欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(50)

It is a proud personal achievement for Campbell and a landmark¹ moment for science.

这对坎贝尔而言是一个值得骄傲的个人成就，而对科学而言则是具有里程碑意义的时刻。

The Lick party finally succeeds, gets extraordinarily² good results and resounding³ the cooperates Eddington's 1919 measurements.

里克党最后成功,与爱丁顿1919测量法的完美合作得到了非常好的结果。

Now who is the first person that Campbell sent a cable to with the result?

现在坎贝尔发送会第一位给谁发电文呢?

Albert Einstein. He wanted Einstein to know, boy did we vindicate⁴ you, boy did we show that Eddington was right, despite what all the scoff⁵ was foreseeing.

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦。他希望爱因斯坦知道,我们的确证明你是对的,我们的确表明,爱丁顿是正确的,尽管预见到所有的嘲笑和讥讽。

For Einstein this was a tremendous triumph.

对于爱因斯坦而言这是一个巨大的胜利。

The eclipse expedition gives us an amazing proof of something that looks theoretical and yet it's very much part of our lives.

日食探险为我们提供了一个了不起的理论证明,而它来源于我们日常生活的一部分。

They show that space time around the sun was curving.

他们表明,环绕太阳的空间时间是弯曲的。

That's a whole new way of thinking about how gravity works.

这是一种全新的方式来思考万有引力是如何运作的。

How strange is that that's completely against our intuition, but it's what the data showed.

多么奇怪,这完全是跟我们的直觉唱反调,但这数据就是这样显示。

And you can not argue with the data.

而你不能驳斥数据。

Nature agrees, yes, Einstein, that's a beautiful theory, you are right.

大自然也同意,是的,爱因斯坦,那是一个美丽的理论,你是对的。

1 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

2 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

3 resounding   

adj. 响亮的

参考例句：

• The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
• He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。

4 vindicate   

v.为…辩护或辩解，辩明；证明…正确

参考例句：

• He tried hard to vindicate his honor.他拼命维护自己的名誉。
• How can you vindicate your behavior to the teacher?你怎样才能向老师证明你的行为是对的呢？

5 scoff   

n.嘲笑，笑柄，愚弄；v.嘲笑，嘲弄，愚弄，狼吞虎咽

参考例句：

• You are not supposed to scoff at religion.你不该嘲弄宗教。
• He was the scoff of the town.他成为全城的笑柄。