royal road 捷徑
【講解】
此語(yǔ)為歐幾里得創(chuàng)造的。當(dāng)時(shí)埃及王托勒密二世(Ptolemy U Philadelphus)問(wèn)他能否用更簡(jiǎn)單的方法教他數(shù)學(xué),他回答道:“Sir, there is no royal road to learning."(陛下,學(xué)無(wú)坦途。)
【對(duì)話】
A:Did you hear the report yesterday?
A:你昨天去聽報(bào)告了嗎?
B:Yeah, the reporter is so young but so successful.
B:聽了,那個(gè)人真是年輕有為。
A:He must pay a lot of price.
A:他肯定為此付出了很大的代價(jià)。
B:Why do you say like that?
B:你為什么這么說(shuō)?
A:Because there is no royal road to success.
A:因?yàn)槌晒o(wú)坦途嘛。