[00:19.88]Unit 13 Albert Einstein
[00:22.45]第13单元艾伯特.爱因斯坦
[00:25.03]Lesson 49 1 Dialogue
[00:28.15]第49课 1 对话
[00:31.27]Four American students are comparing notes on famous people.
[00:34.25]四个美国学生正在比较
[00:37.22]A:I'm doing a word puzzle in this newspaper.
[00:39.56]A:我正在猜这张报纸上在一个谜。
[00:41.90]I'm trying to find the name of a famous person.Can you help me?
[00:45.14]我正在找一个出名的人的名字。你可以帮我吗？
[00:48.38]B:Is it Abraham Lincoln?
[00:50.26]B:是亚伯拉罕.林肯吗？
[00:52.14]A:Who?
[00:53.32]A:他是谁？
[00:54.49]B:The American president who fought for the freedom of slaves in the USA.
[00:57.87]B:他是为了美国奴隶的自由而战斗的美国总统。
[01:01.26]A:No,it's not him.
[01:02.88]A:不，不是他。
[01:04.50]C:Is it Karl Marx?
[01:06.27]C:是卡尔.马克思吗?
[01:08.05]A:Who is he?
[01:09.43]A:他是谁?
[01:10.82]C:He wrote books about communism.
[01:13.00]他写有一本关于共产主义的书。
[01:15.18]He said that all communists should help each other.
[01:18.00]他说所有的共产主义者都应该彼此相互帮助.
[01:20.82]A:No,it's not him.
[01:22.51]A:不,不是他。
[01:24.19]D:Is it Alexander Bell?
[01:26.07]D:是亚历山大.贝尔?
[01:27.95]A:What did he do?
[01:29.39]A:他是做什么的?
[01:30.83]D:He made the first telephone.
[01:32.59]D:他是电话的发明家。
[01:34.35]A:No,it's not him.
[01:35.97]A:不,不是他。
[01:37.59]B:Is it Albert Einstein?
[01:39.47]B:是艾伯特.爱因斯坦
[01:41.36]A:What did he do?
[01:42.83]A:他做过什么?
[01:44.31]B:He was a famous professor of physics.
[01:46.63]他是一位著名的物理学家。
[01:48.96]He lived in this century,was born in Germany
[01:51.62]他是这世纪的人，他出生在德国。
[01:54.29]and spent the last part of his life in the USA.
[01:56.96]他的晚年是在美国度过的。
[01:59.64]A:That fits the puzzle It must be him!
[02:01.93]这与谜底相吻合。
[02:04.21]Lesson 50 1 Reading comprehension
[02:09.74]第50课 1 阅读理解
[02:15.26]Read the passage to find the answers to these questions:
[02:18.04]阅读这篇文章并找出这些问题的答案。
[02:20.83]1.What scientific work is Einstein famous for?
[02:23.92]1.爱因斯坦最出名的科技著作是什么？
[02:27.02]2.Where did he spend the last part of his life?
[02:29.84]他的晚年是在哪里度过的？
[02:32.66]ALBERT EINSTEIN (1)
[02:34.88]爱因斯坦（1）
[02:37.10]Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14th,1879.
[02:41.19]1879年3月14日爱因斯坦出生于德国。
[02:45.28]When he was a young boy he used to ask a lot of questions,
[02:48.66]当他是小孩时，他就经常问很多问题
[02:52.04]for example,"How does darkness happen?
[02:54.52]"比如说，“黑暗是怎么发生的？”
[02:57.01]By the time he was fourteen years old,he had learned maths all by himself.
[03:00.83]那个时候，他已经十四岁了，他自学数学。
[03:04.66]He was a shy person and did not enjoy school very much.
[03:07.74]他是一个害羞的人，非常不喜欢上学校。
[03:10.82]He found it hard to get along with the other boys.
[03:13.31]他发现这很难跟其他的男孩相处。
[03:15.79]All through his life Einstein was content to spend most of his time alone,
[03:19.76]但是在爱因斯坦整个一生中，他乐意孤身一人度过他的大部分时光。
[03:23.73]although he married twice and had lots of close friends.
