GENIUS AND MEDIOCRITY 天才和庸人_英语美文

GENIUS AND MEDIOCRITY 天才和庸人

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GENIUS AND MEDIOCRITY

天才和庸人

Someone asked, “What is the difference between you and a mediocrity ?”

Genius said, “There is no genius in the world, but industry plus some foresight¹.”

“Is there a little difference between the two?” the man asked again.

The genius, pointing at a caterpillar², asked, “What's this?”

“A caterpillar.”

Pointing at a bird egg, the genius asked, “What's this?”

“A bird's egg!” the man answered.

At last, the genius pointed³ at a child and asked, “Who is he?”

“A newborn baby,” the man replied.

The genius shook his head and said, “Those are respectively a butterfly, an eagle and a

genius, but you said they were a caterpillar, a bird's egg and a baby. The different answers may be

the difference between a mediocrity and me.”

有人问：“您和庸人有什么不同？”

天才说：“世上没有天才，不过是勤奋加上一点远见而已。”

“天才和庸人二者一点区别都没有吗？”这个人又问。

天才指着一只毛毛虫问：“这是什么？”

“毛毛虫。”

天才指着一个鸟蛋，问道：“这是什么？”

“鸟蛋！”这个人回答。

最后，天才指着一个孩子，问道：“他是谁？”

“一个新生儿。”这个人回答。

天才摇摇头说：“刚才这些分别是一只蝴蝶、一只雄鹰和一个天才，但你却说它们只是

毛毛虫、鸟蛋和婴孩。答案的不同也许就是庸人和我的不同之处吧。”

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1 foresight
n.先见之明，深谋远虑
参考例句：
The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。 It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

2 caterpillar
n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫
参考例句：
A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。 A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

3 pointed
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。 She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。