欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(28)

Signed by 93 leading German academics including the people who brought him to Berlin and people who he most values Haber and above all Max Plank¹,

93位德国学者签署,包括带他到柏林的人,对他贡献最大的哈勃以及马克斯·普兰克,

the manifesto² says Germany had to fight;

宣言称德国已经开战;

it was justified³ and morally acceptable to fight this war.

接受这场战争是正确的和道德的。

And this shocked Einstein in effect a betrayal.

实际上,爱因斯坦对背叛感到震惊。

This was the moment when Einstein realized that there were something’s about life outside physics that were important enough that he had to actually go out on a limb,

爱因斯坦认识到的时候,还有一些是关于物理之外的生活重要的使他会不顾一切,

take some personal risk to defend.

承担一些个人风险进行辩护。

He actually tries to present a counter manifesto of other German academics who say no.

他真的试图提出一个其他的德国学者说“不”的反对宣言。

There is something else out there besides national pride,

那里有一些其他的东西，除了民族自豪感,

national competitiveness, national fury and four people signed the manifesto.

国家竞争力、国家的忿怒及四人签署的宣言。

There is no where never published it fails.

没有出版，宣告失败。

He becomes a pacifist; he becomes a war resistor.

他成为一名和平主义者,他变成了一位阻挠战争之人。

And Einstein is nearly alone: he is isolated⁴;

爱因斯坦几乎是独自一人。他被孤立了,

he is being rejected by his colleagues; his marriage is breaking up;

他被同事们拒绝,他的婚姻已经破裂。

he is having a custody⁵ battle for his kids; he immerses himself in the science.

他为他的孩子们进行监护权之争,他把自己沉浸在科学之中。

1 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

2 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

3 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。