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1、大学英语精读第二册unit4UNIT4TEXTSeenthroughtheeyesofayoungfriendEinsteinwasasimple,modestandordinaryman.TheprofessorandtheYo-yoMyfatherwasaclosefriendofAlbertEinstein.AsashyyoungvisitortoEinstein'shome,IwasmadetofeelateasewhenEinsteinsaid,"Ihavesomethingtoshowyou."Hewenttohisdes
2、kandreturnedwithaYo-Yo.Hetriedtoshowmehowitworkedbuthecouldn'tmakeitrollbackupthestring.Whenmyturncame,Idisplayedmyfewtricksandpointedouttohimthattheincorrectlyloopedstringhadthrownthetoyoffbalance.Einsteinnodded,properlyimpressedbymyskillandknowledge.Later,IboughtanewY
3、o-YoandmailedittotheProfessorasaChristmaspresent,andreceivedapoemofthanks.Asboyandthenasanadult,IneverlostmywonderatthepersonalitythatwasEinstein.HewastheonlypersonIknewwhohadcometotermswithhimselfandtheworldaroundhim.Heknewwhathewantedandhewantedonlythis:tounderstandwi
4、thinhislimitsasahumanbeingthenatureoftheuniverseandthelogicandsimplicityinitsfunctioning.Heknewtherewereanswersbeyondhisintellectualreach.Butthisdidnotfrustratehim.Hewascontenttogoasfarashecould.Inthe23yearsofourfriendship,Ineversawhimshowjealousy,vanity,bitterness,ange
5、r,resentment,orpersonalambition.Heseemedimmunetotheseemotions.Hewasbeyondanypretension.Althoughhecorrespondedwithmanyoftheworld'smostimportantpeople,hisstationerycarriedonlyawatermark-W-forWoolworth's.Todohisworkheneededonlyapencilandapadofpaper.Materialthingsmeantnothi
6、ngtohim.Ineverknewhimtocarrymoneybecauseheneverhadanyuseforit.Hebelievedinsimplicity,somuchsothatheusedonlyasafetyrazorandwatertoshave.WhenIsuggestedthathetryshavingcream,hesaid,"Therazorandwaterdothejob.""ButProfessor,whydon'tyoutrythecreamjustonce?"Iargued."Itmakessha
7、vingsmootherandlesspainful."Heshrugged.Finally,Ipresentedhimwithatubeofshavingcream.Thenextmorningwhenhecamedowntobreakfast,hewasbeamingwiththepleasureofanew,greatdiscovery."Youknow,thatcreamreallyworks,"heannounced."Itdoesn'tpullthebeard.Itfeelswonderful."Thereafter,he
8、usedtheshavingcreameverymorninguntilthetubewasempty.Thenherevertedtousingplainwater.Einsteinwaspurelyandexclus