Three friendly aliens land on campus and ask students to explain human life. You have 10 minutes to explain university, dating, food, money, and social media to them.
Ruth: Okay, they're here, they're friendly, and they want us to explain human life in ten minutes. Go.
Michael: Ten minutes? For all of human life?
Ruth: University, dating, food, money, and social media. Ten minutes. Clock's running.
Michael: Right. Okay. University is where you pay money to be tired and stressed, but also it's where you meet your best friends, so it's worth it.
Ruth: Good start. Dating is when two people pretend to be very relaxed while actually being extremely nervous.
Michael: Accurate. Food is — okay, food is easy, food is just the best part of being human, no notes.
Ruth: Agreed, don't overthink that one. Money is a piece of paper, or these days, not even paper, that we all agreed matters a lot, even though none of us really understands why.
Michael: Beautifully explained. And social media is where humans show everyone their best five minutes and call it their whole life.
Ruth: Wow. That got dark fast.
Michael: I contain multitudes. Anyway — three minutes left. Any questions, aliens?
Ruth: They're just staring at us.
Michael: Understandable reaction to that last one about social media.
Ruth: Fair.
| Useful Phrase | 中文筆記 |
|---|---|
| clock's running | 時間在倒數 |
| no notes | 完美無缺，不用改 |
| contain multitudes | 一個人有很多不同（甚至矛盾）的面向 |
| understandable reaction | 可以理解的反應 |
Pick one topic — food, money, or social media — and explain it to an alien in three sentences or less.
選一個主題——食物、金錢或社群媒體——用三句話以內跟外星人解釋。