大学英语精读听力第二册 2_un05

[06:05.58]He pursued various theories for several days
[06:10.63]until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work.
[06:16.48]His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree
[06:22.22]with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.
[06:28.88]Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame.
[06:34.95]He had developed theories that were profound
[06:39.31]and capable of exciting relatively few scientists.
[06:44.77]Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world.
[06:50.41]"I've had good ideas,and so have other men," he once said. "
[06:55.84]But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted.
[07:01.28]"He was bewildered by his fame:
[07:05.22]people wanted to meet him;strangers stared at him on the street;
[07:11.28]scientists,statesmen,students,and housewives wrote him letters.
[07:17.94]He never could understand why he received this attention,
[07:23.22]why he was singled out as something special.