有關古怪的英語文章
> 列表《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第136期:考試靠猜
2015-10-17SATGUESSING考試靠猜Q.WhatifeveryonewhotooktheSATguessedoneverymultiple-choicequestion?Howmanyperfectscoreswouldtherebe?Q.如果每個參加美國高考(SAT)的學生都在選擇題部分亂猜一氣會怎麼樣?有多少人會獲得滿分?—......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第42期:半空的杯子(1)
2015-10-26GLASSHALFEMPTY半空的杯子Q.Whatifaglassofwaterwas,allofasudden,literallyhalfempty?Q.如果一杯滿是水的杯子突然之間變成半空的杯子會怎麼樣?A.THEPESSIMISTISPROBABLYmorerightabouthowitwouldturnoutthantheoptimi......
海外文化:看看美國高校的十大古怪課程
2016-04-01Collegecoursesaren’tall“Econ1011”and“TheHistoryofEurope:1500-Present”.Atrendamongmanycollegesanduniversitiesistooffercoursesthatareslightlyoffthebeatentrack.Manyofthesecoursesdrawtheirthemesfromp......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第129期:匯聚閃電(3)
2015-10-18Lightningrods避雷針Themechanismbywhichlightningrodsworkisdisputed.Somepeopleclaimtheyactuallywardofflightningstrikesby“bleeding”chargefromthegroundtotheair,loweringthecloud-to-groundvoltagepotential......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第40期:普通感冒(3)
2015-10-26Ifallhumanswereisolatedfromoneanother,theSt.Kildascenariowouldplayoutonaspecies-widescale.Afteraweekortwo,ourcoldswouldruntheircourse,andhealthyimmunesystemswouldhaveplentyoftimetocleartheviruses.如果......
都市人的八大古怪流行病盤點
2016-11-30Procrastination拖延症Procrastinationreferstotheactofreplacinghigh-priorityactionswithtasksoflow-priority,andthusputtingoffimportanttaskstoalatertime.Somepsychologistscitesuchbehaviorasamechanismforcop......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第28期:人力計算機(3)
2015-10-27Thisistoughtocalculate.Wecaneasilycomeupwithbenchmarkscoresforvarioustypesofcomputers,buthowdoyoumeasuretheinstructionspersecondof,say,thechipinaFurby?這個計算有些困難。我們可以很容易地給各種各樣計算......
古怪搞笑的英國姓氏逐漸被淘汰
2016-03-31世界各國都有“三大姓”的說法,中國有張王李;英國是Smith,Jones,Williams;美國是Smith,Johnson,Carson;法國是Martin,Bernard,Dupont;德國是Schultz,Mueller,Shmidt;蘇聯是Ivanov,Vasiliev,Deternov。一些古怪搞笑的姓......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第46期:外星天文學家(2)
2015-10-26Early-warningradar,aproductoftheColdWar,consistedofabunchofgroundandairbornestationsscatteredaroundtheArctic.Thesestationsswepttheatmospherewithpowerfulradarbeams24/7,oftenbouncingthemofftheionosphere......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第134期:雨滴(2)
2015-10-17Forfiveorsixseconds,nothingisvisible.Then,thebaseofthecloudbeginstobulgedownward.Foramoment,itlooksalittlelikeafunnelcloudisforming.Thenthebulgewidens,andattheten-secondmark,thebottomofthedropemergesf......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第78期:致命中微子(3)
2015-10-22GRB080319Bwasthemostviolenteventeverobserved-especiallyforthepeoplewhowerefloatingrightnexttoitwithsurfboards.GRB#0103898是觀測到的最爲劇烈的超新星——尤其是對就飄在它旁邊的人來說Theideaofneutrinoradi......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第138期:中子子彈(2)
2015-10-17Neutronstarsaresomeofthedensestobjectsyoucanfind(outsideoftheinfinitedensityofablackhole).They'recrushedbytheirownimmensegravityintoacompactquantum-mechanicalsoupthat'sinsomewayssimilartoanato......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第61期:飛越州(4)
