There'll be - can't remember how many - 50? Five zero.
會有,不太記得了,多少道?50?50
50 questions on the multiple choice. And you'll have 75 minutes to do it.
50道選擇題,有75分鐘的作答時間
So we'll allow for the 10 minutes or 15 minutes to get organized here.
這樣就可以留出十分鐘,到十五分鐘的時間來組織秩序
It's not going to be a difficult, you know... Try to fool you or to catch you.
考試不會太難,要愚弄或是考倒你們
It's going to be pretty straight forward.
而是會考得很直接
I've told you my philosophy about exams during the first class, those of you who remember.
第一節課我曾告訴過你們我對考試的態度,如果你們還記得的話
In the past, I didn't used to have an exam because I remember I wasn't happy taking exams as an undergrad.
過去,我不太習慣弄考試,因為我記得我本科時就很討厭考試
And you know do not do unto others.
己所不欲勿施于人嘛
But then, I realize that there was the value to them. Not a value in terms of differentiation, you know, grades and stuff, not that.
不過后來我意識到考試確實是有價值的,不是在于高低分化,或者成績之類的

The value is that the midterm or final gets you to sit down and synthesize all the material.
而在于期中考或期末考可以讓你安下心來整合所有學過的知識
So if it's a take home, you look for the answers where you are. You take... you just get part of it.
如果是家庭作業,你可以找你所需的答案,你只掌握了部分的知識
With the midterm or final, you sit down and you read everything from lesson 1 to lesson 26.
但有期中考或期末考,你就能坐下來從第一課看到最后一課
And then that helps you synthesize and hence internalize the material. Because remember what I mentioned time and again:
而這可以幫助你整合知識,進而吸收掌握知識,請記住我反復強調的
this class is built around the spiral theory of knowledge,
這門課是基于螺旋形的知識體系的
meaning everything we talked about in lesson 1, in class 1, is related to class 3, is related to class 7, is related to class 24. Everything is interconnected.
也就是說我們在第一課中講的內容與第三課相聯系,與第七課相聯系,與第二十四課有聯系。所有東西都是內在相連的
And it's when you sit down, you know when I talk about the material, I know, it's going to come three weeks from now and I know the connection
而只有你靜下心來,當我在講某個知識時,我知道接下來的三周我會講到什么,以及它們的聯系
You still don't, but when you sit down and study for the exam, that's when you get to make the connection,
你們還不能,但當你們坐下來準備考試時才能建立知識間的聯系
and that's when you really internalize the material at a much higher level.
才能從更高的層面真正吸收掌握知識