Suppose you want to determine Earth’s circumference（圓周長） without looking it up. Everyone knows that New York and Los Angeles are about 3,000 miles apart and that the time difference between them is three hours. Three hours is one-eighth of a day, and a day is the time it takes the planet to complete one rotation, so its circumference must be eight times 3,000 or 24,000 miles. This answer differs from the true value, 24,902.45 miles, by less than four percent.
Ultimately the value of dealing with everyday problems the way Fermi did lies in the rewards of making independent discoveries and inventions. It doesn’t matter whether the discovery is as important as determining the power of an atom or as small as measuring the distance between New York and Los Angeles. Looking up the answer, or letting someone else find it, deprives you of the pleasure and pride that accompany creativity, and deprives you of an experience that builds up self-confidence. Thus, approaching personal dilemmas as Fermi problems can become a habit that enriches your life.
l 答案及解析：
1． 文章標(biāo)題分析：Fermi Problem
On a Monday morning in July, the world’s first atom bomb exploded in the New
Mexico desert. Forty seconds later, the shock waves reached the base camp where the Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi and his team stood.（可見Fermi是一個物理學(xué)家， 但是在后續(xù)的句子中沒有看見與Problem相關(guān)的詞語或結(jié)構(gòu)的描述）After a mental calculation, Fermi announced to his team that the bomb’s energy had equated 10,000 tons of TNT. The bomb team was impressed, but not surprised.
2． 直接解題：
1. Fermi’s team was impressed by Fermi’s announcement in the base camp because he could even work out the power of the atom bomb in his mind.
A. True B. False C. Not mentioned
1．分析：答案：A。該題是細(xì)節(jié)方面的題。根據(jù)句子涉及到的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容劃分成2層信息：Fermi’s team was impressed by Fermi’s announcement in the base camp + because he could even work out the power of the atom bomb in his mind. 并利用題干中的“Fermi’s team，in the base camp，work out the power of the atom bomb”作為答案線索詞，這樣在第1段的第2，3，4句中找到答案相關(guān)句。
Ultimately the value of dealing with everyday problems the way Fermi did lies in the rewards of making independent discoveries and inventions. It doesn’t matter whether the discovery is as important as determining the power of an atom or as small as measuring the distance between New York and Los Angeles. Looking up the answer, or letting someone else find it, deprives you of the pleasure and pride that accompany creativity, and deprives you of an experience that builds up self-confidence. Thus, approaching personal dilemmas as Fermi problems can become a habit that enriches your life.
l 答案及解析：
1． 文章標(biāo)題分析：Fermi Problem
On a Monday morning in July, the world’s first atom bomb exploded in the New
Mexico desert. Forty seconds later, the shock waves reached the base camp where the Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi and his team stood.（可見Fermi是一個物理學(xué)家， 但是在后續(xù)的句子中沒有看見與Problem相關(guān)的詞語或結(jié)構(gòu)的描述）After a mental calculation, Fermi announced to his team that the bomb’s energy had equated 10,000 tons of TNT. The bomb team was impressed, but not surprised.
2． 直接解題：
1. Fermi’s team was impressed by Fermi’s announcement in the base camp because he could even work out the power of the atom bomb in his mind.
A. True B. False C. Not mentioned
1．分析：答案：A。該題是細(xì)節(jié)方面的題。根據(jù)句子涉及到的細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容劃分成2層信息：Fermi’s team was impressed by Fermi’s announcement in the base camp + because he could even work out the power of the atom bomb in his mind. 并利用題干中的“Fermi’s team，in the base camp，work out the power of the atom bomb”作為答案線索詞，這樣在第1段的第2，3，4句中找到答案相關(guān)句。