The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter, I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining thins to them.

Translation

這次，大人們的反應(yīng)，是建議讓我把我的蟒蛇的繪畫(作品)放在一邊, 不管是從內(nèi)部還是外部, 而應(yīng)該讓我自己致力于地理，歷史，數(shù)學(xué)，文學(xué)。這就是為什么，在六歲的年級(jí)，我(被迫)放棄了那個(gè)可能使繪畫成為我的畢生偉大職業(yè)生涯(的夢(mèng)想)。因?yàn)槲业牡谝环L畫和第二幅繪畫(不被他們理解)我很沮喪。大人們從來沒了解過關(guān)于他們自己的任何事情，對(duì)小朋友來說無聊的總是永遠(yuǎn)(要)給他們解釋一些事情會(huì)讓他們對(duì)那些事情(繪畫)漸漸喪失信心。

Unfamiliar Word

Devote

奉獻(xiàn)，致力，貢獻(xiàn)，獻(xiàn)身，效忠，把…奉獻(xiàn)（給），把…專用（于）

career

n.職業(yè);生涯;事業(yè);速度，全速。adj.作為畢生職業(yè)的。vi.全速前進(jìn)，猛沖

he is now concentrating on a career as a fashion designer.她目前正專注于服裝設(shè)計(jì)師的工作。

disheartened

adj.沮喪的，灰心的。v.使沮喪，使泄氣;使失去勇氣(dishearten的過去式和過去分詞)

He felt disheartened,as he had failed in the examination.考試失誤，他覺得很喪氣。

tiresome

adj.無聊的;令人生厭的

It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue.排隊(duì)等候太煩人。

thins

adj.薄的;瘦的;細(xì)的;稀少的。vt.使瘦;使淡;使稀疏。vi.變薄;變瘦;變淡。adv.稀疏地，微弱地。

All I could manage was a thin,wan smile.我極力擠出了一絲勉強(qiáng)的苦笑

Phrase

lay aside

放棄(某種習(xí)慣)，積累(金錢)，把...放在一邊，暫時(shí)擱置一邊，

He finished the tea and laid the cup aside(她喝完茶后把茶杯放在一邊).

All animosities were laid aside for the moment(所有的仇恨被暫時(shí)擱置一邊).

Out side

類似 in side.

instead

反而;代替，頂替;反倒。在了解下面詞組前，再熟悉下這個(gè)單詞。

I have to spend much time to miss her instead of she had gone away.

instead to

而，表轉(zhuǎn)折。

For output,and write to that pipe instead of to stdout。輸出，應(yīng)寫至該管道而不是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)輸出

instead of

（用…）代替…， （是…）而不是…， （用…）而不用…

The farmers will be paid for their grain in cash,instead of IOUs.農(nóng)民賣糧，將以現(xiàn)金支付，而不是白條了。

We did the logo in lower-case letters instead of capitals.我們的徽標(biāo)用了小寫字母，沒用大寫。

It looks like an innocent by stander was killed instead of you.看起來是一個(gè)無辜的旁觀者當(dāng)了你的替死鬼。