12.15早读 | 有才华和天才是两回事,光有热情也当不了天才

12.15早读 | 有才华和天才是两回事,光有热情也当不了天才

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今天是Gwen陪你早读的第 2219 天哦!


听前想一想:用英语怎么说?


1. 多才多艺的男子

2. 他有数学天才。

3. 再多外界的认同都不能让你感到安全

4. 没有必要这么极端。

5. 孤注一掷的决定



12.15 早读原文

Talent isn't genius. And no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.


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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary


今日发音练习重点:

1. no(w) amount of energy 注意词间连贯

2. ge‧ni‧us 包含三个音节,不卷舌

3. I want to be great↗ or nothing↘.

言之有物

1. talent & genius


① talent: a natural ability to do sth well


→ 统指“才能”,指通过学习和勤奋掌握的本领、技术和其他的活动能力。


a talent 是“一种才能”,talents是“多种才能”,都指智力而不是体力。

a man of manytalents的男子


→“有才能的人们”(可数/不可数,一般不用talents)


She has a keen eye for spotting talent. [不可数]

她有识别人才的犀利眼光。


There are many good players on the team, but she's a special talent. [可数]

队里有很多优秀的球员,但她是一个特殊的天才


点击跳转回顾【People are attracted to people with talent. People without it find that threatening. 】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lWMOd7oaF0gAIJGB87nLXw


② genius: a very high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability, which only a few people have


天生的高度的智力,不指一般的聪明,如学校里的“高材生”不可算作有genius。


→ 天才,天赋


He has a genius for maths.

他有数学天赋


the genius of Shakespeare 莎士比亚的天才


→ 天才人物


He's a mathematical genius.

他是数学天才


Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

天才是矿里的金子,才能是挖掘矿藏的矿工。


Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

有才能的人达到别人无法达到的目标;天才会瞄准别人看不见的目标。


点击跳转回顾【We are no geniuses, and we have no shortcut to learning languages. We simply found ways to enjoy the process.】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SKoK1W8cajMDfhj69xkg3A


2. no amount of XX can/will do ... 再多/再大…也毫无结果/毫无影响


点击跳转回顾【When you're insecure, no amount of external validation can ever make you feel safe. 】

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sGqtjqXJoobhvwmMl7w_xw


3. so 指代前文 genius


4. be great or nothing 要么才华横溢,要么彻底放弃


拓展词链儿:

① all or nothing 要么彻底干完,要么根本不干


Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.

要么把这件事做完,要么就不做,只有这两种选择。


She either loves you or hates you - it's all or nothing with her.

她要不是爱你,就是恨你——就这么极端


all-or-nothing adj. 全赢或全输的;

an all-or-nothing decision (= one which could either be very good or very bad)

孤注一掷的决定


原声例句:This is an example of all-or-nothing thinking.

这是“全有或全无”思维的一个例子。


原声例句:It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

没有必要这么极端


This was an all-or-nothing proposition.

这是一个孤注一掷的问题。

图片源自《进击的巨人》


Parenting isn't all or nothing.

养育子女并没有这么极端

图片源自《初来乍到》


歌曲 《All Or Nothing》

② double or nothing〔下注的一种方式〕要么赢双倍,要么全输光

活学活用

请用all or nothing随意造句

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  • 张腾逸1

    最近老有回声是怎么回事?

  • 耐温存

    今天来报道

  • 夏沐_summer

    Talent isn't genius. And no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing.