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Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories.
Each week we report on words and expressions commonly used in American English.
Today, we talk about people who can do many things.
Someone with many abilities often is called a "Jack-of-all-trades" or a "Renaissance person."
A "Jack-of-all-trades" is a person who can do many different jobs. "Jack" is an old word for a worker and a "trade" is a kind of job or skill.
A Renaissance man or a Renaissance woman is a little different. This expression deals with a person's education and knowledge, not so much with his or her skills.
The word "Renaissance" comes from Old French and means "rebirth."
The Renaissance is a period of European history that began in the 14th century. It's a time when Europe began to awaken from the long period known as the Middle Ages.
Classical learning from Ancient Greece and Rome was reborn in many parts of Europe.
During the Renaissance, people became more interested in learning and educating themselves.
The word renaissance can describe anything that is experiencing a rebirth.
Arts, crafts and musical styles often undergo a renaissance. For example, you might say that currently in the U.S. playing the ukulele is experiencing a renaissance.
Many people are learning to play this small, Hawaiian guitar. Used in this way, "renaissance" is not capitalized.
In the U.S, the Harlem Renaissance is an African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
Named after a neighborhood of New York City, this Renaissance celebrated African-American culture, traditions, and ways of life.
However, when talking about people, the term Renaissance man or woman refers to a person who is talented in many areas, especially the arts and sciences. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Benjamin Franklin often are called Renaissance men.
Everyone knows about these guys. The names of Renaissance women in history may be less well known. In the past it wasn't as easy for women to get a formal education, even during the "awakening." Also, women were often too busy at home to study up on their science.
But some women did find time.
A German woman named Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a Renaissance woman. She spent her life investigating and drawing nature. After her husband died, she and her daughters traveled to Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. For two years, they observed insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
Her book titled "The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname," showed Europeans for the first time the great diversity of the South American rain forest.
A more recent example of a Renaissance woman is the Austrian Hedy Lamar.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Lamar was one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars. She was also an inventor.
During the Second World War, she created a way to protect radio communications from enemy troops. Her method switched radio frequencies in a preprogrammed pattern.
While the Navy did not use the technology, other inventors built upon her idea. Eventually, the U.S. government did use frequency hopping as do many telecommunications companies today.
Lamar once said she hated being known for her beauty and not her mind – a problem Renaissance men like da Vinci and Franklin most likely did not have to face.
And that brings us to the end of this Words and Their Stories.
Do you have a favorite Renaissance woman or man? Do you have a similar word in your language? Let us know in the Comments Section.
I'm Anna Matteo.
重点解析
1.deal with 处理；涉及；做生意
Because it deals with the matter of the heart.
因为它是在处理内心的问题。
2.refer to 参考；涉及；指的是；适用于
Does your remark refer to all of us?
你的评论指的是我们所有的人吗?
3.be well known 众所周知
He aspires to be well known as a science-fiction writer.
他渴望成为有名的科幻小说家
4.be talented in 在······方面有天赋
Such humans will also be talented in creative endeavors of all kinds, including art, music, dance, theater, song, writing, public speaking and so on.
这些人也将擅长于一切种类的创造性努力，包括艺术、音乐、舞蹈、剧院、歌曲、写作、公共演讲等。
参考译文
欢迎大家收听《词汇掌故》。
每周我们都会和大家讲解一些美语里常用的单词和表达。
今天，我们来聊聊多才多艺的人。
一般身兼多项本领的人被叫做“万事通”或者"多才多艺的人"。
"Jack-of-all-trades"是指一个人能做许多不同的工作。“"Jack"旧指工人，“trade”是指一种职业或者技能。
“多才多艺的人”（和“万事通”相比）意思还是有点不同的。“多才多艺的人”的表达主要针对人的教育和知识，和他或她的技能关系不大。
单词“Renaissance”来自古法语，意思是“复兴”。
文艺复兴是指14世纪欧洲的一段历史时期，这时期欧洲人从长期的中世纪里觉醒了。
古希腊和古罗马时期的古典文学在欧洲许多地方复兴了。
在文艺复兴时期，人们变得对学习和自我提升更感兴趣。
单词“renaissance”能被用来描述任何正在复兴的事物。
艺术，工艺以及音乐形式经常会经历复兴。例如，你可能会说最近美国正复兴玩尤克里里。
许多人都在学习弹这种小小的夏威夷吉他。这种用法里的"renaissance"不用大写。
在美国，哈莱姆文艺复兴是指二十世纪二三十年代的一场美国黑人文化运动。
这场运动以纽约市的一个街区命名，向美国黑人文化、传统以及生活方式致敬。
但当谈论人的时候，词组“Renaissance man or woman”是指在许多领域有天赋的人，尤其是艺术和科学领域。列奥纳多·达·芬奇，米开朗琪罗，本杰明·富兰克林经常被称作多才多艺的人。
这些人众所周知。多才多艺的女性在历史上可能没那么出名。过去女性接受正规教育都不容易，即使觉醒时期也不例外。另外，女性在家常常太忙，无暇研究科学。
但是确实有女性挤出了时间。
德国的一位名叫玛丽亚·西比拉·梅里安（1647-1717）的女性就是一位多才多艺的人。她倾其毕生研究和描绘自然。她丈夫去世后，她和女儿去了苏里南的首都帕拉马里博旅游。（在那儿）她们花了二年时间观察昆虫、鸟类、爬行动物和两栖动物。
她的一本名为《苏里南昆虫的蜕变》的作品第一次向欧洲人展示了南美热带雨林物种的多样性。
关于多才多艺女性的更近一点的例子就是奥地利人海蒂·拉玛。
在20世纪三四十年代，拉玛是好莱坞最红的电影明星之一，她同时也是一个发明家。
二战期间，她发明了一种保护无线电通讯不受敌军干扰的方法，她的方法能以预先编程的方式改变无线电频率。
尽管美国海军没有使用这项技术，但是其他的发明家用她的理念创造了新发明。最终，美国政府也像今天的许多电信公司一样使用无线跳频技术。
拉玛曾说自己讨厌因美貌而非思想为人所熟知，这是一个很大可能像达芬奇和富兰克林这样多才多艺的人不必面对的问题。
又到了节目的尾声了。
你有喜欢的多才多艺的女性或者男性吗？在你的语言里有类似表达的词吗?在评论区写下来吧。
我是安娜·马特奥。
