欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(40)

It starts when the moon first comes in contact with the sun and then starts to move over the face of the sun.

它开始于月球第一次接触到太阳,然后开始移动到太阳表面。

The sun becomes smaller, smaller and smaller until the last moment when the sunlight actually passes through the valleys between the mountains of the moon.

太阳变得越来越小,越来越小,实际上直到最后一刻阳光通过山谷之间的月亮穿过。

And then this bright brilliant beam of sunlight and then the sun is entirely¹ eclipsed.

然后这发出明亮灿烂的阳光光束的太阳完全黯然失色。

It is the blackest black you will ever see.

这是你从未见过的黑暗。

My first eclipse, I literally² lost my breath.

我的第一次日食,从字面意思上讲我失去了呼吸。

It was like jumping in cold water where you go hahaha,

这就像跳入冷水的你不禁寒颤,

you know, you can't believe it.

你知道的,你不会相信它。

It is breathtaking, literally breathtaking.

这是惊人的,字面上非常惊人。

It's a gorgeous sight.

这是一种美景。

It's just wooooo!

太棒了!

Most powerful experience that I've ever had in my life.

在我的生命中这是最震撼的体验。

The New York Times had reporters and they wrote an article "Clouds fall away for eclipse",

纽约时报对此进行报道，他们写了一篇名为“云因为日食而消散”的文章。

there is a little subtitle³ "test of Einstein's theory".

而有一个小的副标题是“测试爱因斯坦的理论”。

This is the first time that an American newspaper mentioned Albert Einstein.

这是第一次美国的报纸提到阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦。

Campbell assigns his most trusted astronomer⁴ Heber.

坎贝尔分配他最信任的天文学家哈勃。

Curtis to analyse the photographs to prove or disprove Einstein's theory.

柯蒂斯分析照片证明还是驳斥爱因斯坦的理论。

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

4 astronomer   

n.天文学家

参考例句：

• A new star attracted the notice of the astronomer.新发现的一颗星引起了那位天文学家的注意。
• He is reputed to have been a good astronomer.他以一个优秀的天文学者闻名于世。