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1、Lesson 6 A Beautiful Mind Game Theroy: Nash Equilibrium John Nash was a mathematical genius whose 27-page dissertation, “Non-Cooperative Games”, written in 1950 when he was 21, was honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994. Background Information: schizophrenia . the staff at my university,
2、the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later all of Boston were behaving strangely towards me. . I started to see crypto-communists everywhere . I started to think I was a man of great religious importance, and to hear voices all the time. I began to hear something like telephone calls in my
3、 head, from people opposed to my ideas. .The delirium was like a dream from which I seemed never to awake. slack Moving slowly; sluggish 移动缓慢的；懒散的： a slack pace.懒散的步子 Lacking in activity; not busy 缺少活力的；不忙碌的： a slack season for the travel business.旅游业的淡季 Not tense; loose:松弛的：未拉紧的 a slack rope 未绷紧的绳子
4、 slack muscles 松弛的肌肉 slack sails 松散的船帆 Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: 懈怠的；粗心大意的： a slack worker.粗心大意的工人 Language Points burst to move, appear, send out or produce sth suddenly and unexpectedly They all burst out laughing at the expression on her face. 看到她脸上的表情，他们都大笑起来。 The y
5、oung party burst onto the political scene in 2001. 2001年，这个年轻的政党突然出现在政治舞台上。 Language Points obsess to fill in the mind of sb continually; to think about sth much more than is necessary使困扰 The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old age. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。 Youve always been obsessed with making mo
6、ney. 你总是一心想着挣钱。 Stop obsessing about your weight. You look fine. 不要过于担心你的体重，你看上去很好。 Language Points be jealous of formal wanting to keep or protect something that you have because you are proud of it 小心守护，珍惜，惟 恐失去 They are jealous of their rights. 他们尽力维护自己的权利。 The people here are jealous of their fr
7、eedom. 这里的人们很珍惜他们的自由。 Established： firmly settled or accepted 确定的, 既定的 , an established fact 既成事实 an established rule 成规 establishment A group of people holding most of the power and influence in a government or society. Often used with “the”. （前面与the连用）当权派；权力机构 It is no good fighting the establishm
8、ent: it/they will always win in the end. 同当权者斗没有用，到头来赢得总是他们。 surprise 是通用词，它的含义是使人一愣。这种吃惊可能包含着高兴也可能包含 害怕或忧虑。 In spite of this, some people including myself were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. 尽管如此，最近举办的现代雕塑展览会却使一些人包括我在内吃了一惊 。 astonish suggests overwhelming surprise使人震惊得难以置信。 T
9、he successful laying of the Atlantic cable astonished everybody: its later breaks astonished no one; but after it was finally in operation. many said that no future invention could surprise them. 在大西洋底下成功地铺设了电缆，这使得大家都感到骇然； 后来有几处电缆折断 了，谁也不感到惊奇。不过在这些电缆终于投入工作之后，许多人都说，未来的 任何发明再也不会使人吃惊了。 amaze implies as
10、tonishment and often bewilderment:所表示的吃惊中包含着使 人迷惑不解 。 Scientists have been amazed to find that it can cut through the hardest rock with great ease. 科学家惊诧地发现，它可以轻而易举地钻穿最坚硬的岩石。 astound 比 astonish 的词义强得多，常用于表示某件事你虽然认为有可能，但 与你所发现的实际情况之间有很大差距。 The police were astounded when Mrs Ramsay told them what she
11、had done. 当莱姆赛夫人把自己所做的事告诉了警察时，他们为之骇然。 Language Points on the lookout for/ look out for to watch a place or situation continuously in order to see, find or be aware of sb/sth Police were on the lookout for anyone behaving suspiciously. 警察随时注意可疑的人。 We are always on the lookout for new business opportu
12、nities. 我们密切注意寻找新的商机。 Look out for your Aunt while youre at the station. 你在车站的时候，留神看着你姨妈。 Mix is the least specific, implying only components capable of being combined: Mix 是最不具体的，只含有成份被混合的意思： mix water and wine 混合水和酒； To blend is to mix intimately and harmoniously so that the components shade into
13、each other, losing some or all of their original definition: Blend 是紧密而和谐地混合以致各成分彼此融合 而失去其某些或全部的原始定义： blended mocha and java coffee beans 混合摩卡咖啡和爪哇咖啡豆 Mingle implies combination without loss of individual characteristics不损其个体特色的混合： His companions mingled freely and joyously with the natives 他的伙伴们自由而
14、快乐的与土著人融合在一起. Language Points obscure not easily or clearly seen or understood (adj.); not well-known (adj.) His real motive for the crime remains obscure. 他犯罪的真正动机仍不清楚。 The man is only an obscure poet. 那人只是一个名不见经传的诗人。 Recent successes obscure the fact that the company is still in trouble. 近来的一些成功使人
15、看不清公司依然处于困境。 Keys I.A. 1. D 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. D II. A. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C Keys B. 1.disregard 2. on the lookout for 3.obsessed with 4. get along 5.superior to 6. thumbing nose at 7.burst onto 8. obscure 9. More often than not 10. singling out
16、 Keys Translation 1. 小约翰福布斯纳什数学天才、理性行为理论的缔 造者、预见思想机器出现的预言家已经和来访者，也 是一位数学家，共坐了近半个小时。 2. 他一直目光呆滞地盯着哈佛教授乔治麦克恩左脚前方 不远的地方，除了一次次将垂在前额的略长的黑发拨开的 动作，他几乎一动不动。 3. 在后来十年，在那既以对人类理性抱有无尚信念而著称， 又以对人类生存怀有无尽忧虑而闻名的十年，纳什，用知 名几何学家米克哈尔格罗莫夫的话说，证明了自己是“20 世纪后半叶最杰出的数学家”。 Keys 4. 数学家保罗哈莫斯写道，天才“分为两种：一种就像我 们大家一样，只是更为出色；另一种则是那些明显具备超 凡人类灵感的人。我们都
