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　51. Einst?eins Inspi?ring[激励人心的?] Heir[n.继承人]. 　爱因斯坦的?激励人心的?继承人、 　　1. He is almos?t total?ly paral?yzed[adj.瘫痪的], speec?hless? and wheel?chair?-bound?[adj.被束缚的], able to move only his facia?l muscl?es and two finge?rs on his left hand. He canno?t dress? or feed himse?lf, and he needs? round?-the-clock?[a.一整天的] nursi?ng care. He can commu?nicat?e only throu?gh a voice? synth?esize?r[语音合成器?], which? he opera?tes by labor?iousl?y[ad.费力的] tappi?ng[(tap):轻敲] out words? on the compu?ter attac?hed to his motor?ized[给..装发动机的?] chair?. Yet at age 50, despi?te these? crush?ing[决定性的] adver?sitie?s[(adver?sity):n.不幸], Steph?en Hawki?ng[霍金] has becom?e, in the words? of scien?ce write?rs Micha?el White? and John Gribb?in, perha?ps the great?est physi?cist[n.物理学家] of our time. His 1988 book, A Brief? Histo?ry of Time, has sold 1.7 milli?on copie?s aroun?d the world?. 1、他几乎完全?瘫痪，不能说话，离不开轮椅?，能够活动的?只有他面部?的肌肉和他?左手的两个?指头。吃饭穿衣他?不能自理，白天夜晚都?需要人照顾?。他只能通过?一个发声合?成器同别人?交流。这个计算机?式的发声合?成器固定在?他那装有马?达的轮椅上?；他吃力地操?作键盘，把要说的话?一个词一个?词地打出来?。尽管他遭此?极度厄运，斯蒂芬·霍金在他年?已半百的时?候还是成了?“也许是当代?最伟大的物?理学家”。(科技作家迈?克·怀特和约翰?·格里宾语)他1988?年出版的《时间简史》一书，在世界各地?共销售了1?70万册。 单词：paral?yze＝使瘫痪； labor?iousl?y＝费力的；tap＝轻敲； adver?sity＝不幸； 2. Hawki?ngs choic?e of caree?r was most fortu?nate[a.幸运的], for himse?lf as well as for scien?ce. Rejec?ting[(rejec?t):v.拒绝] the urgin?g of his physi?cian[n.内科医生] fathe?r to study? medic?ine, Hawki?ng chose? inste?ad to conce?ntrat?e on math and theor?etica?l[a.理论的] physi?cs, first? at Oxfor?d and then at Cambr?idge. But at age 21 he devel?oped the first? sympt?oms[(sympt?om):n.征兆] of amyot?rophi?c later?al scler?osis (ALS), a disor?der that would? inevi?tably?[ad.不可避免地?] rende?r[v.导致] him paral?yzed[adj.瘫痪的] and incap?able of perfo?rming? most kinds? of work. As the autho?rs note, theor?etica?l physi?cs was one of the very few jobs for which? his mind was the only real tool he neede?d. 2、霍金选择了?这一职业，对科学事业?和他本人都?是件极大的?好事。他父亲是个?医生，曾敦促他学?医，但他没有从?命，而是先后在?牛津大学和?剑桥大学专?攻数学和理?论物理。可是他在2?1岁的时候?(脊髓)侧索硬化的?征