2019年英语新同步浙江专用必修五讲义：Unit 1 Section Ⅳ Learning about Language Using Language.docVIP

Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language__Using_Language [原文呈现] COPERNICUS REVOLUTIONARY① THEORY Nicolaus Copernicus② was frightened and his mind was confused③. Although he had tried to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led to④ the same conclusion that the earth was not the centre of the solar system⑤. Only if you put the sun there did⑥ the movements⑦ of the other planets in the sky make sense⑧. Yet he could not tell anyone about his theory as the powerful Christian Church⑨ would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea. They believed God had made the world and for that reason⑩ the earth was special and must be the centre of the solar system. [读文清障] ①revolutionary [?rev?lu???n?rI] adj.革命的；重大变革的 ②Nicolaus Copernicus [nIk?l?s k??p??nIk?s] 尼古拉·哥白尼(波兰天文学家) ③confused adj.困惑的；烦恼的 ④lead to通向；导致 ⑤the solar system太阳系 ⑥only后接if引导的状语从句，主句使用部分倒装。 ⑦movement [mu?vm?nt] n．移动；运动；动作 ⑧make sense讲得通；有意义 ⑨Christian Church基督教教会 ⑩reason n. [C，U] 原因；情理 哥白尼的革命性理论 [第1段译文] 尼古拉·哥白尼很恐惧，他的思绪很乱。虽然他尝试着不去理睬那些数字，然而，他的所有的数学计算都得出同样一个结论：地球不是太阳系的中心。只有当你把太阳放在中心位置上，天空中其他行星的运动才能说得清楚。然而他并不能向任何人讲述他的理论，因为即使他只暗示有这种想法，他都会受到强大的基督教教会势力的惩罚。他们认为上帝创造了世界，正是由于这个原因，地球才是特殊的，而且一定是太阳系的中心。 The problem arose? because astronomers had noticed that some planets in the sky seemed to stop, move backward? and then go forward in a loop?. Others appeared brighter at times? and less bright at others?. This was very strange if? the earth was the centre of the solar system and all planets went round? it. Copernicus had thought long and hard? about these problems and tried to find an answer. He had collected observations of the stars and used all his mathematical knowledge to explain them. But only his new theory could do? that. So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on? it, gradually improvingeq \o(○,\s\up1(21)) his theory untileq \o(○,\s\up1(22)) he felt it was complete. ?arise vi. (arose, arisen)出现；发生；产生 ?backward [b?kw?d] adv.adj.向后地(的)；相反地(的)；退步地(的), move backward向后移动 ?in a loop呈环状 ?at times有时；不时 ?at others＝at (other)