第一，情景對話

A: I don’t know why you make stupid mistakes.

我不知道你為什犯這么愚蠢的錯誤。

B: I guess he just doesn’t have much gray matter.

我想他太笨了。

A: Stupid? No one is cleverer than him.

愚蠢？沒有人比他更聰明了。

第二，詞海拾貝

gray matter

exp. Intelligence. （智力，聰明，理解力）

e.g. Come on in—we could use your gray matter as we try to solve this problem.

來吧，我們可以用你的智慧來解決這個問題。

e.g. Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns.

運用你的大腦，想想如果委員會辭職會發生什么。

e.g. Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter.

當然，如果他們用自己的智慧想出一個可以接受的解決方案。

第三，語匯積累

make a mistake：犯錯誤

e.g. Look, I made a mistake—I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions and blamed you for what happened.

聽著，我犯了一個錯誤——我不應該草率下結論，就發生的事情責備你。

e.g. We've all made mistakes, but it's important to own up to them and learn from what happened.

我們都犯過錯誤，但重要的是承認錯誤并從中吸取教訓。