芝加哥大學的文書(shu) 題目一直以來因古怪奇特而聞名，讓人摸不著頭腦。最近，芝加哥大學公布了最新2021-2022的補充文書(shu) 題目，一起來看看這些腦洞題吧。
Question 1 (Required)（必答題）
How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.
就你現在所知，芝加哥大學如何滿足你對某種學習(xi) 、社區和未來的渴望？請具體(ti) 說明你的意願以及它們(men) 與(yu) 芝加哥大學的關(guan) 係。
Question 2: Extended Essay (Required; Choose one) （必答題，選其一）
Essay Option 1
What if the moon were made of cheese? Or Neptune made of soap? Pick a celestial object, reimagine its material composition, and explore the implications. Feel free to explore the realms of physics, philosophy, fantasy…the sky is the limit!
—Inspired by Tate Flicker, Class of 2025
如果月亮是奶酪做的會(hui) 怎麽(me) 樣？或者海王星是用肥皂做的會(hui) 怎麽(me) 樣？選擇一個(ge) 天體(ti) ，重新想象它的物質組成，並探索其含義(yi) 。你可以自由探索物理、哲學、幻想等領域，天空是你的極限！
Essay Option 2
What’s so easy about pie?
—Inspired by Arjun Kalia, Class of 2025
餡餅為(wei) 什麽(me) 這麽(me) 好做？
Essay Option 3
In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?
—Inspired by Carina Kane, Class of 2024, and Ishaan Goel, Class of 2025
在荷馬的《伊利亞(ya) 特》(Iliad)中，海倫(lun) 有一張“使千帆起航的臉”。然後，一毫海倫(lun) 就可以測量一艘船下水所需要的美麗(li) 。薩根單位用來表示任何大的數量(代替“數以億(yi) 計的”)。紐約分鍾測量的是從(cong) 交通燈變綠到你後麵的出租車按喇叭的時間間隔。發明一種新的計量單位。它是如何推導出來的？如何使用的？等價(jia) 物是什麽(me) ？
Essay Option 4
"There is no such thing as a new idea" - Mark Twain. Are any pieces of art, literature, philosophy, or technology truly original, or just a different combination of old ideas? Pick something, anything (besides yourself), and explain why it is, or is not, original.
—Inspired by Haina Lu, Class of 2022
“沒有所謂的新想法這種東(dong) 西”——馬克•吐溫。有什麽(me) 藝術、文學、哲學或技術是真正原創的，或者隻是舊思想的不同組合？挑一件東(dong) 西，任何東(dong) 西(除了你自己)，然後解釋為(wei) 什麽(me) 它是或不是原創的。
Essay Option 5
It's said that history repeats itself. But what about other disciplines? Choose another field (chemistry, philosophy, etc.) and explain how it repeats itself. Explain how it repeats itself.
—Inspired by Ori Brian, AB’19
據說曆史總在重演。那其他學科呢？選擇另一個(ge) 領域(化學、哲學等)，解釋它是如何周而複始的。
Essay Option 6
In the spirit of adventurous inquiry (and with the encouragement of one of our current students!) choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!
本著冒險探索的精神，從(cong) 我們(men) 過去的題目中選擇一個(ge) (或自己創建一個(ge) 問題)。要原創，有創意，發人深省。發揮你作為(wei) 作家、思想家、遠見者、社會(hui) 評論家、聖人、世界公民或芝加哥大學未來公民的最佳品質；冒點險，玩得開心。
部分往期燒腦題目回顧
What can actually be divided by zero？
—Inspired by Mai Vu, Class of 2024
什麽(me) 能被0除？
What’s so odd about odd numbers？
—Inspired by Mario Rosasco, AB’09
奇數有什麽(me) 奇怪的？
How are apples and oranges supposed to be compared? Possible answers involve, but are not limited to, statistics, chemistry, physics, linguistics, and philosophy.
—Inspired by Florence Chan, AB’15
蘋果和橘子應該如何比較？可能的答案包括但不限於(yu) 統計學、化學、物理、語言學和哲學。
Find x.
—Inspired by Benjamin Nuzzo, an admitted student from Eton College, UK
找到X。
How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.)
—Inspired by Kelly Kennedy, AB’10
你是怎麽(me) 被抓到的？(或者沒有被逮住，視情況而定。)
*對此類題目感興(xing) 趣的同學也可以移步官網查看前幾年的經典題目：
https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/uchicago-supplemental-essay-questions?fbclid=IwAR0M5U9iLqPJxD69CwtLw1KAFQESjyXeXjkFWXfYyA9gPRG_x4sOiDoZ2gU
看完這些題目，不禁一臉懵。。跟其他普通的essay題目比起來，芝加哥大學的補充essay題目更像是腦筋急轉彎，引導你陷入思考，深入分析，甚至去翻幾百頁的書(shu) 籍，做長達幾周的調查研究。對於(yu) 這些榨幹腦細胞的essay題目，你會(hui) 怎麽(me) 寫(xie) 呢？
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