Charisma is a natural pull some people have: they attract others, hold their interest, and make people admire them, often without trying in an obvious way. We say a teacher, a singer, or a leader has charisma.

Charisma is a natural pull some people haveCharisma（魅力）是有些人天生擁有的一種吸引力: they attract others, hold their interest, and make people admire them他們能吸引別人、留住別人的注意力，還能讓人欽佩, often without trying in an obvious way而且通常不用刻意表現出來。 We say a teacher, a singer, or a leader has charisma我們會說一位老師、歌手或領袖 has charisma（有魅力）。

It feels like a gift, not a trick you can fully learn from a book — though actually, people argue about that, and some of it can be practised.

It feels like a gift它感覺像是一種天賦, not a trick you can fully learn from a book而不是可以完全從書本學會的技巧 — though actually不過, people argue about that大家對這點也有爭論, and而且 some of it can be practised有些部分是可以練習的。

The word is older in church Greek, where it meant a gift of grace. The everyday “magnetic leader” meaning grew in the 1900s, helped by German thinking about special leaders (Max Weber’s work was translated into English around 1930). By the mid-1900s ordinary English was using it more loosely for anyone who lights up a room.

The word is older in church Greek這個字在教會希臘文裡出現得更早, where it meant a gift of grace當時指的是恩典的禮物。 The everyday “magnetic leader” meaning grew in the 1900s現在這種「有魅力的領袖」意思是在1900年代發展出來的, helped by German thinking about special leaders受到德國關於特殊領袖思想的影響 (Max Weber's work was translated into English around 1930)（Max Weber 的著作大約在1930年被翻譯成英文）。 By the mid-1900s到了1900年代中期 ordinary English was using it more loosely for anyone who lights up a room一般英文已經更鬆散地用它來形容任何能讓氣氛亮起來的人。

It is not the same as being pretty, and it is not the same as charm, which can be polite manners. Charisma can be warm, but it can also be dangerous: people follow, even when they should not.

It is not the same as being pretty這跟長得漂亮不一樣, and而且 it is not the same as charm, which can be polite manners也跟 charm（魅力/迷人）不一樣，charm 可能只是有禮貌的舉止。 Charisma can be warm, but it can also be dangerousCharisma 可以是溫暖的，但也可能很危險: people follow, even when they should not人們會追隨，即使他們不應該這麼做。