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1、Unit13AlbertEinstein1879--1955By:MountsonIn1879InhischildhoodAtthePatentOfficeIn1904In1912ThehouseinUlm(乌尔姆)whereEinsteinwasborn.SoonafterwardsthefamilymovedtoMunich(慕尼黑),abustling(adj.熙熙攘攘的,忙乱的)citywherehisfatherhopedtofindabetterenvironmentforhisshaky(adj.虚弱的,颤抖的)business.Einstein
2、‘sfather,Hermann,rananelectricaltechnologybusiness,givingAlbertanearlyintroductiontothepowerofscience.Butthebusinessoftenteetered(v.摇摇欲坠)onthebrink(n.边缘)offailure.HermannEinstein'smother,Pauline,forcedhimtotakeviolinlessons.Atfirstheobjectedvehemently(adv.strongly),butintimehecameto
3、lovethemusicwithapassion.PaulineIn1903AttheZurichPolytechnicaromancehadarisen(出现)betweenthehandsomeandwitty(诙谐的)would-bescienceteacherandayoungSerbian(塞尔维亚的)woman,MilevaMaric,theonlywomaninAlbert‘sphysicsclass.Einstein’sfamilyopposedanytalkofmarriage,evenafterMilevagavebirthtoadaugh
4、ter(whowasapparently(显而易见地)givenupforadoption(接纳)).Thepairfinallymarriedin1903afterEinsteingothisjobatthePatentOffice(专利局).EinsteindiscussedphysicswithMileva,butthereisnosolidevidencethatshemadeanysignificant(重要的)contribution(贡献)tohiswork.In1904asonwasborn,andasecondin1910.Theastron
5、omer(天文学家)ArthurEddington(亚瑟埃丁顿)saiditwasthegreatestmomentofhislifewhenhemeasuredtheimageofastarandfoundthatthesun‘sgravitywarped(vt.弄歪)thespacethroughwhichthelighthadtraveled.Thisphotoisfromthe1922eclipse(日蚀),wheretheeffectwasreconfirmed(vt.再次证实).Theeclipseexperiments,likemostimpor
6、tantnewscience,weredoneattheverylimitofavailabletechniques.Itwasnotuntilthe1960s,withvastly(adv.广大地)improvedmethods,thatthegravitational(adj.重力的)bendingoflightcouldbedemonstrated(vt.证明)beyondreasonabledoubt.Untilthenonecouldalmostsaythatthelogic(n.逻辑性)andbeautyofEinstein'stheorydida
7、smuchtoconfirmtheobservationsastheobservationsdidtoconfirmhistheory.OnestoryEinsteinlikedtotellabouthischildhoodwasofa“wonder”hesawwhenhewasfourorfiveyearsold:amagnetic(磁性的)compass(指南针).Theneedle‘sinvariable(不变的)northwardswing,guidedbyaninvisibleforce,profoundly(深深地)impressedthechil
8、d.Thecompassconvinc
