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(1). Four American students are comparing notes on famous people.

四名美国学生正在谈论著名人士。

(2). I’m doing a word puzzle in this newspaper.

我在做这张报纸上的猜字谜语。

(3). I’m trying to find the name of a famous person. Can you help me?

我在设法找出一个名人的名字。你们能帮我(猜)吗

(4). Is it Abraham Lincoln? Who?

是亚伯拉翰·林肯吗?谁

(5). The American president who fought for the freedom of slaves in the USA.

就是那个为争取美国奴隶的自由而战的美国总统。

(6). No, it’s not him. Is it Karl Marx?

不，不是他。是卡尔·马克思吗

(7). He wrote books about communism.

他写了很多关于共产主义的书。

(8). He said that all communists should help each other

他说所有的共产党人都应该互相帮助。

(9). No, it’s not him. Is it Alexander Bell?

不，不是他。是亚历山大·贝尔吗

(10). What did he do? He made the first telephone.

他做过什么?他发明了第一部电话机。

(11). No, it’s not him. Is it Albert Einstein?

不，不是他。是艾伯特·爱因斯坦吗

(12). What did he do?

他是干什么的

(13). He was a famous professor of physics.

他是一位著名的物理学教授。

(14). He lived in the century, was born in Germany and spent the last part of his life in the USA.

他生活在本世纪，在德国出生，他的晚年是在美国度过的。

(15). That fits the puzzle! It must be him!

这正好与谜底吻合!肯定是他。

(16). Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14th, 1879.

艾伯特·爱因斯坦1879年3月14日出生于德国。

(17). When he was a young boy he used to ask lots of questions, for example, “how does darkness happen?”

他小时候总是提出许多问题，例如，“黑暗是怎么回事?”

(18). By the time he was fourteen years old, he had learned maths all by himself.

到14岁的时候，他已经自学了数学。

(19). He was a shy person and did not enjoy school very.

他是个害羞的人，不大喜欢上学。

(20). He found it hard to get along with the other boys.

他觉得和其他的人相处是件非常困难的事情。

(21). All through his life Einstein was content to spend most of his time alone, although he married twice and had lots of close friends.

一生中，他虽然结过两次婚，而且也有很多好朋友，但却愿意一个度过大部分时间。

(22). From the age of seventeen, Einstein studied in Switzerland. To earn enough money to continue his studies, he worked there first as a teacher, then in a government office.

从17岁开始，爱因斯坦就在瑞士学习。为了挣够钱来继续他的学业，他先在那儿当教师，后来又在政府部门工作。

(23). With the pay that he received and saved, he went on with his studies at university, where he received a doctor’s degree in 1905.

用他挣来的工资和省下来的钱，他在大学继续学习，1905年获得了博士学位。

(24). The period between 1905 and 1915 was an important one for Einstein; he began the research and studies which led to his new discoveries in physics.

1905年到1915年这段时间对爱因斯坦来说是一个重要时期，他开始进行研究工作，这些研究工作最终促使他在物理学方面获得新发现。

(25). At the end of the First World War in 1918, Einstein received worldwide praise for his scientific research.

在1918年第一次世界大战结束时，爱因斯坦由于他的科学研究受到全世界的广泛赞扬。

(26). He was given the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, and was invited to give talks in many countries.

1921年他被授予诺贝物理学奖，还被邀请到许多国家讲学。

(27). In 1933 Einstein and his family left Europe for the USA. He had been invited to teach at a university there.

在1933年爱因斯坦和他的家人离开欧洲去美国。他被邀请到美国的一所大学任教。

(28). He accepted the job of Professor of Physics, but asked for very little money.

他对致富从来就不感兴趣。

(29). He once refused to speak on the radio for $ 1000 a minute.

他有一次谢绝了报酬为一分1000美元的广播演说。

(30). Another time someone saw him using a cheque for $1500 as a bookmark. Then he lost the book.

还有一次，有人看到他用一张1500美元的支票作书签，后来他连那本书都丢了!

