2023年03月四级第1套仔细阅读 Passage 1 原文翻译及答案解析

It's good to be smart. After all, intelligent people earn more money, accumulate more wealth, and even live longer. But there's another side to the story. The brightest people and strongest leaders sometimes make errors others don't, especially in situations that require common sense.

聪明是好事。毕竟，聪明人赚更多的钱，积累更多的财富，甚至更长寿。但故事还有另一面。最聪明的人和最强的领导者有时会犯别人不会犯的错误，尤其是在需要常识的情况下。

Travis Bradberry, president at TalentSmart, explained in his post Why Smart People Act So Stupid that "Rational thinking and intelligence don't tend to go hand in hand. Intelligent people are more prone to silly mistakes because of blind spots in how they use logic. These blind spots exist because smart people tend to be overconfident in their reasoning abilities." They are so used to being right and having quick answers that they don't even realise when they're making a mess by answering without thinking things through.

TalentSmart的总裁Travis Bradberry在他的文章《Why Smart People Act So Stupid》中解释道：“理性思维和智力往往不并行。聪明人更容易犯愚蠢的错误，因为他们在使用逻辑时存在盲点。这些盲点的存在是因为聪明人往往对自己的推理能力过度自信。”他们太习惯于正确和快速给出答案，以至于甚至没有意识到他们没有深思熟虑就回答，从而搞砸了事情。

A lifetime of praise leads smart people to develop too much faith in their intelligence and abilities. They often fail to recognise when they need help, and when they do recognise it, they tend to believe that no one else is capable of providing it.

一生的赞美导致聪明人对他们的智力和能力产生过度的信心。他们常常未能认识到自己需要帮助，而当他们确实认识到时，他们倾向于认为没有其他人有能力提供帮助。

"It's hard for anyone to graciously accept the fact that they're wrong. It's even harder for smart people because they grow so used to being right all the time that it becomes a part of their identity, Bradberry wrote. "For smart people, being wrong can feel like a personal attack, and being right, a necessity."

Bradberry写道：“对任何人来说，优雅地接受自己错了都很难。对聪明人来说更难，因为他们太习惯于总是正确，以至于这成为他们身份的一部分。对聪明人来说，犯错可能感觉像人身攻击，而正确则是必需品。”

Smart people also have a hard time accepting feedback. They tend to undervalue the opinions of others, which means they have trouble believing that anyone is qualified to give them useful feedback. Not only does this tendency hinder their growth and performance, it can lead to harmful relationships, both personally and professionally.

聪明人也难以接受反馈。他们往往低估他人的意见，这意味着他们很难相信任何人有资格给他们有用的反馈。这种倾向不仅阻碍他们的成长和表现，还可能导致有害的关系，无论是在个人还是职业方面。

Smart people develop overachieving personalities because things come so easily to them. They simply don't understand how hard some people have to work to accomplish the same things, and because of that, they push people too hard. They set the bar too high, and when people take too long or don't get things quite right, they assume it's due to a lack of effort. So they push even harder.

聪明人发展出过度成就的性格，因为事情对他们来说来得太容易。他们根本不理解有些人需要多么努力才能完成同样的事情，因此，他们推动别人太用力。他们设定了过高的标准，当人们花太长时间或没有完全正确时，他们就认为是由于缺乏努力。所以他们推动得更用力。