<正> 有位教师在课堂里把十七世纪英国哲学家培根的名言"Writing makes anexact man"解释为"写作使人精确",这是不正确的。培根的全句是"Readingmakes a full man;conference a ready man;writing an exact man,"后面接下去的原句是"and therefore,if a man writes little,he need have a great memo-ry."(因此,不作笔记者须记忆力特别强。)根据原作上下文,全句应译成:"读书使人充实,讨论使人机智,笔记使人精确。"