9岁的大学毕业生：天才少年是如何炼成

9岁的大学毕业生：天才少年是如何炼成的？
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阿姆斯特丹一名9岁的小神童——劳伦特将于今年12月获得埃因霍芬理工大学的电气工程学士学位，这意味着劳伦特将成为有史以来最年轻的大学毕业生。据悉，他仅仅用了两三年就完成了小学和中学的课程。后天教育对天才少年来说是否重要？而传统教育制度是否应该为早慧儿童做出调整？ 一起来听今天的课程讲解。

本篇课程首发于2019年11月18日
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9-Year-Old Whizz-Kid Completes Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
九岁神童获得电气工程学士学位
① A nine-year-old child prodigy is on course to become the youngest ever person to complete a university degree.
一位九岁的天才儿童即将成为有史以来最年轻的大学毕业生。
② This December, Laurent Simons will gain his electrical engineering bachelor's degree from Eindhoven University of Technology, a demanding course even for 18-year-olds. It has taken Laurent only nine months to complete what should be a four-year course. Laurent’s tutor said, “He is three times smarter than the best student I have met in my long career. He achieves a level of solutions that many adult students never reach.”
今年十二月，劳伦特•西蒙斯将从埃因霍温理工大学取得电气工程学士学位。这个学位对于18岁的学生来说都要求甚高，而劳伦特只花了九个月就修完了原本为期四年的课程。劳伦特的导师说："他比我在漫长职业生涯中遇到过的最优秀学生还要聪明三倍。他解决问题的水平达到了许多成年学生都未曾企及的高度。”
③ Laurent is half-Dutch and half-Belgian and lives in Amsterdam. He will now take the title of the world's youngest graduate from Michael Kearney, an American who gained a degree at the age of ten.
劳伦特是一名荷兰和比利时混血，现住在阿姆斯特丹。他将取代迈克尔•科尔尼—一位10岁时就取得学位的美国人—成为世界上最年轻的毕业生。
④ The young genius breezed through the entire primary school curriculum in only 12 months and then took just 18 months to complete his secondary school studies, effortlessly passing every test with flying colours.
这位年轻的天才只用12个月就轻松学完了全部小学课程，接着只用18个月就完成了中学学业，不费吹灰之力地以优异成绩通过了每一项考试。
⑤ While Laurent comes from a family of doctors, his parents cannot offer any explanation as to why their son is so academically gifted. His mother joked, "I ate a lot of fish during pregnancy."
虽然劳伦特来自一个医生家庭，但他的父母也无法解释为何他们的儿子在学业上如此天赋异禀。他的母亲开玩笑说："（也许是因为）我在怀孕期间吃了很多鱼。”
生词好句
1.whizz-kid (whizzkid)
英 [ˈwɪzkɪd]美 [ˈwɪzkɪd]
n. a young person (a kid) who is very good at something (usually something related to intelligence)
You can be a computer whizz-kid.
你可以是个电脑奇才。
You could be a financial whizz-kid.
你可能是个金融神童。
You could be a science whizz-kid.
你可能是个科学神童。
2.prodigy
英 [ˈprɒdɪdʒi]美 [ˈprɑːdədʒi]
n. a child who shows a special ability at a young age
Mozart was a child prodigy.
莫扎特是个神童。
3.on course
if something is ‘on course to happen’, it is very likely that thing will happen (or very likely to succeed as planned)
The national team is on course to qualify for the world cup.
国家队取得世界杯参赛资格在望。
The company is on course to make a profit this year.
这家公司有望今年盈利。
We are on course to meet the project deadline.
我们有望赶上项目最后期限。
4.demanding
英 [dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ]美 [dɪˈmændɪŋ]
adj. if something is demanding, it needs a lot of ability, effort, or time (it's difficult)
I found the book quite demanding.
我发现这本书很难啃。
She has a very demanding schedule next month.
她下个月日程安排很紧。
He decided to quit his demanding job.
他决定辞去他那份要求很高的工作。
5.what should be
we use this to talk about something we expect to happen in a normal situation