这是MIT的一个Joke但讲的是一个Truth....
发布时间：2016-01-14来源：查字典留学网
Charles Leiserson
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这是MIT的一个笑话.......但是一个真相！MIT的Bill Freeman教授曾经给所有的同事发过一份邮件，问他们对这样一个问题：要想在研究上有所建树，一个研究人员所需要的最重要的素养是什么？谈谈自己的想法。其中《Introduction to Algorithms》的作者之一Charles Leiserson教授回了一封有趣的邮件，读来令人忍俊不禁：(先放英文版，后面会翻译）
Bill,I'll tell you a joke instead.A rabbit is caught by a wolf. The wolf is about to eat the rabbit, but the rabbit protests, I'm only a few weeks away from defending my Ph.D. dissertation. I have worked so hard, and everyone tells me I have so much promise. It would be a shame to kill me when I have such a bright future of research contributions ahead of me that will bene?t the world. The wolf says, You're writing a Ph.D. dissertation? What is it on? The rabbit replies, It's entitled, The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves. The wolf says, That's about the stupidest thing you could have said. I'll eat you right now. The rabbit says, Wait, wait! Come to my den and read my thesis draft. If you don't agree with my conclusions, I will willingly give myself up to you. So, the wolf goes off with the rabbit to the rabbit's den ... and the wolf never comes out.A few weeks later, the rabbit is caught by a fox. The fox is about to eat the rabbit, but the rabbit protests, I'm only a few days away from defending my Ph.D. dissertation. I have worked so hard, and everyone tells me I have so much promise. It would be a shame to kill me when I have such a bright future of research contributions ahead of me that will bene?t the world. The fox says, You're writing a Ph.D. dissertation? What is it on? The rabbit replies, It's entitled, The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves. The fox says, That's about the stupidest thing you could have said. I'll eat you right now. The rabbit says, Wait, wait! Come to my den and read my thesis draft. If you don't agree with my conclusions, I will willingly give myself up to you. So, the fox goes off with the rabbit to the rabbit's den ... and the fox never comes out.A few weeks later, the rabbit is out and meets up with his old friend the muskrat. The muskrat says, I hear you ?nally earned your Ph.D. Congratulations! The rabbit says, Yes, I just defended my Ph.D. thesis a few days ago. The muskrat asks, What was your thesis topic? The rabbit answers, The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves. The muskrat says, That's quite interesting. Can I read it? The rabbit says, Sure. Come to my den. They enter the den, and the muskrat sees the bones of foxes and wolves all over the ?oor. In the corner is a large lion.
Bill，我打算用个小笑话来回答你这个问题。
有只兔子被一只狼给逮住了。狼刚要吃这只兔子的时候，这只兔子求饶：“我再有几周就能博士论文答辩了。我为此实在超努力，所有人都说我大有前途。在我未来一片光明即将为研究做出贡献，为世界创造福祉的时候，你要杀了我那岂不是一大罪过？”
狼于是说：“你在写论文？什么内容？”
兔子回答：“标题是：兔子们优越于狼和狐狸之处。”
狼说：“那可真是你能说的最蠢的话了！我马上就吃掉你！”
兔子说：“慢着，慢着！到我的洞穴里去，我给你读读我的论文草稿。如果你着实不同意我的看法，我会自己奉上小命。”
于是，狼就和这兔子去了洞穴。。。然后，这只狼再也没出来过了。
几周之后，这只兔子被一只狐狸给逮住了。狐狸刚要吃这只兔子的时候，这只兔子求饶：“我再有几周就能博士论文答辩了。我为此实在超努力，所有人都说我大有前途。在我未来一片光明即将为研究做出贡献，为世界创造福祉的时候，你要杀了我那岂不是一大罪过？”
狐狸于是说：“你在写论文？什么内容？”兔子回答：“标题是：兔子们优越于狼和狐狸之处。“
狐狸说：“那可真是你能说的最蠢的话了！我马上就吃掉你！”兔子说：“慢着，慢着！到我的洞穴里去我给你读读我的论文草稿。如果你着实不同意我的看法，我会自己奉上小命。”
于是，狐狸就和这兔子去了洞穴。。。然后，这只狐狸再也没出来过了。
又过了几周，这只兔子出洞了然后和他的老朋友麝鼠见面。麝鼠说：“我听说你最后拿到博士学位了！恭喜！”
兔子说：“是的，我几天前才刚答辩完。”麝鼠问：“你论文写得啥？”兔子答：“兔子优于狐狸和狼之处”麝鼠：“那可真有意思！我能拜读下么？”兔子说：“当然。来我的兔子洞吧。”
他们一同进入洞穴，麝鼠看见满地都是狐狸和狼的骨头。
而在洞穴一角，是一只巨狮。
这故事的主旨是：比论文主题和内容都重要的是谁是你的导师。