[03:26.76]虽然他结过两次婚，而且有好多亲密朋友。
[03:29.79]From the age of seventeen,Einstein studied in Switzerland
[03:32.87]十七岁时，爱因斯坦计划去瑞士学习
[03:35.95]To earn enough money to continue his studies,
[03:38.38]赚足够的钱去继续他的研究，
[03:40.81]he worked there first as a teacher,then in a government office.
[03:44.29]他在那里的第一份工作是做老师，然后是在政府内工作。
[03:47.76]With the pay that he received and saved,
[03:52.44]he went on with his studies at university,
[03:54.78]他的工资一般是用来继续综合大学里的研究。
[03:57.11]where he received a doctor's degree in 1905.
[03:59.99]1905年他在那里获得了数学博士的学位。
[04:02.86]The period between 1905 and 1915 was an important one for Einstein;
[04:07.04]1905年到1915年的这段时间对爱因斯坦来说是一个重要的时期，
[04:11.22]he began the research and studies which led to his new discoveries in physics.
[04:15.10]他开始了通向物理学上新发现的研究工作
[04:18.98]At the end of the First World War in 1918,
[04:21.80]1918年，第一次世界大战末，
[04:24.62]Einstein received worldwide praise for his scientific research.
[04:27.86]爱因斯坦的科学研究得到了全世界人的认可。
[04:31.10]He was given the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921,
[04:34.08]1921年，他获得了诺贝尔物理奖，
[04:37.05]and was invited to give talks in many countries.
[04:39.54]并被许多国家邀请去演讲。
[04:42.02]In 1933 Einstein and his family left Europe for the USA.
[04:46.15]1933年，爱因斯坦和他的家人离开欧洲到美国去。
[04:50.27]He had been invited to teach at a university there.
[04:52.85]在那里，他被邀请做一所综合大学的教师。
[04:55.42]he accepted the job of Professor of Physics,but asked for very little money.
[04:59.30]他接受了物理博士这个职位的工作,但是只要一点钱.
[05:03.18]He had never been interested in becoming rich.
[05:05.71]他对发财从不感兴趣。
[05:08.24]He once refused to speak on the radio for $1,000 a minute
[05:11.58]他曾经有一次拒绝了每分钟一千美元的电台演讲。
[05:14.91]Another time someone saw him using a cheque for $1,500 as a bookmark.
[05:19.32]另一次有人看见他用一张一千五百元的支票当一张书签。
[05:23.74]Then he lost the book!
[05:25.51]然后又遗失了那本书。
[05:27.29]Einstein lived the rest of his life quietly in the USA.
[05:30.32]爱因斯坦在美国安静地度过了他的余生.
[05:33.35]In 1940 he took American nationality.
[05:36.24]1940年，他获得美国国藉。
[05:39.12]Besides his work in physics,
[05:41.09]除了他在物理学方面的工作以外，
[05:43.07]he spent a lot of time working for human rights and progress.
[05:46.10]他也为了人权的公平与发展花了很多时间。
[05:49.13]Einstein had always been fond of music and had learnt music as a young boy.
[05:52.81]爱因斯坦一直都很喜欢音乐，并像个年轻人一样去学音乐。
[05:56.49]At the university town where he lived
[05:58.71]在那个综合大学的城镇里，他住的地方
[06:00.93]he continued to make music at home with his friends.
[06:03.57]他和他的朋友继续在家制作音乐.
[06:06.21]It was said that he found in music
[06:08.54]据说人在音乐里
[06:10.86]the peace which was missing in a world full of wars and killings.
[06:14.24]找到了在充满战争和屠杀的世界里所失去的和平。
[06:17.63]Such was Albert Einstein,
[06:19.69]爱因斯坦就是这样的人，
[06:21.75]a simple man and the 20th century's greatest scientist.
[06:24.89]一位纯朴的人，一位20世纪最伟大的科学家。
[06:28.02]he died on April 18th,1955 at the age of 76.
