欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(47)

And finally Campbell announces his results.

最后坎贝尔宣布他的结果。

He said Einstein is wrong and Lick Observatory¹ says Einstein was wrong.

他称爱因斯坦的结论错误而且里克天文台也称爱因斯坦的理论是错误的。

But the session takes a dramatic turn with the ring of a cable from Eddington.

但随着爱丁顿的研究发生了戏剧性的大转折。

His preliminary findings show just the opposite.

他的初步研究结果显示正好相反。

The British was going to say Einstein is right.

英国正准备公布爱因斯坦是正确的。

Eddington still had more calculations to do and they wouldn't be ready for a couple of months.

艾丁顿仍有更多的计算要做,他们也不准备好几个月的时间。

Here we have the special meeting of Royal Astronomical² Society,

这里我们有专门的皇家天文协会会议,

everyone was watching, Campbell says Einstein is wrong,

每个人都在关注,坎贝尔表示爱因斯坦是错误的,

the British say, we don't know yet, but it looks like it might be right.

英国人称,我们还不知道,但看起来可能是正确的。

They just delivered a death ball to Einstein.

他们只是针对爱因斯坦发表了最后通告。

Campbell started to really get nervous sitting in that room.

坎贝尔坐在房间里开始真正感到紧张。

Campbell sends an urgent message to his colleague back to America who were about to release their negative report on the eclipse photos.

坎贝尔发送紧急消息给他回到美国即将发布关于他们日食照片负面报告的同事。

It was a stop cable of five words, delay publishing Einstein results, Campbell.

这是用五个单词组成的一条信息,延迟公布爱因斯坦的结果,坎贝尔。

1 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

2 astronomical   

adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的

参考例句：

• He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
• Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。