UNIT 9 What Is Intelligence, Anyway课文翻译大学英语二

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1、Unit9WhatIsIntelligence,Anyway?IsaacAsimorAsimovexplainswhythereismuchmoreinintelligencethanjustbeingabletoscorehighonintelligencetests.Whatisintelligence,anyway?WhenIwasinthearmyIreceivedakindofaptitudetestthatallsoldierstookand,againstanormalof100,scored160.Nooneatthebaseha

2、deverseenafigurelikethatandfortwohourstheymadeanigfussoverme.(Itdidn'tmeananything.ThenextdayIwasstillabuckprivatewithKPasmyhighestduty.)AllmylifeI'vebeenregisteringscoreslikethat,sothatIhavethecomplacentfeelingthatI'mhighlyintelligent,andIexpectotherpeopletothinkso,too.Actua

3、lly,though,don'tsuchscoressimplymeanthatIamverygoodatansweringthetypeofacademicquestionsthatareconsideredworthyofanswersbythepeoplewhomakeuptheintelligencetests-peoplewithintellectualbentssimilartomine?Forinstance,Ihadanauto-repairmanonce,who,ontheseintelligencetests,couldnot

4、possiblyhavescoredmorethan80,bymyestimate.IalwaystookitforgrantedthatIwasfarmoreintelligentthanhewas.Yet,whenanythingwentwrongwithmycarIhastenedtohimwithit,watchedhimanxiouslyasheexploreditsvitals,andlistenedtohispronouncementsasthoughtheyweredivineoracles-andhealwaysfixedmyc

5、ar.Well,then,supposemyauto-repairmandevisedquestionsforanintelligencetest.Orsupposeacarpenterdid,orafarmer,or,indeed,almostanyonebutanacademician.Byeveryoneofthosetests,I'dprovemyselfamoron.AndI'dbeamoron,too.InaworldwhereIcouldnotusemyacademictrainingandmyverbaltalentsbuthad

6、todosomethingintricateorhard,workingwithmyhands,Iwoulddopoorly.Myintelligence,then,isnotabsolute.ItsworthisdeterminedbythesocietyIlivein.Itsnumericalevaluationisdeterminedbyasmallsubsectionofthatsocietywhichhasmanagedtofoistitselfontherestofusasanarbiterofsuchmatters.Consider

7、myauto-repairman,again.Hehadahabitoftellingmejokeswheneverhesawme.Onetimeheraisedhisheadfromundertheautomobilehoodtosay:"Doc,adeaf-and-dumbguywentintoahardwarestoretoaskforsomenails.Heputtwofingerstogetheronthecounterandmadehammeringmotionswiththeotherhand.Theclerkbroughthima

8、hammer.Heshookhisheadandpointedtothetwofingershewashammering.Thecler

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《UNIT 9 What Is Intelligence, Anyway课文翻译大学英语二》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库

1、Unit9WhatIsIntelligence,Anyway?IsaacAsimorAsimovexplainswhythereismuchmoreinintelligencethanjustbeingabletoscorehighonintelligencetests.Whatisintelligence,anyway?WhenIwasinthearmyIreceivedakindofaptitudetestthatallsoldierstookand,againstanormalof100,scored160.Nooneatthebaseha

2、deverseenafigurelikethatandfortwohourstheymadeanigfussoverme.(Itdidn'tmeananything.ThenextdayIwasstillabuckprivatewithKPasmyhighestduty.)AllmylifeI'vebeenregisteringscoreslikethat,sothatIhavethecomplacentfeelingthatI'mhighlyintelligent,andIexpectotherpeopletothinkso,too.Actua

3、lly,though,don'tsuchscoressimplymeanthatIamverygoodatansweringthetypeofacademicquestionsthatareconsideredworthyofanswersbythepeoplewhomakeuptheintelligencetests-peoplewithintellectualbentssimilartomine?Forinstance,Ihadanauto-repairmanonce,who,ontheseintelligencetests,couldnot

4、possiblyhavescoredmorethan80,bymyestimate.IalwaystookitforgrantedthatIwasfarmoreintelligentthanhewas.Yet,whenanythingwentwrongwithmycarIhastenedtohimwithit,watchedhimanxiouslyasheexploreditsvitals,andlistenedtohispronouncementsasthoughtheyweredivineoracles-andhealwaysfixedmyc

5、ar.Well,then,supposemyauto-repairmandevisedquestionsforanintelligencetest.Orsupposeacarpenterdid,orafarmer,or,indeed,almostanyonebutanacademician.Byeveryoneofthosetests,I'dprovemyselfamoron.AndI'dbeamoron,too.InaworldwhereIcouldnotusemyacademictrainingandmyverbaltalentsbuthad

6、todosomethingintricateorhard,workingwithmyhands,Iwoulddopoorly.Myintelligence,then,isnotabsolute.ItsworthisdeterminedbythesocietyIlivein.Itsnumericalevaluationisdeterminedbyasmallsubsectionofthatsocietywhichhasmanagedtofoistitselfontherestofusasanarbiterofsuchmatters.Consider

7、myauto-repairman,again.Hehadahabitoftellingmejokeswheneverhesawme.Onetimeheraisedhisheadfromundertheautomobilehoodtosay:"Doc,adeaf-and-dumbguywentintoahardwarestoretoaskforsomenails.Heputtwofingerstogetheronthecounterandmadehammeringmotionswiththeotherhand.Theclerkbroughthima

8、hammer.Heshookhisheadandpointedtothetwofingershewashammering.Thecler

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