2015-10-24PoorVirginia可憐的弗吉尼亞Assomeonewhogrewupthere,it'shardformetoacceptVirginia'sstatusasthemostflown-overstate.Ifnothingelse,whenI'mbackhomewithfamily,I'lltrytoremember-onceinawhile-t......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第118期:紙質版維基百科(1)
2015-10-19UPDATINGAPRINTEDWIKIPEDIA紙質版維基百科Q.Ifyouhadaprintedversionofthewholeof(say,theEnglish)Wikipedia,howmanyprinterswouldyouneedinordertokeepupwiththechangesmadetotheliveversion?Q.如果你要把整個英文版......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第31期:小世界(2)
2015-10-27Iftheasteroidhadaradiusof1.75meters,theninordertohaveEarthlikegravityatthesurface,itwouldneedtohaveamassofabout500milliontons.ThisisroughlyequaltothecombinedmassofeveryhumanonEarth.如果小行星半徑1.75......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第97期:把海水抽乾(3)
2015-10-21Vacuuminguphalftheoceanswouldmassivelyaltertheclimateandecosystemsinwaysthatarehardtopredict.Attheveryleast,itwouldalmostcertainlyinvolveacollapseofthebiosphereandmassextinctionsateverylevel.抽空海洋......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第34期:牛排墜落(2)
2015-10-27Lastly,Ihadtofigureoutexactlyhowquicklyheatspreadsthroughasteak.Istartedbylookingatsomepapersfromindustrialfoodproductionthatsimulatedheatflowthroughvariouspiecesofmeat.Ittookmeawhiletorealizetherewas......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第13期:瘋狂電吹風
2015-10-28HAIRDRYER瘋狂電吹風Q.Whatwouldhappenifahairdryerwithcontinuouspowerwereturnedonandputinanairtight1×1×1-meterbox?Q.如果把電吹風放在一個密封的一米見方的鐵盒子裏,並且讓它不停地吹,會發生什麼?A.ATYPICALHAIRD......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第2期:全球風暴
2015-10-29GLOBALWINDSTORM全球風暴Q.WhatwouldhappeniftheEarthandallterrestrialobjectssuddenlystoppedspinning,buttheatmosphereretaineditsvelocity?-AndrewBrownQ.如果地球和地上所有的東西都在一瞬間停止轉動,但大氣層還......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第44期:半空的杯子(3)
2015-10-26Waterisverynearlyincompressible,sotheimpactisn'tspreadoutovertime-itcomesasasinglesharpshock.Themomentaryforceontheglassisimmense,anditbreaks.水幾乎是不可壓縮的,因而衝擊不會隨時間被消散掉,而是像給杯......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第96期:把海水抽乾(2)
2015-10-21Here'showitlooksatthestart:一開始看起來是這樣的:ThisisaPlateCarréeprojection(c.f.).方格投影圖(參考:)Andhere'sthemapaftertheoceansdrop50meters:這是海平面下降50米時的景象:It'sprettysimilar,butth......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第119期:紙質版維基百科(2)
2015-10-19Wecouldtrytodefineawaytomeasurethe“wordcount”oftheaverageedit,butthat'shardborderingonimpossible.Fortunately,wedon'tneedto-wecanjustestimatethateachchangeisgoingtorequireustoreprintapagesome......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第69期:自體繁殖(3)
2015-10-23AliceandBobbothhadamultiplierontheirpaternal“charisma”chromosome.Sincetwomultiplierstogetherresultinastatof1,ifAliceandBobhadbothcontributedtheirmultiplier,thechildwouldhavearock-bottomCHR.Fortunate......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第143期:中子子彈(7)
2015-10-16Thankstothewater,you'reabletowaveyourhandaroundthebulletwithoutanydifficulty!Thebulletispullingyoutowardit,butit'spullingthewaterjustashard.Water(likemeat)isvirtuallyincompressible,evenatthese......
《那些古怪又讓人憂心的問題》第15期:機槍飛行揹包
2015-10-28MACHINE-GUNJETPACK機槍飛行揹包Q.Isitpossibletobuildajetpackusingdownward-firingmachineguns?Q.用一挺向下射擊的機槍能做出一個飛行揹包嗎?A.IWASSORTOFsurprisedtofindthattheanswerwasyes!Buttoreallydoitright,......