雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第3章:思考什麼是思考(42)

He was too awkward, even uncouth, to fit into these comfortable gatherings.

但是艾倫太糟糕了，甚至很粗俗，他無法融入這種舒適的聚會。

Nor was he elected to the exclusive university society, the Apostles, which drew much of its membership from King's and Trinity.

他也沒有入選校級的社團――使徒社，這個俱樂部吸引了很多國王學院和三一學院的學生。

In many ways, he was too ordinary for King's.

在很多方面，對於國王學院來說，艾倫太平凡了。

In this respect he had something in common with one of his new friends, James Atkins,

在這方面，他和他的一個新朋友詹姆斯.阿特金斯有些共同點。

who was the third mathematicAl scholar of Alan's year.

他是與艾倫同年的另一位數學獎學金獲得者。

James and Alan got on well together, in an amiable manner that lacked any deep conversations about Christopher or science,

詹姆斯和艾倫相處的很好，他舉止親切友好，禮貌地迴避關於克里斯朵夫或科學的話題。

and it was James whom Alan asked to come with him for a few days walking in the Lake District.

艾倫邀請詹姆斯去湖區散幾天步。

They were away from 21 to 30 June, so that Alan did achieve his objective of being away from home on 23 June, his 'coming of age'.

他們6月21到30日去了，這樣艾倫就實現了6月23日不在家的目標，也就是他說的又長大了。

In fact they were walking that day from the youth hostel at Mardale over High Street to Patterdale.

實際上，他們那天從馬代爾的青年旅店出發，過高街，到帕特代爾。