失業的神童
Michelle and Jack are chatting at the dormitory.
蜜雪兒和傑克在宿舍聊天。
dormitory(n.)宿舍=dorm
Michelle: Shoot, I’m going to have to pull an all-nighter tonight. I’ve got a major test tomorrow.
蜜雪兒：哦不。我想我今晚得熬夜了。我明天有個大考！
pull an all-nighter=熬夜stay up all night熬夜major(adj.)主要的、重要的
Jack: I think you need to rethink your study habits. You should review earlier instead of cramming the day before the test.
傑克：你真的應該重新思考一下你的讀書習慣！你應該提前複習，而不是在考試前一天才惡補。
rethink(v.)重新考慮habit(n.)習慣review(v.)複習instead of=而非、作為替代cram(v.)為應考而死記硬背
Michelle: Have you ever heard of this genius in Japan? I bet he doesn’t have to study at all.
蜜雪兒：你聽?過一個日本天才嗎？我猜他根本不需要讀書。
Have you heard of...是否聽說過某人或物hear of (稍微)聽說hear about聽說(有大致的了解)hear from 聽說某人的消息、知道某人的近況bet(v.)以...打賭not at all 一點也不
Jack: Yeah I’ve heard of him. Apparently, he scored 188 on an IQ test, which is higher than what Einstein scored.
傑克：我聽說過！聽說他的智商188分，比愛因斯坦還高！
apparently(adv.)據說、聽說score(v.)得分higher than=高於（比較級）
Michelle: The news says that he learned to compose music and create paintings all by himself.
蜜雪兒：新聞說他自己學會了創作音樂和繪畫。
compose(v.)作曲,作文all by oneself=全憑個人
Jack: Yes, he was a child prodigy who was smarter than his teachers.
傑克：是的，他是一個神童，比他的老師還聰明。
prodigy(n.)神童be smarter than比...聰明
Michelle: I wish I could be a genius like him.
蜜雪兒：我希望我能成為像他這樣的天才。
I wish I could...我希望我可以（假設語氣）
Jack: Well, I did read something about him the other day. Apparently, this genius guy wasn’t able to find a job with a good salary because he never got a college degree.
傑克：但是前幾天我看到了這個天才的另一個消息。聽說他找不到薪水高的工作，因為他沒有大學學位。
be able to=能夠salary(n.)薪水degree(n.)學位
Michelle: He didn’t finish college?
蜜雪兒：他沒讀完大學？
finish college=完成大學學業
Jack: No, he didn’t bother to finish because the material in class was too easy for him. He got bored and dropped out.
傑克：嗯，他根本不想唸完大學，因為他覺得大學課程對他來說太容易了。他覺得太無聊就輟學了。
bother(v.)打擾、使困擾bother to VR=花心思做某事drop out (of school)輟學
Michelle: Well then. I guess geniuses face the same difficulties like us ordinary people.
蜜雪兒：好吧。我猜天才也會面臨和我們普通人一樣的難題。
face(v.)面對
Jack: And you really should study harder from now on.
傑克：而且你真的應該從現在開始更努力學習。
from now on=從現在起