Chapter 29 Why Are N.E.W.T.s Always so Difficult?

Hermione had nothing to do, so she started to teach Harry and Ron some tips, but Chen Bin clearly saw that Harry was having a hard time listening, and Ron didn't understand at all, because Hermione was using mathematical formulas to deduce. Based on the magical principles required for this spell, a short paragraph of junior high school physics was added to explain the coefficient of friction and steel structure.

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Chen Bin really wanted to flip the table. It was a miracle that Harry, who had only attended Muggle primary school for six years, could understand. She actually planned to teach Ron, a pure-blood wizard who had never attended primary school, about junior high school?

Chen Bin turned the match into a standard embroidery needle and inserted it into the textbook.

Then, he took out the parchment, quickly drew a large number of patterns with a quill, and then used the levitation spell to send it to Hermione's desk.

This move really failed to hide from Professor McGonagall's vicious eyes, but it was practice time now, and Chen Bin's finished product was even more beautiful than required. Naturally, he thought that he was helping the two students who were still on the edge of entry. .

"Oh, what is this?" After Hermione saw the pattern on the paper, she felt as if she had opened the door to a new world. She had never thought of drawings of calculations and theories into practical applications, and she soon became fascinated by them.

Chen Bin poked her back with his wand and said dissatisfied: "I'm not showing you, but asking you to teach Harry and Ron according to these practical principles."

Hermione turned to look over and objected: "But if they continue to be taught like this, their theoretical knowledge will not be comprehensive. They only know what they say, but not why they say it..."

"The task of this class is to change needles. Can't you read the rest by yourself after class?" Chen Bin interrupted her and saw Mag from the corner of his eye as if he wanted to scold them for chatting, so he looked up after finishing this sentence ceiling.

Hermione knew that now was not the time to argue, and she couldn't stand the urging of Harry and Ron, so she quickly explained the meaning of the pattern.

"Follow this curve, well, think of this compartment as approximately four minutes and one second, and your mood swings will follow this high and low... Wait, what mood did you say you want to use? There is no requirement for this spell, you can also feel happy, angry, sad, and happy. ”

"what is this?"

"Ron, it's so obvious that you can't understand?" Hermione rubbed her fluffy curly hair with both hands and explained: "This is mental concentration. The dots are low-level concentration, and the connected lines represent a coherent and relaxed spirit. , the big upward circle at the end is the burst of moderate faith at the moment of casting the spell. Don’t ask me what faith is, that is, confidence that you can succeed.”

"What are these two circular charts?" Harry asked weakly.

"The first one is the release ratio of magic power. Think of it as four parts, a total of four minutes and one second. The circumference and the unplanned shape inside are used to compare the stable output throughout the whole process with the output changes caused by the spell at different times. Hey, listen Try it after you finish it. This is Bin's output habit and can only be used as a reference. Different people have slight differences. It only gives general changes and cannot be applied to you. Listen, the last chart is the hardness requirement. Don’t worry about why you fantasize like this, just follow the hardness of this ratio in your heart! And..."

Hermione spoke at the speed of a machine gun and taught them step by step how to complete the homework according to the requirements of the chart. In less than three minutes, the two of them turned the match into a metal wire, perfecting its shape bit by bit.

The students nearby also started to watch, listening with their ears perked up. Professor McGonagall turned a blind eye to this and pretended to lower her head while correcting the paper she had just received.

Chen Bin could only say oh hehe again.

This is a complete excerpt of the minimum amount of knowledge required to practice this spell, excluding any theory behind it.

Regarding theory, Hogwarts' N.E.W.T.s examinations do not consider whether students can pass at all.

"Arithmetic Divination" requires proficiency in geometry, undergraduate pure numbers and number theory.

"A Study of Ancient Runes" requires understanding the ancient Germanic language and deciphering its connections mathematically. If you want to learn this subject well, you need to be proficient in Latin and Middle English, otherwise you will not even be able to understand the literature.

"Potions" and "Herbology" are a hodgepodge of physics, chemistry and biology. The prototype of Chemistry is Alchemy, which cuts out the magic content, so how can these two subjects be separated from mathematics?

"Charms", "Transfiguration" and "Defense Against the Dark Arts" can be regarded as the three pure magic brothers.

"Charms" includes a complete modern spell system and theory, and "Transformation" includes all material transformation systems and theories. The N.E.W.T.s courses in any one subject are at least equivalent to a bachelor's degree in science and engineering.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts" has relatively little theory and is a very practical subject. It uses the knowledge learned from magic spells and "Transfiguration", plus some cracking spells for black magic, to combine it into an applied subject. . This is probably equivalent to a professional diploma from a technical school, plus an advanced milling certificate, and the ability to use an excavator to open soda bottles, right?

