep from cramping up
人們在他的考試前會把手浸在熱水里 以便防止抽筋
And people have developed bizarre stylistics for blue books,
人們給藍皮書提出了奇怪的文學論
We always have to use blue books
我們總是不得不用藍皮書
And they'd write real big, like five words on the line
他們會寫很大的 比如五個詞在一行
Say turn in for one test, two or three blue books
說一次考試 要兩三本藍皮書
Short is good
短是很好的
Short is good as long as it is thorough
只要全面的話 短是很好的
And I think the questions, as you all know,
我想這些問題 就像你們所知道的
I'm not telling you anything you don't need to know,
你們不需要知道的我不會告訴你們
But always make sure you go back and look at the questions
但是記住一定要回去看問題
I mean, not that there are any freshmen in here
我是說 不因為是有新生在這里
But if it says give at least three examples,
但是如果說讓你舉三個例子
make sure you give at least three examples
就確保至少要舉三個例子
I think it's more of those type things that are gonna probably
我想更多的這種東西可能會激怒你們
Irritate you more, because you'll look back and say 'Oh my, I just didn't read the question well'
但是你會回頭看 然后說 哦 天啊 我沒認真讀問題
