最美的人们13-爱因斯坦
英语课
[00:02.13]My Friend, Albert Einstein
[00:04.96]He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known,
[00:09.99]yet if I had to convey the essence of Albert Einstein in a single word,
[00:14.25]I would choose simplicity 1. Perhaps an anecdote 2 will help.
[00:18.74]Once, caught in a downpour, he took off his hat and held it under his coat.
[00:23.24]Asked why, he explained, with admirable logic 3,
[00:26.30]that the rain would damage the hat,
[00:28.27]but his hair would be none the worse for its wetting.
[00:31.00]This knack 4 for going instinctively 5 to the heart of a matter
[00:34.18]was the secret of his major scientific discoveries
[00:37.13]—this and his extraordinary feeling for beauty.
[00:40.18]There was something elusively 6 whimsical about Einstein.
[00:43.47]It is illustrated 7 by my favorite anecdote about him.
[00:46.75]In his first year in Princeton,
[00:48.72]on Christmas Eve, so the story goes, some children sang carols outside his house.
[00:53.86]Having finished,
[00:55.16]they knocked on his door and explained they were collecting money to buy Christmas presents.
[00:59.33]Einstein listened, then said, “Wait a moment.”
[01:02.94]He put on his scarf and overcoat, and took his violin from its case.
[01:07.42]Then, joining the children as they went from door to door,
[01:10.80]he accompanied their singing of “Silent Night” on his violin.
[01:14.21]How shall I sum up what it meant to have known Einstein and his works?
[01:18.25]Like the Nobel Prize winner who pointed 8 helplessly at his watch,
[01:22.07]I can find no adequate words.
[01:24.38]It was akin 9 to the revelation of great art that lets one see what was formerly 10 hidden.
[01:30.26]And when, for example, I walk on the sand of a lonely beach,
[01:34.22]I am reminded of his ceaseless search for cosmic simplicity
[01:37.82]—and the scene takes on a deeper, sadder beauty.
[00:04.96]He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known,
[00:09.99]yet if I had to convey the essence of Albert Einstein in a single word,
[00:14.25]I would choose simplicity 1. Perhaps an anecdote 2 will help.
[00:18.74]Once, caught in a downpour, he took off his hat and held it under his coat.
[00:23.24]Asked why, he explained, with admirable logic 3,
[00:26.30]that the rain would damage the hat,
[00:28.27]but his hair would be none the worse for its wetting.
[00:31.00]This knack 4 for going instinctively 5 to the heart of a matter
[00:34.18]was the secret of his major scientific discoveries
[00:37.13]—this and his extraordinary feeling for beauty.
[00:40.18]There was something elusively 6 whimsical about Einstein.
[00:43.47]It is illustrated 7 by my favorite anecdote about him.
[00:46.75]In his first year in Princeton,
[00:48.72]on Christmas Eve, so the story goes, some children sang carols outside his house.
[00:53.86]Having finished,
[00:55.16]they knocked on his door and explained they were collecting money to buy Christmas presents.
[00:59.33]Einstein listened, then said, “Wait a moment.”
[01:02.94]He put on his scarf and overcoat, and took his violin from its case.
[01:07.42]Then, joining the children as they went from door to door,
[01:10.80]he accompanied their singing of “Silent Night” on his violin.
[01:14.21]How shall I sum up what it meant to have known Einstein and his works?
[01:18.25]Like the Nobel Prize winner who pointed 8 helplessly at his watch,
[01:22.07]I can find no adequate words.
[01:24.38]It was akin 9 to the revelation of great art that lets one see what was formerly 10 hidden.
[01:30.26]And when, for example, I walk on the sand of a lonely beach,
[01:34.22]I am reminded of his ceaseless search for cosmic simplicity
[01:37.82]—and the scene takes on a deeper, sadder beauty.
n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯
- She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
- The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。
n.轶事，趣闻，短故事
- He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。
- It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。
n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性
- What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
- I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
n.诀窍，做事情的灵巧的，便利的方法
- He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
- Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难，但有窍门。
adv.本能地
- As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.尖的，直截了当的
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.同族的，类似的
- She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
- Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。