People are so arrogant to think they can change climate.

人们己能改变气候。

No. I see I'm beaten but, oh, how I sympathise with King Canute.

没事。我知道我得认输了，我可真同情卡纽特啊（古代北欧，能下令控制潮汐）。

Flushed with his impassioned gibberish he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization.

他满口胡言乱语，脸涨得通红，俨然单独一个人站在文明最后的壁垒上。

You'll be passed over for a promotion you thought you deserved.

你会在一场应得的晋升中被忽略。

Percy had bustled over, rubbing his hands together and looking extremely pompous.

珀西匆匆赶过来，着两只手, 一副了不起的派头。

It's pure hubris to think that you can control something so powerful.

你能控制如此强大的力量 太过负。

Now for a long time, we thought we were beating hunger.

长久来，我们已经战胜饥饿。

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

残障不会让你变得出色，但质疑你原本了解的事物，可让你进步。

“You're a clever man, but not half as clever as you think you are.”

“你是个聪明人，但还没有你的一半聪明。”

Weak men think they know everything, but a powerful man finds strength in his curiosity.

弱者无所不知，而强者从好奇心中找到力量。

But such snobbery can have serious consequences, notes Jonathan Kasstan of Westminster University.

但威斯敏斯特大学的乔纳森·卡斯坦指出，这种优越的态度可能会产生严重后果。

Here snobbery is dressed up as concern for correct enunciation.

他在这里将优越的态度粉饰成对正确发音的关注。

We stalk around thinking we're hot stuff.

我们总爱招摇过市并己是非常受欢迎的角色。

Some kids he thought were his friends think he's weird.

他那些人是他的朋友，但对方认他是个怪人。

You think you know me so well.

你很了解我。

A puppet who thinks it has no strings?

一个没有被线牵着的木偶？

" The President is what he is. He thinks he's above the law" .

" 总统也是人。他可凌驾于法律之上。"

From now on, no more of this clever-name bullshit.

从现在开始不许再有这些机智乱起名的破事。

Well, you can call that person a smarty-pants. These know-it-all types can be really annoying.

你可称呼这种人“作聪明的人（smarty-pants）”。那类“无所不知的人（ know-it-all）”真得很烦人。

But theres more to being arrogant than believing you know everything.

但傲慢不仅仅是无所不知。