美国的高考（大学入学）指挥棒，在指挥这些孩子学习和理解什么东西？如果懂的人，看了后一定会伤心的——相比我们的高考试题，实在是弱爆了。我怀疑只有外星人才可能这样出题吧？

我估计有很多人看不懂美国为何这样出题，如果以后有机会，我会给大家讲讲的。也许会在今年的清心课程特别系列中安排一下。

1. “If you were to write the story of your life until now,what would you title it and why?”

如果把你迄今为止的经历写成一个故事，你会给这个故事起什么名字，为什么?

Emerson College; Boston, Massachusetts.

爱默生学院；波士顿，马萨诸塞州

2. “Celebrate your nerdy side.”

“来谈谈你蠢的一面。”

Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.

塔夫斯大学；美德福德，马萨诸塞州

3. “Whether you are goal tending or cheering from thestands, celebrate the role of sports in your life.”

“不管你是在干扰投篮，还是在看台上欢呼，谈谈运动在你生活里的角色。”

Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts.

塔夫斯大学；美德福德，马萨诸塞州

4. “What do you see as the biggest threat to civility?”

“你认为对文明举止最大的威胁是什么？”

Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

维克森林大学；温斯顿塞勒姆，北卡罗来纳州。

5. “Pick one woman in history or fiction to conversewith for an hour and explain your choice. What would you talk about?”

“如果让你从历史中或者小说中挑选出一位女士来交谈一个小时，你会选谁？解释一下你的选择。你们会谈些什么？”

Barnard College; New York, New York.

巴纳德学院；纽约，纽约州

6. “You’ve just reached your one millionth hit on your YouTube video. What is the video about?”

“假设你的YouTube视频点击量刚刚过百万。这个视频是关于什么的？”

Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

美国理海大学；伯利恒，宾西法尼亚州

7. “If your name were an acronym, what would it standfor and how would it reflect your strengths and personality?”

“如果你的名字是个首字母缩略词，那你的名字代表什么？它能反映出你的哪些长处和个性？”

Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

美国理海大学；伯利恒，宾西法尼亚州

8. “What’s so odd about odd numbers?”

“奇数有什么特别之处?”

University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.

芝加哥大学；芝加哥，伊利诺斯

9. “Why are you here and not somewhere else?”

“你为什么在这里而不在其他的地方？”

University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois.

芝加哥大学；芝加哥，伊利诺斯

10. “You were just invited to speak at the White House. Write your speech.”

“假设你刚刚被邀请去白宫发表演说。来段你的演说辞。”

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; ChapelHill, North Carolina.

北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校

11. UNC Professor Barbara Fredrickson—an expert inpositive emotions—has defined love as “micro-moments of connection between people, even strangers.” Tell us about a time when you experienced a“micro-moment of connection.” What did you learn?

正面感情专家，我校教授芭芭拉·弗雷德里克森把爱定义成「人们（甚至是陌生人）之间的瞬时联系」。谈谈你所体验过的「瞬时联系」，你从中学到了什么？”

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill,North Carolina.

北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校

12. “What one invention would you uninvent if youcould, and why?”

“如果你能将某一项发明从人类历史中抹去，会是哪一样？为什么？”

Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.

布兰代斯大学；沃尔瑟姆，马萨诸塞州

13. “Tell us about an unjust law, written orunwritten, that you believe should be broken.”

“说一条你认为应该打破的不公正法律（成文的或是不成文的）。”

Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.

布兰代斯大学；沃尔瑟姆，马萨诸塞州

14. “You are writing your autobiography. Imagine what you would say on page 54 about yourself and your experiences.”

“你正在给自己写自传。想象一下，你会在第54页怎样描写你自己和你的经历？”

Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.

新罕布什尔州大学；阿默斯特，马萨诸塞州

15. “Imagine a scientist and artist coming together for a conversation about color. How do you think this exchange would go?”

“想象一下，一位科学家和一位艺术家即将就颜色这个主题进行一场对话。你觉得这场对话会进展到什么样？”

Hampshire College; Amherst, Massachusetts.

新罕布什尔州大学；阿默斯特，马萨诸塞州

16. “A good story starts with a good beginning. Get us hooked in the first 150 words.”

“好的故事往往有好的开头。用150字起个头，让我们欲罢不能。”

University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.

圣母大学；圣母院，印第安娜州

17. “The founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross described education as ‘the art of helping young people to completeness.’ How are you incomplete?”

“圣十字教会的创始人巴泽尔·门罗神父认为教育是「帮助年轻人达成圆满的艺术」。你的不圆满之处在哪？”

University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana.

圣母大学；圣母院，印第安娜州

18. “Every name tells a story: Tell us about your name— any name: first, middle, last, nickname — and its origin.”

“每个名字都有一个故事，说说你的名字：大名、中间名、姓氏、外号，都可以，再说说你名字的起源。”

Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.

达特茅斯学院；汉诺威，新罕布什尔州

19. “When you meet someone for the first time, what doyou want them to know about you, but generally don’t tell them?”

“当你第一次见到某些人，你想让他们了解你哪些方面，但又不是不靠嘴说出来的？”

Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.

达特茅斯学院；汉诺威，新罕布什尔州

20. “Tell us about spiders.”

“和我们讲讲蜘蛛。”

University of Richmond; Richmond, Virginia.

里士满大学；里士满，弗吉尼亚

21. “Design your own three-and-a-half week course anddescribe what you would do.”

“给自己设计三周半的课程，描述一下自己将会做什么。

Colorado College; Colorado Springs, Colorado.

科罗拉多大学；科罗拉多斯普林斯，科罗拉多州

22. “What’s a question that has changed how youunderstand the world? What changed?”

“有没有一个问题，改变了你对世界的看法？通过这个问题，你哪里改变了？”

Bennington College; Bennington, Vermont.

本宁顿学院；本宁顿，佛蒙特州

23. “How do you define yourself?”

“你如何定义自己的？”

Babson College; Wellesley, Massachusetts.

巴布森学院；卫斯理，马萨诸塞州

请与中国高考试题比较一下，看看差距何在？