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时差N小时 镜子

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Today Yael and Don discuss mirrors.

Yael和Don今天谈的是镜子。

Y: Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them--

镜子,镜子,谁是世界上最美的人?

D: Watcha doing?

你在干什么?

Y: I was, um, calibrating1 the surface smoothness of this mirror.

恩。。我在校准这面镜子表面的平整度。

D: I see.

我知道。

Y: Did you know that in order for a mirror to work properly it has to be perfectly2 smooth?

你知不知道只有表面光滑的镜子才能正常使用。

D: Why's that?

怎么这么说?

Y: Well, a mirror is basically something that reflects light, right?

镜子基本上都能反光对吧?

D: Right.

对。

Y: When light hits something, some of the light is reflected, some absorbed, and some passes through.

当光线照到某些东西的时候,有些光被反射,有些光被吸收,还有些光直接穿过去。

D: So for a mirror to produce a clear image it has to reflect as much of the light as possible, and in order to do that it has to be smooth.

所以说,镜子反射的光越多,它所形成的图像就会越清晰。要是想做到这点,镜子的表面就是越光滑越好。

Y: Exactly. A warped3 mirror scatters4 and diffuses5 light, making the image it produces look deformed6. But a smooth mirror reflects without distortion.

确实是。一面扭曲的镜子会发生散射和漫散射作用,使得所形成的图像变了形。而一面光滑的镜子经过反射作用而不会失真。

D: Which is what makes it possible for you to stand in front of the mirror and preen7.

哪种镜子更适合你站在前面打扮自己呢?

Y: I was not preening8!

我不是在打扮。

D: Right. But there's nothing wrong with preening, you know. People have been admiring themselves in mirrors for a long time. Take the Greeks and Romans. They loved looking at

themselves, although they only had highly polished pieces of bronze, tin, and silver. Their descendants were even more vain, so in 16th century Venice mirror makers9 discovered the technique of backing a piece of glass with a reflecting metal composed of tin and mercury, producing a much clearer reflection. That technique is still in practice today, although now we use a thin layer of molten aluminum10 or silver sprayed onto the back of a piece of glass in a vacuum to achieve premium11 smoothness.

好。但你知道的,就算是在打扮也没问题的。人们总是喜欢在镜子前自恋一会儿。拿希腊人和罗马人来说,尽管他们只有零碎的打磨好的青铜镜,锡镜和银镜,但他们仍然是很爱照镜子。他们的后代更加自负,所以16世纪的威尼斯镜制造商发明了一项技术,它可以将由锡和汞构成的反射金属和一片片玻璃拼接到一块儿。但这项技术现今还在应用。但我们现在更多的都是在真空中将一层薄薄的熔融铝或银喷到玻璃后面以保证溢价平衡。

Y: Thanks for the history lesson.

谢谢你给我上了节历史课。

D: You're welcome. And by the way . . .

不客气。对了顺便说一下……

Y: Yes?

恩?

D: You are the fairest of them all.

你是世界上最美的人。

Y: Oh Don.

哦Don...


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1 calibrating d6e305f27560127320d39d1b9d809678     
v.校准( calibrate的现在分词 );使标准化;使合标准;测量(枪的)口径
参考例句:
  • The value of the threshold strain is determined by calibrating the coating. 阈值应变的数值是靠对涂层进行标定测出来的。 来自辞典例句
  • Dewpoint hygrometers provide an absolute measurement of humidity and therefore are essentially self-calibrating. 露点湿度计可提供湿度的绝对量测值,因此它基本上是自动标定的。 来自辞典例句
2 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
3 warped f1a38e3bf30c41ab80f0dce53b0da015     
adj.反常的;乖戾的;(变)弯曲的;变形的v.弄弯,变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 );使(行为等)不合情理,使乖戾,
参考例句:
  • a warped sense of humour 畸形的幽默感
  • The board has warped. 木板翘了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 scatters 803ecee4ca49a54ca72e41929dab799f     
v.(使)散开, (使)分散,驱散( scatter的第三人称单数 );撒
参考例句:
  • He scatters money about as if he were rich. 他四处挥霍,好像很有钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Truth raises against itself the storm that scatters its seeds broadcast. 真理引起了反对它自己的狂风骤雨,那场风雨吹散了真理的广播的种子。 来自辞典例句
5 diffuses 5895e5fb1e4dd2adcfbb9269bf6b7973     
(使光)模糊,漫射,漫散( diffuse的第三人称单数 ); (使)扩散; (使)弥漫; (使)传播
参考例句:
  • A gas in solution diffuses from region of greater to one of less concentration. 溶液中的气体由浓度较高的区域向浓度较低的区域扩散。
  • The sun diffuses light and heat. 太阳发出光和热。
6 deformed iutzwV     
adj.畸形的;变形的;丑的,破相了的
参考例句:
  • He was born with a deformed right leg.他出生时右腿畸形。
  • His body was deformed by leprosy.他的身体因为麻风病变形了。
7 preen 51Kz7     
v.(人)打扮修饰
参考例句:
  • 50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom.50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。
  • Bill preened his beard.比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。
8 preening 2d7802bbf088e82544268e2af08d571a     
v.(鸟)用嘴整理(羽毛)( preen的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror? 你别对着镜子打扮个没完行不行?
  • She was fading, while he was still preening himself in his elegance and youth. 她已显老,而他却仍然打扮成翩翩佳公子。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
9 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 aluminum 9xhzP     
n.(aluminium)铝
参考例句:
  • The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
  • During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段,它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
11 premium EPSxX     
n.加付款;赠品;adj.高级的;售价高的
参考例句:
  • You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
  • Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后,清水便因稀而贵了。
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