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1. Leaders often have charisma（魅力） an attractive quality that makes other people admire
them and want to follow them.(Para. 2)
领导者通常具有魅力，一种吸引人的品质，能让其他人钦佩他们，想要追随他们。
2. A person who has a(n) brilliant（杰出的）mind can do extraordinary things that no one
with a normal mind can imagine.(Para. 2)
一个有聪明头脑的人可以做出常人无法想象的非凡的事情。
3. It matters little whether people are physically beautiful or ugly （ 丑 陋 的 ） ， because
people's minds and souls are more important.(Para. 2)
人的外表美还是丑并不重要，因为人的思想和灵魂更重要。
4. When faced with awkward/razor-sharp （杰 出 的 ） questions in a conversation, we
often get stuck.(Para. 3)
当我们在对话中面对尴尬/尖锐的问题时，我们经常被卡住。
5. Unfortunately, this apparently straightforward （ 简 单 的 ） question turns out to be
harder to answer than one might suppose.
不幸的是，这个看似简单的问题实际上比人们想象的更难回答。
6. We cannot attempt to predict all the tough（困难的）questions children will ask.(Para. 9)
我们不能试图预测孩子们会问的所有棘手问题。
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1. Using a counter-example （使用一个反例）to a proposition or claim is to use example
that proves that the proposition or claim is not true.
用一个命题或主张的反例就是用一个例子来证明这个命题或主张是不正确的。
2. In order to challenge others' opinions on one,issue and make yours reasonable, you should
debate their ideas（辩论他们的想法）.
为了挑战别人对某一问题的看法，并使你的观点变得合理，你应该辩论他们的观点。
3. when you have to begin a conversation （开始一段对话）with nothing to talk about,
you may try to ask brief questions, tell an interesting story or make some random comments.
当你不得不开始一段无话可说的谈话时，你可以试着问一些简短的问题，讲一个有趣的
故事，或者随意发表一些评论。
4. In order to question the assumption （问题的假设）of Aristotle that the heavier object
has a higher failing speed, Gailileo did an experiment in the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
为了质疑亚里士多德的假设，即物体越重，失败的速度越快，伽利略在比萨斜塔做了一个
实验。
5. A paper published in Physics Today challenges how physics is taught and states that teaching
fails to reveal the limits （揭示了限制）of our understanding.
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