异类之不一样的成功启示录 第45期:以一敌百

 　　"The average person has an IQ of one hundred," the voice-over continued.

　　“普通人的智商是100，”主持人的旁白在继续着，

　　"Einstein one fifty. Chris has an IQ of one hundred ninety-five.

　　“爱因斯坦的是150,克里斯的达到了195。

　　He's currently wrapping his big brain around a theory of the universe.

　　现在，他满脑子都装满了宇宙万物的各种理论。

　　But will his king-size cranium be enough to take down the mob for one million dollars? Find out right now on One versus¹ One Hundred."

　　他的特大号的脑壳真的能够绰绰有余地应对这些挑战者，获取百万美钞？《以一敌百》马上就会掲晓答案。

　　Out strode Langan onto the stage amid wild applause.

　　在疯狂的掌声中，兰根大步走上舞台。

　　"You don't think you need to have a high intellect to do well on One versus One Hundred, do you?" the show's host, Bob Saget, asked him.

　　“你认为自己并不需要特別高的智商就能在《以一敌百》中取胜，是吗？ ”

　　Saget looked at Langan oddly, as if he was some kind of laboratory specimen².

　　主持人鲍勃.萨吉特问他，表情怪异地看着这位全美国最聪明的人，就像是在看实验室的一件标本。

　　"Actually, I think it could be a hindrance," Langan replied. He had a deep, certain voice.

　　“事实上我认为会存在层层困难，”兰根回答道，他的声音深沉而稳健，

　　"To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts.

　　“如果你拥有高的智商，似乎就只应该思考深奥的问题，

　　You avoid trivia.

　　必须回避繁务琐亊。

　　But now that I see these people,"

　　但是现在我见到了他们

　　he glanced at the mob, the amusement in his eyes betraying just how ridiculous he found the proceedings³.

　　他的目光转向那些挑战者，从他的眼神中，可以看出他认为这个问题滑稽可笑，

　　"I think I will do okay."

　　我想我能表现得很好。

　　Over the past decade, Christ Langan had achieved a strange kind of fame.

　　过去10来年中，克里斯.兰根莫名其妙地变得名声大噪。

　　He has become the public face of genius in American life, a celebrity⁴ outlier.

　　他进入美国公众的视野，成为他们眼中的天才和非同寻常的名人。

　　He gets invited on new shows and profiled magazines, and he has become the subject of a documentary by the filmmaker Errol Morris,

　　他的名字经常出现在新闻报道里，他的身影也时常出现在杂志里面。

　　all because of a brain that appears to defy its description.

　　纪录片大师埃罗尔.莫里斯还把兰根载入自己的电影。

　　The Television new show 20/20 once hired a neuro-psychologist to give Langan an IQ test,

　　一个名为《20/20》的电视节目聘请了一位神经心理学专家给兰根做了一个智商（IQ)测试，

　　and Langan scored with literally⁵ off the charts, too high to be accurately⁶ measured.

　　兰根的IQ得分被精确地制成图表，他的智商太高了，因此不得不精确测量。

　　Another time, Langan took an IQ test, specially⁷ designed for people too smart for ordinary IQ tests.

　　还有一次，兰根接受一个特别的IQ测试，这个测试不同于普通人的IQ测试，是专门为那些聪明人量身定制的。

　　He got all the questions right except for one.

　　除了一个问题以外，他答对了其他所有问题。

　　He was speaking at six months.

　　他6个月大的时候就学会了讲话，

　　When he was three, he would listen to the radio on Sundays as the announcer read the funny papers aloud,

　　3岁的时候，他每个星期天都听着收音机播音员大声朗读一些有趣的文章，

　　and follow along on his own until he had taught himself to read.

　　他跟着朗读，直到自己也能读这些文章，

　　At five, he began questioning his grandfather about the existence of god,

　　5岁的时候，他便向祖父质疑上帝是否真的存在

　　and remembers being disappointed in the answers he got.

　　他记得当时听到的回答令自己非常失望。

1 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

2 specimen   

n.样本，标本

参考例句：

• You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
• This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。

3 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

7 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。