1·Whatever we do, we should never delude ourselves into believing that gifted children or geniuses are different from the rest of humanity.
无论我们怎样做，都不应自欺欺人地相信有天赋的孩子或天才和其他人不同。
2·To think of geniuses and the gifted as having uniquely different brains is only reasonable if we accept that each human brain is uniquely different.
只有当我们承认每个人的大脑都是独特地不同时，认为天才和有天赋就是拥有独一无二地与众不同的大脑才是合理的。
3·But before we try to emulate geniuses or encourage our children to do so we should note that some of the things we learn from them may prove unpalatable.
但在我们试图模仿天才或鼓励我们的孩子这样做之前，我们应该注意到，我们从他们身上学到的一些东西可能并不适合我们。
4·Geniuses are supposed to be difficult, eccentric and hopelessly impractical.
天才被认为很难相处、行为怪僻且毫无实际能力。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·Geniuses, however they are defined, are but the peaks which stand out through the mist of history and are visible to the particular observer from his or her particular vantage point.
天才，无论如何定义，不过是在历史的迷雾中突出的山峰，是特定的观察者从其特定的有利位置所能看到的。