There are many geniuses (天才) in the world.1 other children were just starting their ABCs, three-year-old Mark Swallow was already reading Shakespeare's poets and Charles Dickens' novels. By the age of seven he was speaking French and German2 and studying both Latin and Greek. Now, at the age of 12, Mark had just started a university3 in English literature (文学).
Mark and other4 geniuses will be the subjects of a new documentary series,5 takes a book into the lives of these6 children and their families. In the programs we will meet children like 8-year-old Daniel Manning who7 his first book when he was just five and who has just signed a £60,000 contract (合同) with a publishing (出版) house to write three8 . Then there is a 12-year-old Samantha Price, who started9 lessons when she was three. Along with the piano, now she also plays other instruments. And how about 10-year-old Jordan Welsh? She first10 a paint-brush before she could walk. She has already had an exhibition of her paintings in one of London's top11 salon. She also has won a prize for one of her12 .
Over the next six weeks we will see what makes these children so13 . We will find out how and when their parents knew they were14 and about the changes it made to their family life. We will hear from the children about their hopes and plans15 the future. There are also interviews with former child geniuses, some of whom have gone on to great things and others of whom decided they wanted to return to a(n)16 life.
