royal road 捷径
【讲解】
此语为欧几里得创造的。当时埃及王托勒密二世(Ptolemy U Philadelphus)问他能否用更简单的方法教他数学,他回答道:“Sir, there is no royal road to learning."(陛下,学无坦途。)
【对话】
A:Did you hear the report yesterday?
A:你昨天去听报告了吗?
B:Yeah, the reporter is so young but so successful.
B:听了,那个人真是年轻有为。
A:He must pay a lot of price.
A:他肯定为此付出了很大的代价。
B:Why do you say like that?
B:你为什么这么说?
A:Because there is no royal road to success.
A:因为成功无坦途嘛。