[打卡] 最牛小偷的偷窃哲学

今天的外刊金句来自《经济学人》“史上最牛艺术大盗”，文章里这句话描述了他的偷盗哲学：

His heists did not involve a squadron of marauders working under the cover of night. He did not prepare sophisticated plans months in advance. His art-stealing epiphanies “emerge from the spot where spontaneity and simplicity meet”, His larcenous philosophy was: “Don’t complicate things.”

词/短语：

1.heist: n.偷窃

2.squadron of marauders: 一队盗匪

3.uncer the cover of night: 在夜色的掩盖下

4.sophisticated: adj.复杂的

5.in advance: 提前

6.epiphany: n.灵光乍现

7.spontaneity: n.自发性

8.simplicity: n.简单性

9.complicate: vt.使...复杂

语法:

1. months in advance: 提前数月

2. where spontaneity and simplicity meet: 定语从句

译：他的盗窃行为并没有涉及一群在夜色掩护下行事的劫匪，也没有提前数月准备复杂的计划。他盗窃艺术品的念头往往“源自于自发性和简单性相交的地方”。他的偷窃哲学就是：“别把事情复杂化。”