美語情景對話 第1359期:Hard Work vs. Talent 努力VS天賦(2)

Viyasan: Is there a task that you've spent a lot of time at and given that hard work to master?

維亞森：有沒有什麼事是你花費了很多時間並通過努力做到的？

Gyri: I started playing guitar three years ago, and I never played an instrument before. And usually I can be very lazy when learning new things. I get unmotivated very quickly. But one day I was just like, "Okay, I have a guitar lying around. I just really want to learn how to play now."

格里：我從3年前開始彈吉他，以前我從未學過任何樂器。在學習新事物時，我通常會很懶。我很快就會失去動力。有一天，我下定了決心，我想“好，我有把吉他放在那裏。我真的很想學會彈吉他。”

And I just put in a lot of work and hours and now I play the guitar and I am very proud of myself because I put that work into. And like maybe ... If I was born with a talent to just play guitar, that would be cool, but I wouldn't have the same satisfaction of putting my mind to it and getting good. Yeah, so ... I don't know what I was going to say.

我付出了很多努力和時間，現在我的吉他彈地很好，我爲自己感到自豪，因爲我投入了努力。也許……如果我生來就有彈吉他的天賦，那很酷，可是我可能不會下定決心並付出努力以完善自己的技巧，我可能無法體會到這種滿足感。所以……我不知道要說些什麼了。

Viyasan: Yeah, well that's a good example of using hard work and something that you like to do. That's amazing, yeah. So do you think there's any exceptions where talent is more important than hard work?

維亞森：嗯，這是在自己喜歡的事情上付出努力的好例子。這太棒了。你認爲有沒有例外情況，也就是天賦比努力更重要？

Gyri: I think so. Like, maybe especially in the entertainment business. You could put in a lot of hours, but if you want to be really good, like a really famous actor or a really famous singer, they'll choose the more-talented ones and often the most-talented ones are the ones with the predisposed talent. If that makes sense. Like ... Oh, I don't know what I was going to say. Sorry.

格里：我認爲有。尤其是娛樂業。你可能投入了很多時間，你想變得優秀，成爲著名演員或著名歌手，可是他們通常會選擇更有天賦的人，通常最有才華的人是那些天生有天賦的人。如果這樣說有道理的話。比如……哦，我不知道要怎麼說了，抱歉。

Viyasan: Here's an example I have. So one of my interests is basketball and usually the highest level of basketball is, I would say, the NBA, the National Basketball Association, which is run in America and Canada. And usually, lots of basketball players are very tall.

維亞森：我有個例證。籃球是我的一個興趣，最高級別籃球聯賽是美國職業籃球聯賽（簡稱NBA），在美國和加拿大運行。一般來說，許多籃球運動員都非常高。

Gyri: Right, right.

格里：對，沒錯。

Viyasan: For that reason, they're able to have longer limbs, they're able to do a lot more things with the basketball. For example, jump, shoot, run with the basketball and play the sport at a more higher level than someone who didn't have those natural, physical traits.

維亞森：因此他們的四肢很長，這樣更利於他們打籃球。比如，彈跳、投籃、運球跑，與那些沒有這種先天身體優勢的人相比，他們能在更高級別聯賽打球。

And so, I would say that, in that case, talent, if someone who's talented at basketball, would be at a slightly more advantageous position than someone who, for example, myself, I'm five, six, who puts a lot of hard work into basketball, but just can't beat someone who's six, four, and just runs extremely quick because they're talented.

我要說的是，在這種情況下，如果有人在籃球方面有天賦，那相比於其他人，比如我，他們就處於更爲有利的位置，我身高5英尺6英寸，我付出了很多努力練習籃球，可是我依然無法打敗那些身高6英尺4英寸的人，他們跑得很快，而且他們有天賦。

Gyri: Right.

格里：對。

Viyasan: So that might be one example of where talent, in some cases, beats hard work.

維亞森：這可能是有時天賦勝過努力的一個例證。

Gyri: Yeah. And I think the same goes for singing, for example. Like, you could practice singing, but if you're just born with a very beautiful voice, then maybe you're better off performing, for example.

格里：對。我認爲唱歌也是如此。你可以練習唱歌，但是如果你天生擁有美麗的嗓音，可能你會更擅於表演。

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重點講解：
1. be proud of 驕傲的；自豪的；
She is proud of her horsemanship.
她爲自己的騎術感到自豪。
2. make sense 可以理解；講得通；
There are usually several ways to wire components together, but not all of them make sense.
連接組件通常有很多方法，但並不是所有的方法都行得通。
3. in that case 那樣的話；在那種情況下；
They might not offer me much money, in that case, I won't work for them.
他們可能不會付我太多錢，如果是那樣的話，我就不會替他們工作了。
4. go for 適用於；
I told him to work harder, and that goes for you, too.
我告訴他工作努力些，這句話對你也適用。