趣味英语第235期:怎么让自已像夏洛克·福尔摩斯一样聪明

Jordan DeWester asks:

乔丹·德韦斯特问道：

"How can I make myself as smart as Sherlock Holmes?"

“怎么让自已像夏洛克·福尔摩斯一样聪明？”

Try acting¹ like him. Read the books, watch the show, see what he does. Maybe that'll rub² off on you.

试着像他一样。读书、观看演出，看看他都做些什么。也许那会令你受益。

Be aware of what's going on around you.

留意你周围发生了什么。

Do the best you can and observe people.

尽你所能去观察别人。

Become a detective.

成为侦探。

Join the police force and you'll find out.

加入警察队伍，然后你就知道了。

Take police training and forensics training and all that. In your mind, pretend³ that you're being Sherlock Holmes.

接受警察培训和法医培训等等。在你的脑海中假装你就是夏洛克·福尔摩斯。

Start eating more vegetables. Just use brain food and that helps you keep — well, it helps me get smarter.

开始多吃蔬菜。食用健脑食物，这有助于你——好吧，这帮助我变得更聪明。

You should read a lot, especially Sherlock Holmes books.

你应该大量阅读，尤其是看夏洛克·福尔摩斯系列书籍。

Spend a lot of time in the library. Read everything you can get your hands on. Talk to people who know more than you do.

长时间泡在图书馆。阅读所有你能得到的书。和比你懂得多的人交谈。

Use Google. Google anything. Google something that you know little of and just read up on it.

借助谷歌。用谷歌搜索任何东西。搜索你不太了解的问题，然后进行研读。

Go to college. Don't drop out of high school.

上大学。不要在高中辍学。

Go to college, like, four times. Pay attention in school a lot.

上大学，四次。在学校要多加注意。

Study everything that he knows. And he'll help you with homework.

研究他知道的一切。他会帮助你做作业。

If you wanna be as smart as him, study a lot. And I don't mean just one or two hours. I mean six or seven and take up the whole day!

如果你想像他一样聪明，那就要多学习。我并不是说多学习一或两个小时。而是六或七个小时，占一整天的时间！

Trenchcoats! You have to wear lots of trenchcoats. That is where all of his power comes from. As soon as you put one on, you'll feel totally different. Your IQ will double, and there you go. You'll be just as smart as Sherlock Holmes.

风衣！你要经常穿风衣。这就是他所有力量的来源。一穿上风衣，你就会感觉完全不同。你的智商会翻倍，就是这样。你会和夏洛克·福尔摩斯一样聪明。

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 rub   

n.摩擦，困难，障碍，难点，磨损处；vt.擦，搓，摩擦，惹怒；vi.摩擦，擦破

参考例句：

• Don't let the wire rub up against the pipe.别让电线碰到管子上。
• He used to rub up against many famous movie stars.他过去经常偶然碰到许多有名的影星。

3 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。