欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(13)

That's crazy, sound.

这是一种疯狂的声音。

Space is adjustable¹.

空间是可调节的。

It's actually malleable². Space and time are malleable.

它实际上是可塑的。空间和时间具有可塑性。

This is flexible thing that can be twisted.

它的灵活可以扭曲。

You bring an object into space and it distorts³ the space around it.

你把一个物体送入太空,它将会扭曲周围的空间。

Why does the earth go around the sun?

为什么地球环绕太阳?

Most people would say, well, the sun's gravity is yanking the earth toward the sun in a circle.

大部分的人会说,好吧,太阳的引力将地球朝向太阳围成一个圈。

Wrong! The earth is going around the sun because the sun has whirled⁴ the space around the earth.

大错特错!地球绕着太阳转,是因为太阳围绕地球的空间旋转。

And space is pushing, pushing the earth toward the sun. He had a new theory of gravity, a new theory of the universe.

空间推动,推动地球向太阳。他有一个新的重力理论,一个新的宇宙理论。

Einstein publishes his ideas about gravity.

爱因斯坦发表了他对重力的观点。

At the same time, his work on the atom brings him increased attention.

与此同时,他在原子方面的著作也带给他注意力。

As a result, in 1911, he's offered a position as a full time scientist at the university of Zurich.

结果,在1911年,他在苏黎世大学被给予了一个全职科学家的位置。

The 32-year-old patent clerk finally leaves Bern to become, for the first time, Professor Albert Einstein.

这位32岁的专利局职员终于离开了伯尔尼,第一次成为阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦教授。

1 adjustable   

adj.可调整的，可校准的

参考例句：

• More expensive cameras have adjustable focusing.比较贵的照相机有可调焦距。
• The chair has the virtue of being adjustable.这种椅子具有可调节的优点。

2 malleable   

adj.(金属)可锻的;有延展性的；(性格)可训练的

参考例句：

• Silver is the most malleable of all metals.银是延展性最好的金属。
• Scientists are finding that the adult human brain is far more malleable than they once thought.科学家发现成人大脑的可塑性远超过他们之前认识到的。

3 distorts   

歪曲( distort的第三人称单数 )； 曲解； 扭曲； 使变形

参考例句：

• a fairground mirror that distorts your shape 露天游乐场的哈哈镜
• The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad. 媒体会歪曲事实，将人说得不是完美无缺就是一无是处。

4 whirled   

v.（使）飞快移动，使旋转( whirl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Leaves whirled in the wind. 落叶在风中旋转。
• A tornado whirled into the town last week. 龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》