可可電臺，每期節目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識，豐富知識的同時受益于生活。

聰明人都這樣！

You're smarter ！

You're open-minded

思想開明

Smart people don't close themselves off to new ideas or opportunities.

高智商的人們不會對新的觀點和機會抱有消極的態度。

Hammett writes that intelligent people are "willing to accept and consider other views with value and broad-mindedness," and that they are "open to alternative solutions".

漢密特寫道，聰明的人“愿意用開闊的心胸接受和考慮其他觀點，發現其中的價值”，而且他們“對不同的解決方案持開放態度”。

Psychologists say that open-minded people — those who seek out alternate viewpoints and weigh the evidence fairly — tend to score higher on the SAT and on intelligence tests.

心理學家表示，思想開明的人——那些能夠找出和權衡各種不同觀點的人——通常能在美國學術能力評估測驗和智力測試中獲得更高的分數。

At the same time, smart people are careful about which ideas and perspectives they adopt.

與此同時，聰明的人也會謹慎決定自己采納的意見和想法。

"An intelligent mind has a strong aversion to accepting things on face value and therefore withholds belief until presented with ample evidence," says Alas.

阿拉斯說：“聰明的人不喜歡只看表面來決定是否采納，因此在得到充分證據之前都會持保留態度。”

【知識點講解】

close off 隔絕； 封鎖；

例句：

They found it best to close off the bedroom.

他們發現最好把臥室隔絕.

Because then we'd seal up one rathole and close off access to a lot of others.

因為那樣我們就會堵住一個老鼠洞,卻切斷通往許多其它老鼠洞的通路.

They were to protect the sides of the main landing area, and close off the beaches.

他們要保護主要登陸場的側翼, 并且封鎖海灘.

seek out 找出； 物色； 找到；

例句：

Children seek out regularities and rules in acquiring language.

兒童在學習語言過程中會找出各種規律和規則。

How can we seek out a really good person for the job?

我們怎能找到一個真正適當的人來做這項工作?

Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe.

對于當地公司來說，現在是時候去歐洲尋求商機了。

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