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1、Unit 4: Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest谦虚的 and ordinary man. The professor and the Yo-yoMy father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einsteins home, I was made to feel at ease【感到自在】 when Einstein said, I have something to show you.
2、He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldnt make it roll back up the string【绳子】. When my turn came【 轮到我的时候 】, I displayed my few tricks【技巧】 and pointed out【指出】 to him that the incorrectly【错误地】 looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein
3、nodded【点头】, properly【非常】 impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem【诗】 of thanks. As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder【钦佩】 at the personality【 人格】 that was Einstein. He was the only person
4、 I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe【宇宙】 and the logic【逻辑】 and simplicity【简单】 in its functioning【功能】. He knew there were answers beyond his inte
5、llectual reach【所能到达的范围】. But this did not frustrate使沮丧 him. He was content【满足的】to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy【嫉妒】, vanity【虚荣】, bitterness【痛苦】, anger, resentment【愤恨】, or personal ambition【野心】. He seemed immune【免疫的】 to these emotions【情感，情绪】. H
6、e was beyond any pretension【假装】. Although he corresponded【联系】 with many of the worlds most important people, his stationery【文具】carried only a watermark【水印】 - W - for Woolworths. To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of【 一叠】 paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I neve
7、r knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in【 相信，信仰】 simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor【刮胡刀】 and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream【刮胡子涂的 】, he said, The razor and water do the job.But Professor, why dont you try the cream
8、 just once? I argued. It makes shaving smoother【更平滑】 and less painful.He shrugged【耸肩】. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming笑容满面 with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. You know, that cream really works, he announc
9、ed. It doesnt pull the beard. It feels wonderful. Thereafter【此后】, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted【恢复到】 to using plain【普通的】 water.Einstein was purely and exclusively【高级的】 a theorist【学说创立人】. He didnt have the slightest interest in the practical applic
10、ation of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation【 等式】 in history - yet Einstein wouldnt walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic【原子能的 】 energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively【相对地】 mino
11、r【较小 】 in importance, but he didnt have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge【在的边缘 】 of a bowl of water and repeatedly【不断地】dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight【愉快地】, trying to dedu
12、ce【推断 】 the operating principle【原理】. But be couldnt. The next morning he announced, I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw漏洞 in his reasoning. No, I guess thats not it, he said. He pu
13、rsued【继续】 various【各种各样的 】 theories【理论】 for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression【表情】 of disapproval【不肯定，不支持】 told me he did not agree with this practical approach【方法 】. He never did work out the solution. Another puzzle【疑惑 】 that Einstein c
14、ould never understand was his own fame【名望】. He had developed theories that were profound 【内涵深刻的 】and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized【文明的】 world. Ive had good ideas, and so have other men, he once said. But its been my good fortune
15、【运气】 that my ideas have been accepted. He was bewildered【为难，手足无措 】 by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as som
16、ething special. Unit4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo在一个年轻朋友的心目中，爱因斯坦是个纯朴、谦虚的普通人。教授与溜溜球托马斯李 巴基 和 约瑟夫P. 布兰克 我父亲是阿尔伯特爱因斯坦的密友。小时候有一次我去爱因斯坦家拜访时很腼腆，他说，“我有样东西拿给你看，”于是我便感到无拘无束了。他走到书桌旁，拿回来一只溜溜球。他试图做给我看这种玩具怎么个玩法，但他没法使它顺着线再转上去。轮到我时，我露了几手并向他指出，绕错的线圈使玩具失去了平衡。爱因斯坦点点头，我的技能和知识给他留下了颇深的印象。后来，我买了一只溜溜球，把它作为圣诞礼物送给了教授，并收到他一首表示感谢的诗。作为一个孩子，以后又作为一个成人，我一直对爱因斯坦的个性惊叹不已。他是我所认识的人中唯一能跟自己及周围世界达成妥协的人。他知道自己想要什么，而他想要的只是：在他作为一个人的能力范围之内理解宇宙的性质以及宇宙运行的逻辑和单纯。
