芝加哥大学

Please tell us why you are planning to leave (or have already left) your current college or university, and how the University of Chicago will 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.

请说明你为什么计划离开（或已经离开）目前就读的学院或大学，以及芝加哥大学将如何满足你对特定学习方式、校园社群和未来发展的期待。请具体阐述你自己的愿望，以及这些愿望与芝加哥大学之间的联系。

Food for thought: How do thoughts eat?

值得思考的问题：思想是怎么吃东西的？

The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, utilized origami-inspired techniques to compactly store and deploy its sunshield in space. Choose an artistic practice and use its principles to propose an elegant solution to a problem.

James Webb Space Telescope 于 2021 年发射，利用受折纸启发的技术，将遮阳板紧凑收纳并在太空中展开。请选择一种艺术实践，并运用其原则，为某个问题提出一个优雅的解决方案。

Sometimes metaphors get mixed up. For one reason or another, one could say, “we'll burn that bridge when we get there” or “the world is your china shop”. Make up your own mixed metaphor. Explain how it could make sense, be understood, or even applied.

有时，比喻会被混在一起。由于某种原因，人们可能会说：“等我们到了那里再烧掉那座桥”，或者“世界就是你的瓷器店”。请创造一个属于你自己的混合比喻，并解释它如何能够说得通、被人理解，甚至得到实际运用。

The Olympics have long celebrated the pinnacle of human athletic achievement. But what if they expanded to honor the mundane? Imagine a new Olympic event built around an everyday activity like speed dishwashing or competitive grocery bagging. How is it scored, officiated, and judged? Why is it a worthy addition?

长久以来，奥运会一直在颂扬人类竞技成就的巅峰。但如果奥运会扩展项目，开始嘉奖日常琐事，会怎么样？请围绕一项日常活动构想一个新的奥运项目，例如极速洗碗或竞技装袋。它将如何计分、执裁和评判？为什么它值得被纳入奥运会？

AI: Allen Iverson. NASA, or the North American Saxophone Alliance. Share a potentially confounding, comedic, or captivating example of MIA (Mistaken Identity of Acronym) and tell us its backstory.

AI，可以指 Allen Iverson。NASA，也可以指 North American Saxophone Alliance。请分享一个可能令人困惑、好笑或引人入胜的 MIA（Mistaken Identity of Acronym，即缩写误认）例子，并讲述它背后的故事。

And, as always… the classic choose your own adventure option! In the spirit of adventurous inquiry, 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!

而且，一如既往……还有经典的“选择你自己的冒险”选项！请秉持大胆求知的精神，从我们过去的题目中选择一道（或自己创作一个问题）。要原创、有创意、发人深省。展现你作为写作者、思考者、梦想家、社会评论者、智者、世界公民或 University of Chicago 未来一员的最佳品质；冒一点险，尽情享受吧！