聪明人-花费大量时间学习各种知识(1)

Are you intelligent？

 

你够聪明吗？

 

Intelligent people spend considerabletime educating themselves in various topics.

 

聪明人花费大量时间学习各种知识。

 

Being intelligent is high maintenance¹.Among other factors it is also something that is acquired and involves hardwork. An intelligent person is able to talk about just about anything becausehe reads and learns about everything under the sun.

 

聪明需要耗费精力来维护。诸多造就聪明人的因素中，努力不可或缺，且贯穿始终。一个聪明人能就任何话题侃侃而谈，那是因为他阅读、学习了世上各种知识。

 

聪明人更精通因特网。

 

Intelligent people are more internetsavvy.

 

An online survey showed that more thanthree-quarters of people who undertook the survey believe that the Internetmakes people smart. This idea stems² from the fact that Internet dispensesknowledge impartially³ and has also improved reading and writing.

 

四分之三参与网络调查的人都认为因特网能让人变聪明，因为它能无偏见地传播知识，还能提高读写能力。

 

他们更能熬夜。

 

They tend to stay up late till late atnight.

 

Sleep researchers tend to divide peopleinto two groups, based on whether they exhibit "morningness" or"eveningness." A recent study claims that eveningness is anevolutionary advancement⁴ that marks out "more intelligentindividuals."

 

睡眠研究者倾向于依人们的表现把人分成两类：“清晨型”和“夜晚型”。最近一份研究表明“夜晚型”在进化上是一种高级形式，能标记出“更为聪明的个体”。

1 maintenance   

n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持

参考例句：

• His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活，但仅此而已。
• He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

2 stems   

n.（花草的）茎( stem的名词复数 )；词干；（高脚酒杯的）脚；烟斗柄v.遏制[阻止]（液体的流动等）( stem的第三人称单数 )；封堵；遏止

参考例句：

• The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid. 当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员们的不满情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country. 她对花卉的兴趣产生于她在乡下度过的童年时代。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 impartially   

adv.公平地，无私地

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• We hope that they're going to administer justice impartially. 我们希望他们能主持正义，不偏不倚。

4 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。