1·Amethyst is the birthstone for an Aquarian born in February and garnet for an Aquarian born in January.
生于二月的水瓶座人的诞生石是紫水晶，而生于一月的水瓶座人的诞生石是石榴石。
2·Amethyst is the birthstone for an Aquarian born in February and garnet for an Aquarian born in January.
生于二月的水瓶座人的诞生石是紫水晶，而生于一月的水瓶座人的诞生石是石榴石。
3·Vittorio Gnudi was born in Venezia on 29 June 1914.
维托里奥·格努迪于1914年6月29日出生于威尼斯。
4·Ukraine, where Conrad was born in 1857, and Poland, where he spent much of his youth, were phantom countries-both then part of the Russian empire.
1857年康拉德生于乌克兰，青少年的大部分时间则是在波兰。当时这是两个傀儡国，属于俄罗斯帝国。
5·The concept of the American Santa Claus originated with St. Nicholas, who was born in Asia Minor in 280 A.D. he was known as a kind, benevolent man; indeed made a saint because of his generosity.
美国人关于圣诞老人的概念源于圣-尼古拉斯，他生于公元280年的小亚细亚。众所周知，他是个和蔼、慈善的人；确实，由于他的慷慨宽大而成为一位圣徒。
1·Jack was a born teacher.
杰克是个天生的教师。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·She's a born leader.
她是个天生的领袖。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He was a born mechanic with a flair for design.
他天生是个有设计才华的机械师。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Or, put another way, expert performers—whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming—are nearly always made, not born.
或者换句话说，执行者中的专家——无论是记忆方面的还是外科手术方面，无论是芭蕾舞还是计算机编程方面——几乎都是后天培养出来的，而不是天生的。
5·Iconoclasts, either because they were born that way or through learning, have found ways to work around the perceptual shortcuts that plague most people.
要么天生如此，要么后天习得，总之传统叛逆者找到了困扰大多数人的认知捷径的替代方法。