43　A Degree in Philosophy 哲学学位的用处

Wondering why my daughter was returning to college to get a master's in philosophy, I asked, “What can you do with a degree like that?” “Well,” she explained, “it will qualify me to deal with questions like, ‘What is existence?’ ‘What is the essence of things?’ and ‘Do you want fries with that?’”

我不明白为什么我的女儿要回到大学里去读哲学硕士的学位。我问她：“得一个这样的学位有什么用呢？”她解释说：“嗯，它会让我有资格去处理一些问题，比如：‘什么是存在？’，‘什么是东西的要素？’，以及‘你要炸薯条配在一起吗？’”