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Useful Expressions Text A 轻松的短篇故事 a light-hearted short story 四维的时空观 four-dimensional concept of spacetime 弯曲的效果 the warping effect 产生重力 to exert gravitational pull 一系列不规则曲线 an irregular series of curves 被较近的阻塞物阻挡 blocked by closer obstruction 挡在路上 to get in the way 向内坍塌 to collapse inwards 缩聚成密度极高的物体 to concentrate into an extremely dense object 什么也不同逃脱它的吸引 …from which nothing can escape 将这一观点延伸至 to extend this idea to… 抓住提供的一切可能性 to take every possibility on offer 无数宇宙的版本 infinite number of copies of itself 古老的问题 the century-old question 未来是前定的吗？ Is the future preordained? Text B 批评的矛头指向现代通信系统 lay the finger of blame on modern communication systems 媒介绝不是纸上印的一行行字 The medium is anything but lines of print on a page. 老掉牙的通讯方式 an outdated form of communication 化学方程式 chemical formulae 虚拟乘火箭在太空旅行 a simulation of a rocket journey through space 加速和减速 speed up or slow down 使···变得有趣、易懂 make…accessible and fun as well 激发兴趣的方法 methods of generating interest 吸收一点科学知识 soak up a bit of science 两颗原子弹同时爆炸的结果 as a result of two simultaneous atomic explosions 违反了牛顿第三运动定律 It contravenes Newton’s Third Law of Motion 需要一次巨大的爆炸… A huge blast would be needed to … 几道节本的运算题就能说明… A few basic sums would show that… 只能让地球偏离轨道大约1/4英寸 Shift the earth about a quarter of an inch out of its orbit 在宇宙飞船中走来走去 saunter around the spaceship 无重力环境中 a gravity-free environment 大获全胜地通过考试 pass the exam with flying colors 产生向心力 generate centripetal force 钟表会倒转 The clock will run the other way 为…所困惑 be baffled by 时间没有倒档 Time has no reverse gear. 通过身体组织吸收氧气 absorb oxygen through the tissues of the bodies 大口喘气 be gasping for breath 咬掉冒失少年的脑袋 bite off the head of a reckless teenager Keys to Exercises Text A 1. Newton, Einstein, Einstein, Einstein, Newton, Newton, Einstein, Newton 2. c, b 3. 3 4. a, b, b, a, c 5. hence, interference, amazingly, exert, resolution, relativity 6. relativity, amazingly, exerted, interference, resolution, hence 7. b, b,