第一，情景对话

A: I don’t know why you make stupid mistakes.

我不知道你为什犯这么愚蠢的错误。

B: I guess he just doesn’t have much gray matter.

我想他太笨了。

A: Stupid? No one is cleverer than him.

愚蠢？没有人比他更聪明了。

第二，词海拾贝

gray matter

exp. Intelligence. （智力，聪明，理解力）

e.g. Come on in—we could use your gray matter as we try to solve this problem.

来吧，我们可以用你的智慧来解决这个问题。

e.g. Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the committee resigns.

运用你的大脑，想想如果委员会辞职会发生什么。

e.g. Surely they'll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some gray matter.

当然，如果他们用自己的智慧想出一个可以接受的解决方案。

第三，语汇积累

make a mistake：犯错误

e.g. Look, I made a mistake—I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions and blamed you for what happened.

听着，我犯了一个错误——我不应该草率下结论，就发生的事情责备你。

e.g. We've all made mistakes, but it's important to own up to them and learn from what happened.

我们都犯过错误，但重要的是承认错误并从中吸取教训。