欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(53)

They are equating¹ the two and that's very far from what happened.

他们把这两个划上等号,而和所发生的事情相差甚远。

A backlash set in.

有一种强烈反应。

In the New York Times, you could see that there were constantly, constantly questioning who is this famous scientist?

在纽约时报上,你可以看到,有不断的这位著名的科学家是谁的质疑。

Most the British people and most Americans, mostly people from the allied² powers were very hostile to German after the war.

大多数英国人民和大多数美国人一样,大多数同盟国的人在战争结束后非常敌视德国。

They were not at all interested in reconciliation³.

他们没有任何兴趣和解。

So many people were saying: oh, Eddington was so motivated by the goal of peace and promoting international brotherhood⁴.

所以很多人表示:哦,爱丁顿对于和平目标及促进国际兄弟会如此积极。

He was so convinced by the theory that perhaps he allowed himslef to be a little bit biased⁵.

他是如此相信这个理论,也许他允许自己有点偏颇。

He's been criticized for fudging the figures.

他一直被批评为捏造数据。

The photographic results from the two solar eclipse expeditions, Eddington's and Campbell's, result in a split decision.

从爱丁顿和坎贝尔的2次日食探险的摄影结果中,结果处于一种艰难的决定。

Another expedition will need to be mounted.

另一组探险队将需要整装待发。

Both Einstein, who has been trying to prove his theory since he first proposed it in 1907, and Campbell, who has been working on the problem since 1911, have tremendous personal stakes in the results.

爱因斯坦自1907年第一次提出后他一直试图证明他的理论；而坎贝尔, 自1911年以来已经开始着手处理这个问题,对于结果有着巨大的个人利害关系。

Now it was a matter of not just science, it was a matter of international reputation.

现在这不只是重要的科学研究,而是关乎到重要的国际声誉。

It was a matter of personal reputation. This was personal.

这是一种个人的声誉。这是真正的个人荣誉问题。

Campbell checks the charts and sees the next best eclipse to photograph will be in Australia, in 1922, more than two years from now.

坎贝尔检查图表看到下一个最好的日食照片将是在1922年的澳大利亚,这是2年以后的事。

And it turns out he will not be the only one to take the challenge.

而事实证明他将不是唯一接受这个挑战的人。

It's 1921 and the 42 year old Albert Einstein becomes science's first superstar.

就在1921年,42岁的爱因斯坦成为科学界的第一巨星。

1 equating   

v.认为某事物（与另一事物）相等或相仿( equate的现在分词 )；相当于；等于；把（一事物） 和（另一事物）等同看待

参考例句：

• [ Ray ] I definitely started equating crossword puzzles with songwriting. 我已经干脆开始把字谜游戏等同于歌曲写作了。 来自电影对白
• But they have a hard time equating plural marriage with those evils. 但是他们很难把这种多妻婚姻与上面说的那些坏事联系起来。 来自互联网

2 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

3 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

4 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

5 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。