Albert.Einstein課文汉译例句讲解练习答案.doc

Unit Three Text I: My Friend, Albert Einstein Banesh Hoffmann I.??????Pre-reading Brainstorming: What do you know about Einstein? What was he like? The text is mainly about Einstein personality and his incomparable contributions to science. It is inevitable that mention must be made of Einstein’s theory of relativity and his other achievements in mathematics and physics which, however, are very difficult for layman（外行人） to understand and explain. For this reason, only very brief notes are given to the technical terms. What is more important about the text is a description of Einstein concerning his “knack for going instinctively to the heart of a matter” （凭本能抓住事物本质的技巧）(Line 5-6), his “utter naturalness” (Line, 17-18), the “fantastic intensity and depth of his concentration”（考虑问题的强度和深度都是奇妙无比） (Line, 46), the “revolutionary ideas”(Line, 95) about mathematics and physics, etc. There is much to learn from the language of the text, too. His main achievements: theory of relativity; E=mc(energy equals mass times the speed of light squared) （能量=质量×光速）； the quantum theory of light（光量子理论） A very famous scientist, a scientific genius with a lock of long, graying hair. 2. How do you think Hoffmann describes Einstein as his friend? Hoffmann takes a different perspective. He tries to reveal some of the less well-known aspects of Einstein’s personality, traits that characterize him more as a man than as a scientific genius. II. Related Information 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: （1756-1791）, Austrian composer, one of the world’s greatest musical geniuses，wrote masterpieces in every branch of music. During his short life, Mozart composed a great volume of music. His 789 compositions include operas, symphonies, concertos（协奏曲）, quartets（四重奏） for the piano and for stringed instruments and sonatas for both piano and violin. His music has delicate beauty and is always fresh and pleasing to the ear. 2. Ludwig van Beethoven: (1770-1827), German composer, was one of music’s greatest