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How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago.

主补充文书题目：根据你现在对芝加哥大学的认知，你认为芝加哥大学如何满足你对一种特定的学习方式、团体和未来的希望？请列举几个你自己的愿望以及它们和芝加哥大学的关联。

What if the moon were made of cheese? Or Neptune made of soap? Pick a celestial object, reimagine its material composition, and explore the implications. Feel free to explore the realms of physics, philosophy, fantasy…the sky is the limit!

为什么月亮不能是奶酪做的？海王星不能是肥皂做的？选择一个天体，重新想象一下它的组成物质，并探索其含义。请尽情探索物理、哲学、幻想……

What’s so easy about pie?

什么让“pie”如此简单？

In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?

在荷马史诗的《伊利亚特》中，海伦拥有着可以“使千艘战舰齐发的容貌”。因此，“1毫海伦（即千分之一的海伦）”则可以成为使一艘战舰启航的计量单位。除此之外，1萨根可以代表任何庞大的数量（代替几十亿），而1纽约分钟代表交通信号灯变绿到你身后的出租车按喇叭的时间间隔。请发明一个全新的计量单位，并解释这个计量单位是：怎么得到的？怎么使用的？该单位和其他什么东西相等？

"There is no such thing as a new idea" - Mark Twain

Are any pieces of art, literature, philosophy, or technology truly original, or just a different combination of old ideas? Pick something, anything (besides yourself), and explain why it is, or is not, original.

没有所谓的“原创”——马克·吐温

这世界上有没有任何一件艺术品、文学著作、哲学理论或科学技术是完完全全的“原创”？还是它们只是一些已经存在的想法的集合？请从除你之外的世间万物中挑出一件，解释它是否拥有原创性。

It's said that history repeats itself. But what about other disciplines? Choose another field (chemistry, philosophy, etc.) and explain how it repeats itself. Explain how it repeats itself.

人们说“历史总在不断重演”，那么其他的学科呢？请选择一个其他的学科领域，并解释他们是如何重演的。

In the spirit of adventurous inquiry (and with the encouragement of one of our current students!) choose one of our past prompts (or create a question of your own). Be original, creative, thought provoking. Draw on your best qualities as a writer, thinker, visionary, social critic, sage, citizen of the world, or future citizen of the University of Chicago; take a little risk, and have fun!

怀着冒险探究的精神（在我们现在的一个学生的鼓励下！）从我们以往的文书题目中选择一道（或自创一个问题）。发挥自己的独创性、创造性、深刻性。汲取你作为作家、思想家、幻想家、社会批评家、圣人、世界公民或芝加哥大学未来学生的最佳品质；大胆一点，玩得开心！