A Great Clown Can Make You See Your Own Clumsiness好的小丑能讓你看到自身的笨拙

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I've worked in the circus①circus 英 ['s??k?s] 美 ['s?k?s]n. 馬戲；馬戲團my entire life. I studied to be a clown②clown 英 [kla?n] 美 [kla?n]n. 小丑；粗魯笨拙的人vi. 扮小丑；裝傻for many years. A great clown can make you see your own clumsiness③clumsiness 英 ['kl?mzinis] 美 ['kl?mzinis]n. 笨拙；粗陋；不漂亮. There are many famous clowns.Einstein was a clown. I always think of that famous picture of Einstein sticking out his tongue. That is a sign of extreme④extreme 英 [?k'stri?m; ek-] 美 [?k'strim]adj. 極端的；極度的intelligence. Dumb people are always working on their serious face. They think a serious face will make them seem intelligent. But intelligent people don't need a serious face.

我一輩子都在馬戲團上班。我學做小丑很多年了，一個好的小丑能讓你看到自身的笨拙。有很多著名的小丑，愛因斯坦就是小丑。我總想起那張很有名的、愛因斯坦吐著舌頭的照片，那是極富智慧的表現。愚蠢的人總是一副嚴肅的表情，他們認為嚴肅的表情會讓他們顯得有智慧，但有智慧的人并不需要嚴肅的表情。