[上册]Unit Four Einsteins Painful Romance 研究生精读教程（第三版）PPT教材课程.ppt

relative to having a connection with sth.; referring to sth. 与某事物有关的；关于或涉及某事物的(用于名词后) The papers relative to the case have been presented in court. 与此案有关的文件已在法庭上出示。 They are discussing the facts relative to the problem. 他们正在讨论与这个问题有关的事实。 Back contemplate v. 1. think deeply about; consider with continued attention 沉思；冥想 The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 那位医生仔细考虑他要做的手术。 2. look at quietly and solemnly 凝视 She stood contemplating the painting. 她站着审视那幅画。 Back contemplate v. 3. expect 预料，盘算 The police contemplated various kinds of trouble after the football match. 警方考虑了足球赛后可能出现的所有麻烦。 Back capital adj. 1. excel lent; very good 极好的 What a capital idea! 真是一个好主意! 2. punishable by death 死刑的 Some countries have done away with capital punishment. 有些同家已经废除了死刑。 Back Background Knowledge Walter Sullivan (1918 – 1996), science editor for the New York Times, is recognized for communicating accurate and meaningful natural science ideas to society. Mr. Sullivan joined the Times in 1940, immediately following his graduation from Yale. His career spans the gamut from copy boy to foreign bureau chief to science editor - with assignments all over the world. His title on the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe, We Are Not Alone, won him international fame for nonfiction. His other Back Background Knowledge works include Quest for a Continent (on the Antarctic), Assault on the Unknown (on the International Geophysical Year), and two books for children, White Land of Adventure and Polar Regions. Back Background Knowledge Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in W¨rttemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich and he began his schooling there at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the yea