时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年5月


英语课

英国物理学家霍金去世 享年76岁


Staying in England for our next story: world renowned 1 physicist 2 Stephen Hawking 3 died at his home in Cambridge yesterday. He was born on January 8th, 1942, the 300th anniversary of the death of the astronomer 4 Galileo. Hawking was also a cosmologist, a mathematician 5 and an author.


And while several of his theories met with skepticism or cause controversy 6 in the scientific community, many people considered Hawking the world's greatest modern day scientist.


MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: By any measure, Stephen Hawking's life was incredible, even more so because in the 1960s, he was diagnosed with ALS or motor neurone disease, and given just a few years to live.


This rare form of motor neurone disease left him virtually paralyzed, unable to express his profound vision of humanity and science without a voice synthesizer.


STEPHEN HAWKING, PHYSICIST: At one point, I thought I would see the end of physics as we know it. But now I think the wonder of discovery will continue long after I am gone.


CHANCE: But this was never a man bound by his own physical limitations. He reveled in zero gravity flight freeing him, he said, from the confines of his wheelchair.


He also wrote a series of children's books about space with his daughter Lucy. He had two other children and three grandchildren.


For more than three decades he was a professor at Cambridge University's Department of Applied 7 Mathematics and Theoretical Physics s?p?ecializing in the study of black holes and revered 8 as a member of the academic elite 9.


But Professor Hawking also did much to popularize science playing himself in "Star Trek 10".


HAWKING: Recessed 11 in the opposite direction.


CHANCE: And "The Simpsons".


In 2014, his life and romance with wife Jane Wilde was depicted 12 on the big screen in the acclaimed 13 film "The Theory of Everything".


EDDIE REDMAYNE, ACTOR: The universe getting smaller and smaller, getting denser 14 and denser, hotter and hotter.


FELICITY JONES, ACTRESS: And you rewind back the clock?


REDMAYNE: Exactly. Wind back the clock.


CHANCE: Hawking consulted on the bio-drama which earned five Academy Award nominations 15 and a Best Actor win for Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal 16 of the physicist. Hawking's most famous work, "A Brief History of Time" remains 17 ones of the bestselling science books ever written. And he was deeply concerned with humanity's survival.


HAWKING: I see great danger for the human race. There have been a number of times in the past when its survival has been a question of touch and go. The frequency of such occasions is likely to increase in the future. We shall need great care and judgment 18 to negotiate them all successfully. But I'm an optimist 19. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space.


CHANCE: He was, as ever, looking firmly to the future.



1 renowned
adj.著名的,有名望的,声誉鹊起的
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
2 physicist
n.物理学家,研究物理学的人
  • He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
  • The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。
3 hawking
利用鹰行猎
  • He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
  • We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。
4 astronomer
n.天文学家
  • A new star attracted the notice of the astronomer.新发现的一颗星引起了那位天文学家的注意。
  • He is reputed to have been a good astronomer.他以一个优秀的天文学者闻名于世。
5 mathematician
n.数学家
  • The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
  • The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。
6 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
7 applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
8 revered
v.崇敬,尊崇,敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例,现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句
9 elite
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
10 trek
vi.作长途艰辛的旅行;n.长途艰苦的旅行
  • We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
  • It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。
11 recessed
v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的过去式和过去分词 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭
  • My rooms were large, with deeply recessed windows and painted, eighteenth-century panellin. 我住的房间很宽敞,有向里凹陷很深的窗户,油漆过的十八世纪的镶花地板。 来自辞典例句
  • The Geneva meeting recessed while Kennety and Khrushchev met in Vienna. 肯尼迪同赫鲁晓夫在维也纳会晤时,日内瓦会议已经休会。 来自辞典例句
12 depicted
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述
  • Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
  • They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。
13 acclaimed
adj.受人欢迎的
  • They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
  • Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。
14 denser
adj. 不易看透的, 密集的, 浓厚的, 愚钝的
  • The denser population necessitates closer consolidation both for internal and external action. 住得日益稠密的居民,对内和对外都不得不更紧密地团结起来。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • As Tito entered the neighbourhood of San Martino, he found the throng rather denser. 蒂托走近圣马丁教堂附近一带时,发现人群相当密集。
15 nominations
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
16 portrayal
n.饰演;描画
  • His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
  • The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。
17 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
18 judgment
n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见
  • The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
  • He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
19 optimist
n.乐观的人,乐观主义者
  • We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者,又是现实主义者。
  • Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说,事情必定是会好转的。