地道美语听力播客:Being Gifted
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
地道美语听力播客English as a Second Language Podcast (ESLPod)，是一家位于美国加州洛杉矶的英语教育研究机构推出的英文听力会话，于2005年7月23日首播， 主播Dr. Jeff McQuillan为南加州大学的语言学博士， 现专注于外国语学生的英语学习研究。该播客在iTunes store播客的教育子分类中，与Grammar Girl Just Vocabulary常居前三甲.
Would you want to have a special talent in something? Maybe as a musician or an athlete? I'm of two minds about this. Sometimes I watch TV or read about someone who has a special talent. This was true during the Olympics. Some of those athletes I saw were very talented. Whether it was playing soccer, running track, ice skating, or doing gymnastic routines 1, you could see how gifted they were and how well- trained and focused they were. I get the same feeling when I see musicians who can sing well or play an instrument easily. Watching or listening to them can take your breath away . I sometimes wish I had an special gift like theirs.
On the other hand, I also read about stories of children who are singled out as having talent early in life. Some of these kids begin training or practicing at the exclusion 2 of other things kids do, like hanging out with friends or learning 3 things in other subjects. Some of these kids don't go to school but are taught at home with tutors 4 instead. They may be sent away to teachers or trainers in other cities, sometimes even without their parents. And, sometimes they spend so much time developing their talent, they don't have much time to develop other parts of their lives. These kids often live under a lot of pressure to perform. I envy these kids’ talent, but I don't envy their lives.
I guess maybe it's not so bad being mediocre 5 after all. At least that's what I'll keep telling myself when I practice this week.
- The artists were going through their daily routines. 艺术家们正进行日常的练习活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid. 医院中护士的日常工作非常刻板。 来自辞典例句
- Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
- He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
- The students have submitted their essays to their tutors. 学生把论文递交给导师。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- To all appearances this was done out of respect for the tutors. 看上来全是尊师。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
- The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦，但学业平庸。
- Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。