(31). Einstein lived the rest of his life quietly in the USA. In 1940 he took American nationality.

爱因斯坦在美国安静地度过了他的余生。在1940年他取得了美国国籍。

(32). Besides his work in physics, he spent a lot of time working for human rights and progress.

除了在物理学方面的工作之外，他还花了大量的时间为人权和社会进步而工作。

(33). Einstein had always been fond of music and had learnt music as a young boy.

爱因斯坦一直喜欢音乐，小时候就学过音乐。

(34). At the university town where he lived he continued to make music at home with his friends.

在他居住的大学城里，他继续在家里同朋友们一起创作乐曲。

(35). It was said that he found in music the peace which was missing in a world full of wars and killings.

据说，他在音乐中找到这个充满战争与杀戮的世界上所失去的和平。

(36). Such was Albert Einstein, a simple man and the 20th century’s greatest scientist. He died on April 18th, 1955 at the age of 76.

这就是爱因斯坦，一个纯朴的人，一位20世纪最伟大的科学家。他于1955年4月18日去世，享年76岁。

(37). Before Einstein, scientists believed that light traveled through space in a straight line.

在爱因斯坦之前，科学家们一直认为光是以直线的方式在空中传播的。

(38). But Einstein was able to prove that light coming from the stars was bent as it passed the sun.

然而爱因斯坦却能证明来自恒星的光线在经过太阳时变弯曲了。

(39). As a result, it appeared to scientists on earth that the stars had moved.

因此，在地球上科学家看来，恒星好像是发生了移动。

(40). He worked out just how much the light would be bent; he could also work out how far the stars would appear to have moved.

他准确地计算出了光线被弯曲的程度;他还能计算出恒星看上去移动了多少距离。

(41). His discovery was completely new; it was said that only three people in the world could understand it at that time.

他的发现是全新的。据说当时世界上只有三个懂得这个理论。

(42). The difficulty was how he could prove his ideas to other scientists.

困难在于怎样才能向其他科学家证实他的想法。

(43). Many of them did not accept his scientific ideas.

许多科学家不接受他的科学见解。

(44). But Einstein stuck to his opinion and went on with his research.

但是爱因斯坦坚持他的意见，并且继续进行研究。

(45). By 1919, scientists who had been watching the stars supported his work and he quickly became world-famous.

到1919年时，那些一直在观察恒星的科学家们认可了爱因斯坦的工作，于是他很快就闻名于世了。

(46). From that time on Einstein was greatly respected as the leading scientist of the century.

从那时起，爱因斯坦倍受尊重，被公认为是20世纪最杰出的科学家。

(47). The first World War (1914-1918)had brought him great sadness.

第一次世界大战(1914-1918)使他深感忧伤。

(48). He had taken Swiss nationality in 1901 and therefore did not have to join the army, as Switzerland did not take sides in the war.

他于1901年取得瑞士国籍，因此他不必参军，因为瑞士在大战中保持中立。

(49). However, he thought that the war was a terrible thing.

但是，他认为战争是件很可怕的事情。

(50). All through his life he believed that fighting and killing in wars was wrong.

他终生都认为战争中的打斗和杀戮是错误的。

(51). What he wanted to see was an end to all the armies of the world.

他所希望看到的是世界上所有的军队全都消亡。

(52). When Germany was ruled by Hitler in the early 1930s, Einstein, who was a jew,found it impossible to continue living in Germany.

在20世纪30年代初斯希特勒统治德国的时候，爱因斯坦发现自己身为犹太人不可能在德国继续生活下去了。

(53). His friends were beaten, or taken away, or their homes were destroyed.

他的朋友们挨打、被捕，他们的家园被毁。

(54). While he was in America, Einstein wrote a letter to a newspaper to say that these acts were wrong. It meant that he would never be able to visit Germany again.

他在美国的时候，曾经给一家报纸写信说这些行为是错误的。这意味着他再也不能回德国了。

(55). That is why Einstein and his family left Europe for the USA in 1933.

