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电影《赌徒》讲述一位富有的大学教授沉迷赌博并陷入巨额债务的故事。影片通过主角马克·沃尔伯格的疯狂赌局，探讨天才与机遇的关系，适合练习英语听力与理解复杂情节。
First public notice that was ever made of Shakespeare was from a grub Street writer Robert Greene who called him an upstart crow beautified
关于莎士比亚的第一个公开记载，出自一位名叫罗伯特·格林的作家。格林称莎士比亚为“一个自命不凡的家伙，只不过是外表光鲜罢了”。
With our feathers in the book
（意为“我们已经取得了成功，可以自豪地展示自己的成就”）
In the book under that title on the board is the beautified feather thing because Greene knew that Shakespeare was the Earl of Oxford
在那本书里（书名就写在黑板上），有一个经过艺术加工的羽毛装饰品；格林知道莎士比亚当时是牛津伯爵。
Absolutely, not not even close I
当然了，绝对不是，差得远呢！
The Earl of Oxford published poetry, okay,
牛津伯爵确实出版过诗歌，没错。
and it wasn't any good I mean it Oxford been able to get a play put on he had a broken leg to do it
这根本没什么用……我的意思是，牛津大学虽然设法组织了一场演出，但那位演员的腿却骨折了，根本无法参加演出。
I mean, can you think of any human being that would for any reason not put his name on Hamlet?
我的意思是，你能不能想到有哪个人会出于某种原因而不把自己的名字写在《哈姆雷特》这部作品中呢？
The Oxfordian thing the anti-stress 14 thing what pisses people off about Shakespeare
那些关于牛津学派、所谓“抗压力”策略之类的说法，以及那些让人们对莎士比亚感到恼火的内容……
What lies behind every controversy about Shakespeare?
关于莎士比亚的每一场争议背后，究竟隐藏着什么？
is range range over the nature an unequal distribution of talent Rage that genius appears where it appears for no material reason at all
这种天赋的分布其实是不均衡的；天才往往会在毫无明显原因的情况下突然出现。
Desiring a thing Cannot make you have it Now the trouble with writing if I may bring it up here in the English department
渴望得到某样东西并不能让你立刻就得到它。现在，关于写作的问题……如果我可以在这里（英语系）提一下的话……
As we all do a little over from time to time writing and some of us start to think
我们所有人偶尔都会写点东西，而其中有些人就会开始思考……
delusionally Maybe with a little time a
也许过一段时间后，这种错觉会消失……
little piece a little money in the bank can you get that room your own you think well shit I
银行里只有那么点钱……你能自己租个房间吗？嗯……该死……
Might be a writer too.
也许我也是一名作家。
I Mean we accept genius in sports as something we cannot do
我的意思是，我们在体育领域承认天才的存在，因为这是我们自己无法做到的。
But it's no more likely that you could be a writer that you could be what an Olympic pole-vaulter
不过，你成为作家的可能性，并不比你成为奥运会撑杆跳高运动员的可能性更高。
Because what you have to be before you try to be a pole-vaulter
因为在尝试成为一名跳高运动员之前，你必须先具备某些基本条件（或素质）。
Hello is a pole vaulter?
Hello是一名跳高运动员吗？
No Yeah, you are one a pole vaulter a novelist.
是的，你既是一名跳高运动员，也是一名小说家。
No.
不。
I am NOT for me to be a novelist I would have to make a deal with myself that it was,
我并不想成为一名小说家；如果我真的想成为小说家的话，我必须先和自己达成一个协议，明确自己确实有这个决心和能力去写小说。
okay Being a mediocrity in a profession that died commercially in the last century.
好吧，在一个上个世纪就已经在商业上走向衰落的行业中，成为一个平庸之辈……
All right, people do that I'm not one of them if you take away nothing else from my class from this experience.
好吧，人们确实会这么做……但我不是其中之一。如果从我的这次教学经历中你们能得出什么结论的话，至少希望这一点能被记住。
Let it be this If you're not a genius Don't bother.
就让它这样吧：如果你不是天才，那就别费心了。
All right, the world needs plenty of electricians and a lot of them are happy
好吧，这个世界需要大量的电工，而且很多电工都过得非常幸福。
I'll be fucked if I'll be a midlist novelist getting good reviews from the people I give good reviews to
如果我最终只是个普通的小说家，却能从我那些经常给予好评的人那里得到好评，那我可就惨了……
Let's have a look at Dexter Dexter I
我们来看看德克斯特·德克斯特·I吧。
Don't want an area looking young man what size 40 jacket regular features and
我不希望某个区域的服装看起来过于“年轻化”（即过于适合年轻男性）。请问40码的夹克属于常规款型吗？
Decent dentition is the second-ranked collegiate tennis player in the United States of America
拥有整齐的牙齿是美国排名第二的大学网球运动员。
How'd that come about Dexter you come from tennis family?
这是怎么发生的呢，德克斯特？你出身于一个网球世家啊……
I?
我？
Mean I started playing five years ago in high school cuz the tennis guys are the best weed
我的意思是，我五年前在高中就开始打网球了——因为那些喜欢打网球的家伙都是吸大麻的“高手”啊……
After you started to tell us how long was it before you better than everybody before I was better than everybody before I knew it
在你开始告诉我们“过了多久你才变得比所有人都强”之前，其实我自己就已经变得比所有人都强了……只是我当时并没有意识到这一点罢了。
What happened when you noticed you were naturally better than everybody?
当你发现自己天生就比所有人都更优秀时，发生了什么？
I'm not interested in the game.
我对这个游戏不感兴趣。
That is an IQ break point brother Right there.
这就是智商的临界点，兄弟。
Do you remember Machiavelli?
你还记得马基雅维利吗？
That would have been in September?
那应该是九月份的事情吧？
I?
我？