校園英語口語習慣用語第253期:royal road
royal road 捷徑
【講解】
此語爲歐幾里得創造的。當時埃及王托勒密二世(Ptolemy U Philadelphus)問他能否用更簡單的方法教他數學,他回答道:“Sir, there is no royal road to learning."(陛下,學無坦途。)
【對話】
A:Did you hear the report yesterday?
A:你昨天去聽報告了嗎?
B:Yeah, the reporter is so young but so successful.
B:聽了,那個人真是年輕有爲。
A:He must pay a lot of price.
A:他肯定爲此付出了很大的代價。
B:Why do you say like that?
B:你爲什麼這麼說?
A:Because there is no royal road to success.
A:因爲成功無坦途嘛。