这就是爱因斯坦和他的家人在1993年离开欧洲前往美国的原因。

(56). Jane and Zhou Lan are in London. They are wondering what to do today.

简和周兰现在在伦敦。她们正在考虑今天要做什么

(57). What shall we do today? The weather’s not very good.

我们今天做什么呢?今天天气不怎么好。

(58). I feel like going to a museum. It’s too wet to go walking around London.

我想去博物馆。地上太湿了，所以我们不能在伦敦到处逛。....(please sign in for more)

(59). I agree. Which museum would you like to visit?

我觉得也是。你想去哪个博物馆呢....(please sign in for more)

(60). What about the natural History Museum?

自然历史博物馆，怎么样....(please sign in for more)

(61). So far as I know, it’s free.

据我所知，这家博物馆是免费的。....(please sign in for more)

(62). No, not any more. It used to be free but now you have to pay to get in.

不，现在不免费了。它以前是免费的，但是现在你得买票才能进。....(please sign in for more)

(63). What about you? What do you feel like doing?

你呢?你想干什么....(please sign in for more)

(64). Personally, I’d rather go to the Science Museum.

就我个人来讲，我愿意去科学博物馆。....(please sign in for more)

(65). They’ve got a special exhibition on this month.

这个月他们举办一次特别展览。....(please sign in for more)

(66). It’s all about space and satellites.

全是关于太空和卫星的。....(please sign in for more)

(67). I’d like to see that too. I’m planning to do a special study of satellites next term. Maybe I could find out some useful information.

我也想去看。下学期，我打算做一次关于卫星的特别研究，也许我能得到一些有用的信息。....(please sign in for more)

(68). Fine! Why don’t you get your things ready?

那好!还不快去把我的东西准备好....(please sign in for more)

(69). I’ll tell my mother what we’ve decided to do.

我去告诉我妈妈我们的决定。....(please sign in for more)

(70). The moon travels round the earth once every month. It is a natural satellite of the earth.

月亮每月绕地球运行一周。它是地球的一颗天然卫星。....(please sign in for more)

(71). A satellite is an object, either natural or man-made, which travels in an orbit round another object in space.

卫星是一种天然的或人造的物体，在太空中按一定轨道围绕着另一物体运行。....(please sign in for more)

(72). Man-made satellites are carried up into space by rockets. To escape the pull of the earth, a rocket must reach a speed of 28,440 km/h.

人造卫生是由火箭发射到在太空中去的。为了摆脱地球的引力，火箭必须达到每小时28440公里的速度。....(please sign in for more)

(73). If the rocket does not reach this speed, it will fall back to the earth.

如果达不到这个速度，火箭会落回地球。....(please sign in for more)

(74). A satellite is one of the most expensive pieces of scientific equipment in the world.

卫星是世界上最昂贵的科学设备之一。....(please sign in for more)

(75). First, it must be very light, the lighter the better, because it has to be sent up into space by a rocket.

首先，它必须非常轻，越轻越好，因为它必须由火箭关入太空。....(please sign in for more)

(76). Second, it usually contains very expensive cameras. It has equipment for making electricity from sunshine, using very broad sun panels.

其次，它通常都配有价格不菲的摄像机。它配有很宽大的太阳能板发电设备，利用太阳发电。....(please sign in for more)

(77). These are fooled up inside the satellite.

这些板都折叠起来放在卫星里面。....(please sign in for more)

(78). Once the satellite goes into its orbit round the earth, the panels are unfolded in order to catch the sunshine.

一旦卫星进入它绕地球运行的轨道，太阳能板就被打开用来吸收阳光。....(please sign in for more)

(79). There is a rocket motor on the satellite by which the direction of the direction of the satellite can be changed if necessary.

在卫星上还有一个火箭马达，必要时可以用它来改变卫星的方向。....(please sign in for more)

(80). Satellite for broadcasting are used to send radio and TV programmers from one part of the world to another.

