2021考研英语长难句复习（五十九）

　　

　　Or, put another way, expert performers – whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming – are nearly always made, not born.

　　①Ericsson and his colleagues have thus taken to studying expert performers in a wide range of pursuits, including soccer.

　　②They gather all the data they can, not just performance statistics and biographical details but also the results of their own laboratory experiments with high achievers.

　　③Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.

　　④Or, put another way, expert performers – whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming – are nearly always made, not born.

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　　①(研究过程：分1)埃里克森和他的同事由此开始对众多领域(包括足球领域)中的佼佼者进行研究。

　　②(并列：分2)他们竭尽所能收集到的数据中，不仅包括工作绩效统计数字、成长细节、而且还包括他们的实验对象中表现优秀者的测试结果。

　　③(研究结果：总1)他们的研究结论令人惊讶：我们对通常称之为“天赋”的遗传特征过分看重了。

　　④(并列：总2)换句话说，不管是在记忆力、外科领域、芭蕾舞，还是在计算机编程方面表现出色的人几乎是后天培养的，而不是天生造就的。