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星火英語四級美文聽力第64篇:Versatile Man

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Versatile Man

It is, perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile men. Right up until comparatively recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to acquaint himself with almost every branch of knowledge. Thus, men of genius likeLeonardo da Vinci or Sir Philip Sydney, engaged in many careers at once as a matter of course. Da Vinci was so busy with his numerous inventions, that he barely found the time to complete his paintings; Sydney, who died in battle when he was only thirty-two years old, was not only a great soldier, but a brilliant scholar and poet as well. Both these men came very near to fulfilling the Renaissance ideal of the ' universal man', the man who was proficient at everything.

Today, we rarely, if ever, hear that a musician has just invented a new type of submarine. Knowledge has become divided and sub-divided into countless, narrowly-defined compartments. The specialist is venerated; the versatile person, far from being admired, is more often regarded with suspicion. The modern world is a world of highly-skilled 'experts' who have had to devote the greater part of their lives to a very limited field of study in order to compete with their fellows.

With this high degree of specialization, the frontiers of knowledge are steadily being pushed back more rapidly than ever before. But this has not achieved without considerable cost. The scientist, who outside his own particular subject is little more than a moron, is a modern phenomenon; as is the man of letters who is barely aware of the tremendous strides that have been made in technology. Similarly, specialization has inderectly affected quite ordinary people in every walk of life. Many activities which were once pursued for their own sakes, are often given up in despair: they require techniques, the experts tell us, which take a life-time to master. Why learn to play the piano, when you can listen to the world's greatest pianists in your own drawing-room?

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outstanding [aut'stændiŋ]

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adj. 突出的,顯著的,未支付的

 
affected [ə'fektid]

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adj. 受影響的,受感動的,受疾病侵襲的 adj. 做

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phenomenon [fi'nɔminən]

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n. 現象,跡象,(稀有)事件

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numerous ['nju:mərəs]

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adj. 為數眾多的,許多

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considerable [kən'sidərəbl]

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adj. 相當大的,可觀的,重要的

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proficient [prə'fiʃənt]

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adj. 熟練的,精通的

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branch [brɑ:ntʃ]

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n. 分支,樹枝,分店,分部
v. 分支,分岔

 
versatile ['və:sətail]

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adj. 多才多藝的,多方面的,通用的

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musician [mju:'ziʃən]

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n. 音樂家,作曲家

 
brilliant ['briljənt]

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adj. 卓越的,光輝的,燦爛的
n. 寶石

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