广播卫星用来把电台和电视节目从世界的某一地区播送到另一地区。....(please sign in for more)

(81). Most of these satellites do not change their positions. They remain above the same place on the earth and travel round it in a very high circle.

绝大多数这类卫星都不改变它们的位置。它们保持在地球上空的同一位置，在高中环绕地球运行。....(please sign in for more)

(82). In this way, they are able to connect broadcasting stations which are a long distance from each other

这样，它们就可以把相距很远的广播电台联系起来。....(please sign in for more)

(83). Signals travel at the seed of light.

信号以光速传播....(please sign in for more)

(84). They reach the satellite and return to the earth in less than a second.

从地面发出的信号到达卫星后再返回地面，所需的时间不到一秒钟。....(please sign in for more)

(85). Weather satellites send information and photos of weather conditions to weather stations on the earth. It is therefore possible to say not only what the weather is like at preset, but also what is likely to happen in the next day or two.

气象卫星把天气情况的资料和图像传送给地球上的气象台。因此，人们不仅可以报告当前的天气情况，而且也可以预报未来一两天内可能会发现的天气情况。....(please sign in for more)

(86). This is very useful when there is a hurricane in an area, as it is possible to see the path of the hurricane in the satellite pictures.

当某个地区出现飓风时，这就非常有用了，因为在卫星云图上可以看到飓风经过的路线。....(please sign in for more)

(87). Ships and planes can be warned so that they can keep out of the path of the hurricane.

于是可以向船只和飞机发出警报，这样他们就能避开飓风经过的路线。....(please sign in for more)

(88). In 1964 a group of 17 countries set up an organization for sending telephone signals by satellite. Their first satellite was called Early Bird.

在1964年，17国集团成立了一个通过卫星传送电话信号的组织。他们的第一颗卫星叫“晨鸟”号。....(please sign in for more)

(89). Today there are more than 100 nations in this group and dozens of satellites have been put into space.

今天这个集团已经有一百多个国家，送入太空的卫星已有几十个了。....(please sign in for more)

(90). You can telephone somebody on the other side of the world with the help of a satellite.

你可以通过卫星给地球另一边的人打电话。....(please sign in for more)

(91). Satellites are used more and more to take photos of the earth and to produce maps.

卫星越来越多地被用于给地球拍摄照片和绘制地图。....(please sign in for more)

(92). Special cameras can produce pictures showing where different metals can be found.

特制的摄像机可以拍摄出能表明哪些地方能够找到不同的金属(矿)的照片。....(please sign in for more)

(93). They can tell the difference between healthy plants and diseased plants.

它们还可以识别健康植物和患病植物之间的差异。....(please sign in for more)

(94). This is useful for scientists working in forests and in agriculture.

这对于那些从事森林和农业研究的科学家非常有用。....(please sign in for more)

(95). There are many research stations on the earth in which outer space is studied. The problem with looking into space from the earth is that there is a lot of dust in the earth’s air.

地球上有许多研究外层空间的研究站。从地球上观察太空存在一个问题:地球的大气中有着大量尘埃。....(please sign in for more)

(96). The dusty air makes it difficult to get a clear picture of space.

带有尘埃的大气层使我们难以获取太空的清晰图像。....(please sign in for more)

(97). With space satellites there are no such problems. They are being used more and more to collect information about space, to carry out experiments and to send the information back to research centers on the earth.

有了太空卫星，这类问题就不复存在了，进行实验，并将信息发回地球上的研究中心。....(please sign in for more)

(98). 1957 The first satellite, a Russian sputnik, was sent up into space.

1957年第一颗卫星--一颗苏联人造地球卫星被送入太空。....(please sign in for more)

(99). It sent back simple radio signals. Sputnik 2 put a dog into space.

它发回了简单的无线电信号。苏联的第二颗卫星把一条狗送入太空。....(please sign in for more)

(100). It died because there was no way in which it could be brought back to the earth.

由于无法把它带回地面，这条狗就死了。....(please sign in for more)