雅思阅读辅导：人们对天才的认识和定义

　　阅读段落

　　Geniuses, however they are defined, are but the peaks which stand out through the mist of history and are visible to the particular observer from his or her particular vantage point. Change the observers and the vantage points, clear away some of the mist, and a different lot of peaks appear. Genius is a term we apply to those whom we recognise for their outstanding achievements and who stand near the end of the continuum of human abilities which reaches back through the mundane and mediocre to the incapable. There is still much truth in Dr Samuel Johnsons observation, The particular direction. We may disagree with the general, for we doubt if all musicians of genius could have become scientists of genius or vice versa, but there is no doubting the accidental determination which nurtured or triggered their gifts into those channels into which they have poured their powers so successfully. Along the continuum of abilities are hundreds of thousands of gifted men and women, boys and girls.

　　段落大意

　　本段总结了人们对天才的认识和定义。

　　阅读笔记

　　Geniusespeaks stand out history，visible to the particular observer，from particular vantage point

　　A termapply to those recognized for outstanding achievements stand near the end of the continuum of human abilities

　　+The particular direction general

　　逻辑关系

　　1. 因果

　　We doubt if all musicians of genius could have become scientists of genius or vice versa.

　　We may disagree with the general.

　　2. 对比

　　We doubt if all musicians of genius could have become scientists of genius or vice versa.

　　There is no doubting the accidental determination which nurtured or triggered their gifts into those channels into which they have poured their powers so successfully.