Unit 8 The Art of Smart Guessing
Unit 8 The Art of Smart Guessing
Pre-reading activities 1)Do you often make guesses?Are all your guesses "wild"ones or are they sometimes based on estimations? 2)You may not have heard of Enrico Fermi Please look extensively for information about Enrico Fermi,such as who he is and for what contribution he was awarded the Noble Prize for physics
Pre-reading activities 1) Do you often make guesses? Are all your guesses "wild" ones or are they sometimes based on estimations? 2) You may not have heard of Enrico Fermi. Please look extensively for information about Enrico Fermi, such as who he is and for what contribution he was awarded the Noble Prize for physics
Structure of the Text Part I.(para.1-Para.5) Part Il.(Para.6-Para.18) Part Ill.(Para.19-Para.20)
Structure of the Text Part I. (para. 1-Para. 5) Part II. (Para. 6-Para. 18) Part III. (Para.19-Para. 20)
Discussion of Paras.1-5 1.Why and for what purpose did the writer decide on the one-question quiz? Several years before,interviewing candidates for a job,the writer had grown tired asking "what experience do you have?" Therefore,he decided on the one-question quiz to find out how resourceful a thinker the new hire might be
Discussion of Paras. 1-5 1.Why and for what purpose did the writer decide on the one-question quiz? Several years before, interviewing candidates for a job, the writer had grown tired asking "what experience do you have?" Therefore, he decided on the one-question quiz to find out how resourceful a thinker the new hire might be
2.What do you think of the one-question quiz? Though it includes only one question,the quiz is absolutely challenging.That was why most of the candidates simply made a wild guess,and rarely did somebody have the courage-approximation. To get the right answer,you have to know how deep the Mariana Trench is and how fast a cannonball might fall through the water,and then hazard a guesstimate.This is really the scope of the knowledge of most people.Only those who are highly intelligent,knowledgeable,and resourceful are likely to solve the problem.Therefore,this one-question quiz is really a helpful way to find talented and resourceful candidates
2. What do you think of the one-question quiz? Though it includes only one question, the quiz is absolutely challenging. That was why most of the candidates simply made a wild guess, and rarely did somebody have the courage - approximation. To get the right answer, you have to know how deep the Mariana Trench is and how fast a cannonball might fall through the water, and then hazard a guesstimate. This is really the scope of the knowledge of most people. Only those who are highly intelligent, knowledgeable, and resourceful are likely to solve the problem. Therefore, this one-question quiz is really a helpful way to find talented and resourceful candidates