TED演讲:性格的迷思--你究竟是谁(7)-英语课

时间：2019-01-18 作者：英语课 分类：TED演讲科学篇

英语课

I had a consulting contract I shared with a colleague who's as different from me as two people can possibly be. 我跟一名同事共同，负责一项咨询业务，我跟他是截然不同的两个人。

First, his name is Tom. Mine isn't. 首先，他叫汤姆。我不叫汤姆。
Secondly 1, he's six foot five. I have a tendency not to be. 其次，他身高1米96。我这辈子是不指望了。
And thirdly, he's as extroverted 2 a person as you could find. I am seriously introverted. 第三点，他是个及其外向的人。而我十分内向。
I overload 3 so much, I can't even have a cup of coffee after three in the afternoon and expect to sleep in the evening. 我心思很重，我要是下午三点之后喝了杯咖啡，那晚上就别想睡了。
We had seconded to this project a fellow called Michael. 我们还有一个助手，叫麦克。
And Michael almost brought the project to a crashing halt. 麦克几乎把整个项目给搞砸了。
So the person who seconded him asked Tom and me, 麦克的继任者问我和汤姆，
"What do you make of Michael?" “你们怎么评价麦克？”
Well, I'll tell you what Tom said in a minute. He spoke 4 in classic "extrovert-ese." 我稍后再告诉你汤姆是怎么说的。他的回答是非常典型的外向型。
And here is how extroverted ears heard what I said, which is actually pretty accurate. 而我的回答嘛，其实在外向者听来应该是非常精确的。
I said, "Well Michael does have a tendency at times of behaving in a way that some of us might see 我说，“其实，麦克有时候的一些做法，在我们某些人看来
as perhaps more assertive 5 than is normally called for." 也许过于自信了，可能有时候有点过分。”
Tom rolled his eyes and he said, 汤姆翻了个白眼说，
"Brian, that's what I said: he's an asshole!" “布莱恩，这不就是我刚刚说的：他就是个混蛋！”

1 secondly

adv.第二，其次

Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 extroverted

a.性格外向的

Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你认为你性格内向还是外向？
Are you introverted or extroverted? 你个性内向还是外向？来自轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)

3 overload

vt.使超载；n.超载

Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载，否则船会沉。
Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说