高中英语人教版高二下01

[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.