周二写的视听说演讲作业，经过英语母语者修改后我自己再编辑的，现在应该没什么语法错误了。

“Creativity is a talent that some people have and others do not.”

My English speech assignment is to comment on this sentence. Please correct it on grammar and suggest a more native usage of the language.

I do believe people have different innate abilities, including creative thinking. But I don't agree that talent is everything. One's achievements depend on many factors, not only talent. In fact, so-called talent may be the least contributing factor to a person's success, or even a limit to further studies.

We can't see anyone is great just because of his or her talents. Rather than that, we can see many people succeed by their hard work. As Issac Newton said, "If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work." So I think the word "talent" is a word to describe the ability to achieve something great through one's hard work.

Therefore, I think creativity is an ability that we can learn. Even though you may have some talent, you also need to learn how to use it. Pasteur, who is a French chemist and microbiologist, once said, "Luck favors the prepared mind." Maybe you need luck to get inspirations, but how do you recognize good ideas and how do you turn them into really good works? The only way is to study and work hard.

I believe everyone has some talent in the form of creativity or something else. Maybe talent is just the starting point. Some people may think that talent is an invisible limit on your achievements, but even if it is, you'll come closer to this limit the harder you work. Maybe one day, you'll even break your limit and reach what is beyond.

音乐欣赏课，看完了天鹅湖舞剧。对其的喜欢程度倒没有老师说的严重，不过也足够让我花时间在这废话一大篇。本人芭蕾舞的欣赏水平不高，就只记得公主的腿抖动得出色了，囧。看她的表演想这得付出多大的努力才能站到那舞台啊，这样的感慨是上个星期或前个星期就发出的了吧，心理咨询老师却说，音乐方面的造诣主要还是由天赋决定的，也如音乐老师所说的，练芭蕾的孩子，小小的就得测骨龄预测身高的。不过是不是该这么理解：生来有天赋都需要极大的努力才能把天赋完全发挥出来，更别说普通人了，不努力能行吗？剧里性格舞（是波兰舞吗？不记得）中有一个长得比较矮的男演员，音乐老师特别提到，非常棒，所以先天有点不足也是可以由后天努力来弥补的。今天英语视听说的讨论题目也与此相关，由于视听说作业是越来越难了，临场发挥靠不住，从今天开始也努力去准备了。把作业写出来放到 Lang-8 让英语母语者改一下，竟然每句都能找出语法错误或有不妥，太汗了。终于知道自己有多大不足，的确是努力的最大动力。总而言之，你有天赋你就努力吧，不然你会被人后来居上，你没天赋也赶快努力吧，要不就没救了。

说回这舞剧，除了注意公主的腿之外，呃，我还注意到公主胸前的肋骨了，汗，我这都是往哪看……

要说最引大家惊叹的应该就是第三章几个性格舞（展现民族性格的舞曲，如匈牙利舞曲、西班牙舞曲、那不勒斯舞曲等等）。黑天鹅（与白天鹅公主是同一扮演者）那连续 32 个的转圈，我们数得都晕了。王子就更强了，如老师所说，转得跟个陀螺似的……

而我本人最喜欢的，该数第二章中王子和公主的二人舞，可能是因为音乐非常好听吧，舞步配合又完美，让我看过之后那音乐一直在脑中回响，只想赶快去网上下来听，最近常听的心经唱诵立刻觉得索然无味了。

晚上和老妈打电话，又在打麻将，为了不打扰她就只说了几句话。半开玩笑地说我有女朋友了你不要嫉妒啊还是会永远爱你的。永远爱你，这种话估计也就只能和老爸老妈说了。对女孩，还没有那么大的勇气和决心去说——估计是为了贯彻我的诚实品性吧（如同《了不起的盖茨比》里面的叙事者尼克，我把它看做自己身上为数不多的引以为傲的品性），哪怕恋爱中的人更愿意去听甜蜜的谎言。

舞剧第四幕是王子和公主与魔王搏斗，用爱的力量战胜了魔王。公主的脚步表演非常形象，恐惧的样子似乎是在向王子诉说：你斗不过他的，咱们放弃吧。我却以为这是内心问题的形象化，魔王自然是内心恐惧的化身：相爱会带来痛苦和伤害，我们还是放弃吧，不要爱了。但因为心中有爱，愿意和你一起勇敢地面对魔王，王子和公主不就最终战胜了魔王，幸福地在一起了吗？

BTW，斗争中老师讲一句“魔王的力量开始减小了”，看魔王式微的表演，我却忍不住想到魔王这是在关键时刻突发心脏病，这水生火热中的资本主义欧美人民的头号杀手啊，魔王是肯德基麦当劳吃多了，血液胆固醇太高了吧。忍不住笑。

最后按小学语文老师的教导点一个题。王子和公主是在一起了，但毕竟还只是个开始。今后嘛就要好好听妈妈在麻将场上洗牌时间挤出的宝贵的一句话：好好相处。