"Astronomy" is most like Muggle academics, its knowledge is equivalent to high school level astronomy knowledge, plus modern astrophysics knowledge.

Subjects with little technical content are "Muggle Studies", "Care of Magical Creatures", "History of Magic" and "Divination". As long as you are willing to memorize it, you will definitely pass!

All in all, the magic theory of various subjects includes geometry mathematics, pure mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology courses, and also hides three extinct foreign languages!

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What's even more amazing is that Chen Bin had seen some theories in Nama's collection that made his heart beat faster, involving even numbers, odd numbers, and the sum of odd prime numbers, which were used to improve a magic model conceived in the 13th century.

Chen Bin copied down the question and asked his handsome father, who then asked his former university colleagues, and found that this was the "Goldbach Conjecture" that has not been solved to this day!

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The magic world discovered Fermat's conjecture and the four-color conjecture in the 13th century. Today, the most cutting-edge magic journals also have magic discussions similar to the celestial theory that is explained jointly by general relativity and quantum mechanics. In the 18th century, German wizards used the decay rate of magic dissipation to speculate that mysterious rays would be emitted from invisible holes in the universe!

Therefore, after Chen Bin learned about the vastness of magic, he would never become a scholar, but only regarded magic as a means of saving his life.

[——The following is not related to the story——]

Today, the writer wants to complain about the age of movie actors again. This time, let’s talk about the actor who plays James Potter!

In the second half of the seventh episode of the movie version, which is the eighth movie, the Potters and Sirius were summoned by the Resurrection Stone. The actor who played James Potter was born in 1958, two years earlier than James in the original book!

Assuming that the eighth movie and the seventh movie were filmed at the same time in 2009, the actor was already 51 years old when he filmed this scene!

In the original book, James Potter entered the first grade in 1971 and graduated at the age of 18 and 3 months. According to the expected date of birth, the Potters were trying hard to make a little man in late October 1979, when James was only 19 and a half years old.

To understand what James looked like at the age of 19 and a half, you can directly imagine what Harry looked like at the beginning of the first half of the seventh episode, because the actor was 19 and a half when the filming started. If you think he is still too young, you can refer to the actor who played Cedric Diggory in the fourth episode, who was also 19 years old at the time.

So, what should James Potter look like when he dies? That is Harry who defeated Voldemort in the eighth episode of the movie, if the scenes are shot in order, because this movie was finished in June 2010 and some shots were reshot in December.

What does this mean? This means that no matter whether it is Harry at the age of 19 and a half or Harry at the age of 21 and a half in the reshoot, they actually look the same in our eyes!

It is often mentioned in the novel that Harry looks exactly like James except for his eyes, which is why Snape, the fake fresh meat, hates him so much!

Therefore, if we still regard the actor "Daniel" in the movie version of Harry as the real Harry, the Harry in the scene of the Resurrection Stone should look like the one in the filming of "Half-Blood Prince", because "Daniel" was only 18 years old when filming the sixth episode, and the appearance of James Potter summoned by the Resurrection Stone should be Daniel in the eighth episode, that is, one person plays two fathers and sons to fit the character setting in the novel.

When filming the first "Twilight", the actor who played Diggory was already 22 years old, older than the age when James died! However, the movie version of James Potter was at least 51 years old when filming this scene! Is it ridiculous?

In the first episode, a 54-year-old veteran actor was found to play the 31-year-old Snape, and this time a 51-year-old actor was found to play the 21-year-old James!

Of course, people can say that this James is an illusion, existing only in Harry's mind. When he sees that the Weasleys have aged so much at this time, he will imagine the appearance of his parents at any time.

However, in the final analysis, there are only so many professional actors in the UK. Some encyclopedias or short videos say that at that time there were only 6 registered actors in the UK who had not appeared in "Harry Potter". I am more inclined to believe that only 6 people did not audition rather than did not appear.

However, no matter what, the author's only allowing domestic actors to perform has greatly limited the casting. Many roles that are obviously very young were eventually played by old actors who are 10 to 20 years older than the original characters.

As a result, the characters who are obviously fresh meat and pseudo-fresh meat period have all become middle-aged to elderly. The original Snape, Lupin and Sirius should be about the same age as the actor of Barty the Younger, that is, about 33 years old, and no one was over 38 years old when they died.

Therefore, when I watched the sixth episode of the movie again, it was difficult for me to accept that Snape, who was 60 years old, played those inner dramas like a young man in his thirties. This actor is definitely an old actor and can play this role, but thinking of the original character setting still makes me feel out of the play.

Well... it's like... if the actor who played Emperor Qianlong played Li Xiaoyao, even if his acting was explosive, there would be a strong sense of being out of place, unless the audience has never played "Chinese Paladin".

Let's stop here for today!