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[00:02.02]A New Toy for Curie’s Daughter
[00:06.62]Pierre Curie made a trip to London to receive the Davy Medal.
[00:11.09]This great honor had been awarded to Pierre and Marie by the Royal Society of London.
[00:16.68]When he came home, Marie and little Irene met him at the door of the apartment.
[00:21.81]Irene, who had been told that her father was bringing home a prize,
[00:25.96]danced up and down with excitement.
[00:28.39]“Papa!” she cried, after he had lifted her up and kissed her.
[00:32.86]“Let me see it, let me see it!”
[00:34.60]Her father rummaged¹ in the valise he had been carrying.
[00:37.68]“Now where did I put that thing?” he exclaimed.
[00:40.51]“I’m sure I brought it home with me —I think.”
[00:43.59]“Is this it, Pierre?”
[00:45.21]Marie had picked up a rather heavy package that lay under Pierre’s hat on the table.
[00:49.92]“Yes, that’s it.” Pierre unwrapped the package and lifted the leather lid of the case.
[00:55.50]He held up a heavy gold medal on which were engraved² the names: PIERRE AND MARIE CURIE.
[01:01.29]“Why, it’s a great big gold penny!” Irene cried.
[01:04.92]“It’s pretty, isn’t it, Mé?”
[01:07.86]“Yes, it’s very pretty,” Marie answered.
[01:10.69]“But what on earth will we do with it?”
[01:13.33]“Perhaps we could put it on the table here, for a paper weight,” Pierre suggested.
[01:18.26]“Or maybe we could —well—hang it on the wall.”
[01:22.08]He took up the medal to see how it would look over the mantel.
[01:25.59]It slipped out of his hands and fell to the floor with a thud.
[01:28.97]Irene darted³ to pick it up and stood feeling the ridges⁴ in the engraving⁵.
[01:33.46]Then, laughing with glee, she began to roll it along the carpet like a hoop⁶.
[01:37.83]A happy smile spread over Pierre Curie’s gentle face.
[01:41.87]“See, Irene loves her new toy,” he said to Marie.
[01:45.71]“So, we have found a use for the medal after all.”
[01:48.66]You see, the Curies never take fame too seriously,
[01:51.82]but they are famous and admired by many.
[01:54.35]Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else
[01:57.95]—very rarely to those who say to themselves, “
[02:00.81]now let us be a celebrated⁷ individual!”

1 rummaged   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的过去式和过去分词 )； 已经海关检查

参考例句：

• I rummaged through all the boxes but still could not find it. 几个箱子都翻腾遍了也没有找到。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods. 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

2 engraved   

v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的过去式和过去分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
• It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美，背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ridges   

n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊

参考例句：

• The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
• Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上，这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。

5 engraving   

n.版画；雕刻（作品）；雕刻艺术；镌版术v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的现在分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• He collected an old engraving of London Bridge. 他收藏了一张古老的伦敦桥版画。 来自辞典例句
• Some writing has the precision of a steel engraving. 有的字体严谨如同钢刻。 来自辞典例句

6 hoop   

n.（篮球）篮圈，篮

参考例句：

• The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
• The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。

7 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。