节目文稿
So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.
Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:
"That is a hat."
Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
语言点
- pilot:v. 驾驶;n. 飞行员 / 试播节目
- distinguish:v. 区分;例:to distinguish right from wrong 明辨是非
- concern:v. 担忧;例:I’m concerned. 我有点担心。v. 与……有关;例:This doesn’t concern you. 这件事和你无关。
- matters of consequence:重要事情;consequence: n. 结果 / 后果 / 重要性;例:a person of consequence 举足轻重的人
- intimately:adv. 密切地
- experiment:n. 实验
- sensible:adj. 明智的;sense: n. 感官
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