美国语文第六册(MP3+中英字幕) 第64期:机智和才能(3)
日期:2018-09-27 18:43

(单词翻译:单击)

Take them to court: talent feels its weight, tact finds its way;
另外,我们考察一下在法院里的情形。才能可以让别人感受到一个人的影响力,而机智则可以让其尽情发挥影响力。
talent commands, tact is obeyed; talent is honored with approbation, and tact is blessed by preferment.
才能居于指挥地位,而机智则会令别人服从;才能荣享赞扬,而机智则优先得到上天的恩赐;
Place them in the senate: talent has the ear of the house, but tact wins its heart, and has its votes;
那么在参议院情形怎样呢?才能使议会能听到它希望了解的东西,而机智却能赢得它的芳心,获得大家的投票;
talent is fit for employment, but tact is fitted for it.
才智适合就业,而机智则使就业的人游刃有余。
It has a knack of slipping into place with a sweet silence and glibness of movement, as a billiard ball insinuates itself into the pocket.
机智具有一种悄无声息地占据有利位置,口齿伶俐地表达自己的想法的技巧,就像弹子球巧妙迂回落入袋中一样。
爱因斯坦

It seems to know everything, without learning anything.
机智不需要掌握什么就能洞察一切。
It has served an extemporary apprenticeship; it wants no drilling; it never ranks in the awkward squad; it has no left hand, no deaf ear, no blind side.
它需要一个练习不用事先准备,张嘴就说的见习期。它不需要刻苦钻研,在那些愚笨的人从来就不具备这种本领;它是信手拈来的,对周围的一切洞若观火。
It puts on no look of wondrous wisdom, it has no air of profundity,
它没有令人惊叹的智慧那不屑一顾的傲慢,也没有深奥的外表,
but plays with the details of place as dexterously as a well-taught hand flourishes over the keys of the pianoforte.
但是却敏捷地注意到所处环境的细微末梢之处,就像一只训练有素的手在钢琴键盘上跳舞一样。
It has all the air of commonplace, and all the force and power of genius.
机智披着寻常的外衣,却胜过天才所有的力量和影响力。

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重点单词
  • profundityn. 深奥,深刻,深刻的事物
  • approbationn. 认可,嘉许
  • geniusn. 天才,天赋
  • silencen. 沉默,寂静 vt. 使安静,使沉默
  • commonplaceadj. 平凡的,陈腐的 n. 常事,老生常谈,普通的东
  • movementn. 活动,运动,移动,[音]乐章
  • tactn. 机智,手法
  • awkwardadj. 笨拙的,尴尬的,(设计)别扭的