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we're not trying to write,
我们没有尝试写作
When I was a little kid and the breakfast,
当我很小的时候 关于早餐
the cereal industry was trying to grow they'd have little contest
麦片行业正在竞争
You could turn in things to win prices,
你可以改变东西来获胜
like write the best jingle for 'Wheaties' you can in 25 words or less
就像写"小麦"押韵你可以写少于25个词
This is not such a contest, but at the same time
这不是个竞赛 但是同时
I had a professor, I had a history professor in undergraduate school
我有一个教授 我在毕业学校有个历史学教授
Undergraduate, college and I had a double major
在大学里我有两个主修专业
and he, this one professor was notorious for just wanting length
这个教授因为过分要求论文长度而臭名昭著
He would just scan stuff, and so seriously,
他只会浏览一些东西 很严肃的
people would just soak their hands in hot water before his test to help them keep from cramping up
人们在他的考试前会把手浸在热水里 以便防止抽筋
And people have developed bizarre stylistics for blue books,
人们给蓝皮书提出了奇怪的文学论
We always have to use blue books
我们总是不得不用蓝皮书
And they'd write real big, like five words on the line
他们会写很大的 比如五个词在一行
Say turn in for one test, two or three blue books
说一次考试 要两三本蓝皮书
Short is good
短是很好的
Short is good as long as it is thorough
只要全面的话 短是很好的
And I think the questions, as you all know,
我想这些问题 就像你们所知道的
I'm not telling you anything you don't need to know,
你们不需要知道的我不会告诉你们
But always make sure you go back and look at the questions
但是记住一定要回去看问题
I mean, not that there are any freshmen in here
我是说 不因为是有新生在这里
But if it says give at least three examples,
但是如果说让你举三个例子
make sure you give at least three examples
就确保至少要举三个例子
I think it's more of those type things that are gonna probably
我想更多的这种东西可能会激怒你们
Irritate you more, because you'll look back and say 'Oh my, I just didn't read the question well'
但是你会回头看 然后说 哦 天啊 我没认真读问题
