英國大學面試題究竟有多燒腦？99%留學生都難倒（中）

2023-09-25 12:00:31 來源：中國教育在線

英國大學面試題究竟有多燒腦？99%留學生都難倒（中），相信這個問題是許多正在準備留學的同學關心的一個問題，那么下面小編就來和大家說一說，感興趣的您趕緊往下了解吧。

地理（Geography）

解答提示：

這道題考查的是你的“地理思維”以及對世界的好奇心。

The question probes whether they are able to apply ‘geographical thinking' to the everyday landscapes around them. It reveals the extent to which they have a curiosity about the world around them.

這道題主要考查考生是否能將“地理思維”應用到他們周邊的事物。這揭示了他們是否對周圍的世界抱有好奇心。

歷史（History）

Is violence always political?Does 'political' mean something different in different contexts?

暴力中都含有政治因素嗎？在不同的語境下，“政治”是否具有不同內涵？

解答提示：

此題并非考查問題的解決，而是發現考生對已知領域的興趣。

A good candidate would, with assistance, begin to construct categories of when violence looks more and less political. A very good candidate would, with assistance, begin to construct a useful definition of 'political', but this is challenging.

一個優秀的考生將能夠在幫助下，將暴力含有政治因素多少的情況進行分類。而出類拔萃的考生將能夠在幫助下建立起對于“政治”的有用定義，但這非常具有挑戰性。

法律（Law）

If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines were death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law?

如果停車停在雙黃線上將判處死刑，那么沒人會這么做。這是一條公正且行之有效的法律嗎？

解答提示：

結果不重要，對結果引發問題的思考才是考官們最看重的。

Candidates are not meant to give a right or wrong answer to this question. They need to demonstrate that they have recognised the various issues that arise. The candidate who distinguishes between 'just' and 'effective' does best. The issues are different once that distinction is made. A just law might not be effective, or vice versa.

這道題不是要考生給出正確或錯誤的答案，但他們需要認識到結果將引發的系列問題。能夠區分“公正”和“有效”的考生才是最優秀的。如果做出區分，則兩者差別顯而易見，公正的法律未必有效，反之亦然。

材料科學（Materials Science）

How hot does the air have to be in a hot air balloon if I wanted to use it to lift an elephant?

如果我想用熱氣球吊起一頭大象，里面的空氣得多熱？

解答提示：

教授們設置這道題，肯定不是為了在很短時間內讓你給出一個確切的答案。

Things we are looking for include how readily they can see into the core of a problem； how they respond to hints and suggestions from us； estimates （typical size of balloon, weight of elephant） and sorting out what's important...

我們看中的是：他們怎樣快速地考慮到問題的核心；對于我們給出的暗示和建議他們如何應對；預估（典型熱氣球的大小，大象的重量）及歸納出最重要的是什么……

現代語言學（Modern Languages）

In a world where English is a global language, why learn French?

既然英語是全球性語言，為什么要學法語？

解答提示：

這個問題看似簡單，實際大有深意，你的回答，會影響老師們后續的問題。

Given the nature of the Modern Languages course, I would be interested in responses about the French language as a 'window' into French culture/literature/history, etc.； but would also be happy to see candidates investigate some of the assumptions underlying the question: Is English a global language？ What about Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, etc.？

考慮到現代語言學課程的屬性，我會對法語是通向法國文化、文學、歷史的“窗口”等這樣的回答感興趣；不過，如果有考生能探究該問題背后的假設：為什么英語是全球語言？那漢語和西班牙語呢？我也會很開心。

經濟學（Economics）

Why is income per head between 50 and 100 times larger in the United States than in countries such as Burundi and Malawi?

為什么美國人均收入是布隆迪、馬拉維這樣國家的50到100倍？

解答提示：

回答這個問題時，不能停留在問題表面，而要學會透過現象看本質。

The question is focused on perhaps the most important economic question there is: why are some countries rich and some countries poor?Candidates need to think about all the potential reasons why such income gaps exist.

這個問題關注的可能是最重要的經濟學問題：為什么有些國家富有而有些國家貧窮？考生要考慮到存在這樣的收入差距的所有潛在原因。

心理學（Psychology）

A large study appears to show that older siblings consistently score higher than younger siblings on IQ tests. Why would this be?

一項大規模研究證明，年長的哥哥姐姐智力測試得分一直比他們的弟弟妹妹高，這是為什么呢？

解答提示：

這個問題也需要綜合考慮很多因素，比如：出生順序、母親的生育年齡、父母是否專注陪伴等。

This is a question that really asks students to think about lots of different aspects of psychology, and we guide students when discussing it to think about both scientific factors such as maternal age and observational analysis about how birth order might affect behaviour and therefore performance on IQ tests.

這個問題真的需要學生去考慮心理學的各個方面，在討論過程中我們會引導學生去思考兩個方面：科學因素，如母親年齡，和觀測分析，比如出生順序可能會影響行為，進而影響智力測試中的表現。