中阶教育|第36集：成功人士小时候都挺傻的？

音频一：

Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit. His mother, who had only a third-grade education, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms. To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class. He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

音频二：

Yet how many know Shakespeare, the person, the man behind the works? After centuries of research, scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personal history. It is not easily found in his writings.

重点词汇：

1，household n.一家人；家庭 adj.家庭的，家用的

同义替换：family

2，Detroit /di'trɔit/ n.底特律（美国密歇根州最大城市）

3，dumb [dʌm] adj.愚蠢的

同义替换：stupid adj.愚蠢的,傻的【语气强烈,常用于表达愤怒或强烈指责某人的行为】

silly adj.没头脑的,傻的〔silly的语气比stupid温和许多〕

foolish 愚蠢的〔foolish 相当正式,主要用于书面英语,日常英语中通常用silly或stupid〕

4，temper ['tempə] n.坏脾气；情绪

have a terrible temper 脾气不好

5，yet 但是，可是，然而

同义替换：but

6，works 著作；〔艺术〕作品

7，writings n.〔重要作者的〕著作

writing〔尤指某作者或关于某主题的〕著作，作品

8，history n.个人经历，履历

跟读训练：

一、

Doctor Ben Carson grew up in a poor single parent household in Detroit.

本·卡森医生在底特律一个贫穷的单亲家庭长大。

His mother, who had only a third-grade education,

他母亲只有小学三年级的文化水平，

worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms.

做两份清洁卫生间的工作。

To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class.

他的同学，甚至是老师都认为他是班里最笨的孩子。

He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

他脾气很差，曾经扬言说要杀了一名同学。

二、

Yet how many know Shakespeare, the person, the man behind the works?

然而，又多少人知道在作品背后，莎士比亚是个什么样的人呢？

After centuries of research,

经历了几个世纪的研究，

scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personal history.

学者们依然在努力发现莎士比亚的个人履历。

It is not easily found in his writings.

从他的著作里不那么容易找到线索。

背景拓展：

听完了，咱们来讲讲现在被世人所知道的莎士比亚的童年故事，莎士比亚出生在英国的一个小镇Stratford，父亲是个商人。这个小镇经常有剧团来巡回演出。莎士比亚在观看演出时惊奇地发现，小小的舞台，少数几个演员，就能把历史和现实生活History and real life中的故事表现出来。他觉得神奇极了，深深地喜欢上了戏剧。他经常和孩子们一起，学着剧中的人物和情节演起戏来，并想长大后从事与剧本相关的工作。长大以后，莎士比亚工作之余，还悄悄地看舞台上的演出，并坚持自学文学 literature、历史history、哲学philosophy 等课程，还自修了希腊文Greek 和拉丁文Latin。当剧团需要临时演员时，他“近水楼台先得月”，再加上他的才华，他终于能演一些配角了。演配角时，莎士比亚也认真演好，他出色的理解力和精湛的演技，使他不久就被剧团吸收为正式演员，从此开启了他的戏剧开挂生涯。

钢琴曲《A Mozart Reincarnated》