[06:32.10]他于1955年4月18日去世，享年76岁。
[06:36.17]Lesson 51 1 Reading comprehension
[06:41.95]第51课 1 阅读理解
[06:47.72]ALBERT EINSTEIN (2)
[06:49.90]爱因斯坦（2）
[06:52.08]Before Einstein,scientists believed
[06:54.76]在爱因斯坦前，科学们都相信
[06:57.44]that light travelled through space in a straight line.
[07:00.10]光线照射是直线的。
[07:02.77]But Einstein was able to prove that light coming from the stars
[07:06.15]但是爱因斯坦却证明出来自星球的光线
[07:09.53]was bent as it passed
[07:11.80]经过太阳时变弯了。
[07:14.08]As a result,it appeared to scientists on earth that the stars had moved.
[07:17.86]结果在地球上的科学家们看来，这些星球好像已经移动了。
[07:21.65]He worked out just how much the light would be bent;
[07:24.43]他把光的弯曲度计算了出来；
[07:27.22]he could also work out how far the stars would appear to have moved.
[07:30.69]他还能把星球看上去移动了的距离也计算出来。
[07:34.16]His discovery was completely new;
[07:36.53]他这一发现是一个全新的内容；
[07:38.89]it was said that only
[07:42.16]three people in the world could understand it at that time.
[07:45.03]据说当时世界上只有三个人能明白。
[07:47.91]The difficulty was how he could prove his ideas to other scientists.
[07:51.24]问题是他应该怎样才能够向别的科学家证明自己的想法。
[07:54.57]Many of them did not accept his scientific ideas.
[07:57.30]很多科学家们都不能接受他这一科学论点。
[08:00.03]But Einstein stuck to his opinion and went on with his research.
[08:03.36]但爱因斯坦仍能坚持他的主张继续他的研究。
[08:06.69]By 1919,scientists who had been watching the stars supported his work
[08:10.48]直到了1919年，科学家们观察了星球之后就支持他的论点。
[08:14.26]and he quickly became world-famous
[08:16.59]然后他很快就成为世界著名人物。
[08:18.91]From that time on Einstein was greatly respected
[08:21.58]从那以后，爱因斯坦很受人们尊敬
[08:24.24]as the leading scientist of the century.
[08:26.58]作为世纪科学领导人。
[08:28.92]The First World War(1914-1918) had brought him great sadness.
[08:33.15]第一次世界大战给他带来极大的悲伤。
[08:37.38]He had taken Swiss nationality in 1901
[08:42.74]and therefore did not have to join the army,
[08:44.96]在1901年他拿到了瑞士国籍，因此他不需要参军，
[08:47.18]as Switzerland did not take sides in the war.
[08:49.71]因为瑞士没有参加战争。
[08:52.24]However,he thought that the war was a terrible thing.
[08:54.82]他仍然认为战争是一件很恐怖的事。
[08:57.39]All through his life he believed that fighting and killing in wars was wrong.
[09:00.67]他一直都认为战争和屠杀是不对的。
[09:03.95]What he wanted to see was an end to all the armies of the world.
[09:06.93]他最想看到的是世界和平。
[09:09.90]When Germany was ruled by Hitler in the early 1930s,
[09:12.99]二十世纪三十年代初，当德国被希特勒统治时，
[09:16.07]Einstein,who was a Jew found it impossible to continue living in Germany.
[09:19.90]爱因斯坦被发现是犹太人，而不可以继续生活在德国。
[09:23.72]His friends were beaten,or taken away,or their homes were destroyed.
[09:26.90]他的朋友战争失败后，或被带走或是他们的家被毁坏。
[09:30.07]While he was in America,
[09:31.79]当他住在美国时，
[09:33.52]Einstein wrote a letter to a newspaper to say that these acts were wrong.
[09:36.85]爱因斯坦给报社写了一封信，诉说这些行为是错误的。
[09:40.18]It meant that he would never be able to visit Germany again.
[09:42.96]它的意思也就是说他不能再次拜访德国了。
[09:45.74]That is why Einstein and his family left Europe for the USA in 1933.
[09:49.98]这就是为什么爱因斯坦和他的家人在1933年离开欧洲去美国的原因 |