年夜学英语测验精读：第二册（UNIT5）
Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a IT, modest and ordinary man.
The professor and the Yo-yo
My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark - W - for Woolworth's.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of IT. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" He began a ling explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.NEW WORDSmodesta. having or expressing a not too high opinion of one's merits, abilities, etc.谦逊的yo-yon.游游（一种用线扯动利用权忽上忽来的轮形玩具）easen. freedom from work, discomfort, trouble, difficulty, worry, etc.空隙；恬静；自在；放心displayn. show展现loopvt.把（绳等）打成环n.圈；环strongn.细绳；线；弦balancen. condition of being steady平衡v. keep in a state of balanceproperlyad. really; completely极度；完全地impressvt. have a strong effect on the mind or feelings of给……深入的印象mailvt. send by postpoemn. piece of writing in verse诗personalityn. character特征logicn. the science or method of reasoning逻辑（学）;推理（法）simplicityn. the state of being IT; an absence of pretense简朴;简朴;纯真functionvi. workintellectuala.智力的frustraten. cause to have feeling of annoyed disappointment; defeat使悔恨;挫败frustrationn.jealousyn. envy妒忌jealousa.vanityn. state of being too proud of oneself or one's looks, abilities, etc.虚荣心bitternessn. the quality or state of being bitter苦;痛苦resentmentn. feeling that one has when insulted, ignored, injured, etc.后悔ambitionn. strong desire for success, power, riches, etc.野心,理想ambitiousa.immunea.有免疫力的;不受影响的immunityn.emotionn. strong feelingpretensionn.虚伪,做作,不受影响correspondvi. exchange letter regularly通信stationeryn. IT for writing letters, usu. with matching envelopes; writing materials信笺;文具watermarkn. mark made on IT by the maker, seen when it is held against light水印padn. a number of sheets of writing IT fixed along one edge便笺簿razorn. sharp instrument for taking hair off the body剃刀shavevt. cut off（hair or beard） with a razorcreamn. any thick, soft liquid膏状物arguevt. give reasons for or against（sth.）争辨painfula. causing painshrugvi. lift（the shoulders） slightly（to show in difference, doubt, etc.）耸肩finallyad. at last; lastly最终;末了presentvt. give; offer赠送;供给tuben.管;软管beamvi. look or smile happily and cheerfully面露忧色;愉快地浅笑beardn. hair of the lower part of the face（excluding the moustache）髯毛thereafterad. after that; afterwardsrevertvi return（to a former state, condition, etc.）答复,回返exclusivelyad. only; completelyexclusivea. person who forms theories理想家theoristn.方程式equationn. small in degree, not considerable or serious巨大的,轻微的applicationn. using使用theoryn.（explanation of the） general principles of an art or science理想theoreticala.reactorn.反响反应堆atomica. of or concerning an atom or atoms原子的atomn.photoelectrica.光电的seriesn. group of things of the same kind that come one after another系列;套,组relativelyad. comparatively相对地;比较地relativea.relativityn.curiosityn. the desire to know or learn猎奇心observev. see and againrepeatedlyad. again and againdunkvt. put under water for a limited time把……浸一浸deducevt. reach a conclusion by reasoning归结,料到deductionn.principlen.原理;准绳flawn. fault错误错误,瑕疵reasoningn. process of reaching conclusions by using one's reason推理pursuevt. work at, be busy with, go on with从事;忙于;继承apartad. separate（ly）离散,分开approachn. method of doing sth.体例,体例solutionn. sth. that one cannot understand or explain谜famen.（condition of） being famousprofounda. needing much thought or study to understand; deep深邃的;深入的capablea. ablecapabilityn.householdn. all the people living in a housea. familiar and commonhousehold wordn. word or name known and spoken of by almost everyone众所周知的词或名字civilizeda.文明的civilizevt.civilizationn.fortunen. luckbewildervt. confuse; puzzle把……弄懵懂;使利诱statesmann. political or government leader, esp. one who is wise and fair-minded政治家housewifen. married woman who manages a household PHRASES EXPRESSIONSat easefree from worry or nervousness; comfortableoff balancenot in balance; unsteady失落往平衡的come to terms withaccept（sth. one does not want to accept） and deal with it in the best way one can与……达成协议;与……妥协as far asto the degree that到……程度mean nothing tobe of no importance tobelieve inhave confidence in the value ofso much so thatto such an extent thata series ofa number of（thing or events） of the same kind that follow each other一系列,一连串take apartseparate（a small machine, clock, etc.） into pieces拆开work outsolve, find the answer to处理;算出;想出capable ofhaving the ability, power or inclination（to do）single outchoose from a group for special treatment选出,挑出PROPER NAMESThomas Lee Bucky托马斯.李.巴基Joseph Blank约瑟夫.布兰克Albert Einstein阿伯特.爱因斯坦Woolworth伍尔沃叫（姓氏）Nobel Prize诺贝尔奖金
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