考研英語(yǔ)時(shí)文賞讀（93）：中國(guó)高考數(shù)學(xué)題難哭美國(guó)老師

　　Gaokao maths question leaves US teacher stumped

　　高考數(shù)學(xué)題目難倒了美國(guó)老師

　　A video of a US middle school maths teacher comically trying – and failing – to complete a mathematics question from a Chinese exam paper has been widely shared on social media in China.

　　近日，一段有關(guān)一位美國(guó)中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)老師嘗試解開(kāi)一道中國(guó)考試卷上的數(shù)學(xué)題但未能解開(kāi)的滑稽的視頻在中國(guó)社交媒體上被廣為轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)。

　　The video was shared on June 8 by a Chinese teacher working in the US. It shows her friend, a US middle school maths teacher, trying to solve a question from this year’s gaokao, China’s college entrance examination with a reputation for difficulty, even by international standards.

　　6月8日，一位在美國(guó)工作的中國(guó)教師分享了這段視頻。視頻中，她的朋友（一位美國(guó)中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)老師）正在嘗試解答今年高考中的一道題。中國(guó)高考以其高難度而聞名，即使以國(guó)際標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)衡量也是如此。

　　The question was taken from section II of the natural sciences mathematics exam paper on the national level.

　　這道題摘自理科數(shù)學(xué)全國(guó)卷的第二部分。

　　“I heard this year’s gaokao maths questions are very difficult so I searched online and tried to solve one in a cafe. But it has been a long time, therefore I forgot how to solve it,” she told online news media platform Guancha Syndicate.

　　她向在線新聞媒體平臺(tái)觀察者網(wǎng)表示：“我聽(tīng)說(shuō)今年的高考數(shù)學(xué)題目很難，所以我上網(wǎng)搜索了一下，想在咖啡館里解開(kāi)一道。但由于很久沒(méi)做題了，所以我都忘記如何解開(kāi)這道題了。”

　　At that moment, the US maths teacher was sitting next to her and playing chess with his friends, “so I asked if he could help me solve a question, but that posed a big challenge to him,” she said.

　　當(dāng)時(shí)，這位美國(guó)數(shù)學(xué)老師正坐在她旁邊和朋友們下棋，她說(shuō)道：“所以我就問(wèn)他能否幫我解開(kāi)一道題，但是沒(méi)想到這對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)很大的挑戰(zhàn)。”

　　In the video, the US teacher looked confused when reading question 12 for 3 minutes, a multiple choice question about functions. He first tries the method of substitution but fails and finally chooses D by exclusion.

　　在視頻中，這位美國(guó)老師對(duì)第12題（一道有關(guān)函數(shù)的多項(xiàng)選擇題）審題3分鐘后顯得很是困惑。他首先用代換法試了試，但沒(méi)能解開(kāi)，最后通過(guò)排除法選擇了D。

　　However, the answer turned out to be B, much to the amusement of social media users. Posts about the video have been viewed 140 million times on microblogging site Weibo, and the video has been picked up by other Chinese news media.

　　然而，正確答案卻是B，這樂(lè)壞了社交媒體上的用戶。有關(guān)該視頻的帖子在微博上被瀏覽了1.4億次，該視頻也被其他中國(guó)新聞媒體轉(zhuǎn)載。

　　(全文共265個(gè)詞，南華早報(bào))

　　重難點(diǎn)詞匯：

　　stump [st?mp] n. 樹(shù)樁；殘余部分；假肢 vt. 砍伐；使為難 vi. 笨重地行走

　　comically ['k?mikli] adv. 滑稽地；詼諧地

　　confuse [k?n'fj?z] vt. 使混亂；使困惑

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