第1章 迷失在宇宙中 Lost in the Cosmos · 第1讲S1

1. 为啥课本里只给数据不给解释，非得看比尔·布莱森的书才能懂那些'为啥'和'咋回事'啊？
2. 讲稿里说太阳系天体都在同一个'plane'上，这词儿不是飞机吗？这儿到底指啥？
3. 'Gorgeous'和'Uncanny'都能形容那种让人震惊的美，这俩词到底有啥区别，咋用才不串？
4. 为啥月亮叫lunar，太阳叫solar？这两个词根咋就跟日历（calendar）连上关系了？
5. Luna Lovegood 被叫成 'Luny' 是因为 moon 的阴晴圆缺影响精神，这说法是迷信还是真有道理？

1. Why do textbooks only give facts and figures but skip the 'whys' and 'hows'? Why do I need Bill Bryson's book to really get it?
2. The script says all celestial bodies are in the same 'plane'. Doesn't that mean an airplane? What does it mean here?
3. Both 'gorgeous' and 'uncanny' describe something stunning, but what's the real difference between them, and how do I use them correctly?
4. Why is the moon 'lunar' and the sun 'solar'? How do these roots connect to calendars like the solar and lunar ones?
5. Luna Lovegood is called 'Luny' because the moon's phases affect people's behavior. Is this just superstition or is there any truth to it?

1 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:33,480 But how did the scientists find out about the different 2 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:34,620 layers of the earth, 3 00:00:34,780 --> 00:00:37,420 and how thick and how hot each layer is? 4 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:41,340 Textbooks do not answer such questions. 5 00:00:42,180 --> 00:00:44,500 Textbooks tell us facts and figures, 6 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,740 but they do not answer our whys and hows. 7 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:49,500 F ortunately, 8 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:51,060 Bill 9 00:00:51,190 --> 00:00:54,130 Bryson has written a book to answer the questions of 10 00:00:54,130 --> 00:00:55,930 curious people like you and me. 11 00:00:56,580 --> 00:01:01,820 A Short History of Nearly Everything Everything here 12 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:04,600 includes astronomy,chemistry, 13 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,760 evolution,geology, 14 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:09,640 paleontology,and even quantum mechanics. 15 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,700 万物简史包罗万象包括天文学, 16 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:18,200 化学,进化论,地质学,古生物学, 17 00:01:18,340 --> 00:01:20,880 粒子物理,乃至量子力学。 18 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:21,860 Bill 19 00:01:22,690 --> 00:01:26,990 Bryson is not a scientist He is a writer He 20 00:01:27,380 --> 00:01:31,780 has written a huge lot of books Most of them travelogues 21 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:35,300 about his adventures across the world Some 22 00:01:35,490 --> 00:01:38,750 of them are about the English language He 23 00:01:41,470 --> 00:01:44,910 understands how intimidating science can be to those 24 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:48,610 who are not so science minded And he knows how to explain 25 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:52,470 things in a way that ordinary people find interesting 26 00:02:11,060 --> 00:02:11,540 英 27 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:14,360 国的泰晤士报 28 00:02:14,540 --> 00:02:20,320 把万物简史这本书比作科学界的旅游文学 29 00:02:21,770 --> 00:02:30,830 作者 Bill Bryson 就是一个导游他知识渊博幽默风趣他 30 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,520 热爱自己负责的这块景区迫 31 00:02:35,970 --> 00:02:39,790 切地想和我们分享他的精彩让 32 00:02:40,170 --> 00:02:46,190 我们跟随 Bill Bryson 一同开启富于智慧风趣幽默而又 33 00:02:46,190 --> 00:02:49,930 大开眼界的科学之旅吧 Part 34 00:02:52,110 --> 00:02:59,800 1 Lost in the Cosmos 迷失在宇宙中 Cosmos is the 35 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,600 universeespecially when you think of it as an orderly 36 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,020 system The 37 00:03:05,980 --> 00:03:10,150 opposite of cosmos is chaos Cosmos 38 00:03:10,350 --> 00:03:15,080 指的是一个有序体系的宇宙而 chaos 39 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:19,580 指的是宇宙未开之前的混沌状态 They 40 00:03:21,370 --> 00:03:25,630 are all in the same plane They are all going around in the 41 00:03:25,630 --> 00:03:27,950 same direction It's perfect, 42 00:03:28,110 --> 00:03:29,850 you know It's gorgeous 43 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,740 这是一位天文学家描述太阳系的一句话, 44 00:03:41,820 --> 00:03:43,980 作为第一部分的引言。 45 00:04:02,570 --> 00:04:04,850 plane 这里也不是飞机的意思 46 00:04:06,020 --> 00:04:11,840 其实它指的是平面 they are all in the same plane 是指太 47 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,980 阳系中的所有的星体它的 48 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,240 运行轨道都是在同一个平面的 and they are going 49 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,460 around in the same direction 运行的方向也是一致的 50 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:29,150 it's perfect you know it's gorgeousgorgeous means 51 00:04:29,150 --> 00:04:31,710 very beautiful very attractive You 52 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:34,440 can say gorgeous women, 53 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,300 gorgeous men,gorgeous sunset, 54 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:44,960 gorgeous waterfalls 可以用来指人或者风景 It's 55 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,300 almost uncanny It 56 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:51,980 means that it is so strange that it is almost impossible 57 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:56,780 to explain Uncanny 指的是诡异, 58 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,960 神秘,so mysterious, 59 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:07,530 so strangeastronomer 是天文学家中间的 astro 是星星 60 00:05:07,530 --> 00:05:07,950 的意思 61 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,300 astronomer actually means a person who looks at stars 62 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:15,500 所以 63 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:21,380 天文学家还有一个俗称是 stargazergaze means look 64 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:24,500 atastronomy 65 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,620 天文学还有 66 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:36,020 astronaut 是宇航员 solar systemsolar 是太阳系 Like 67 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:44,220 solar calendar 这是指太阳历也就是根据地球绕太阳 68 00:05:44,220 --> 00:05:49,490 公转的周期而制定的历法叫 solar calendar 像我们现 69 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:54,220 在用的公历或者说新历就是一种 solar calendar 它一 70 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:59,060 年是 365 天的 Solar energy 是太阳能 71 00:05:59,950 --> 00:06:05,790 与 solar 相对的一个词 luna 是指月亮的 Lunar calendar 72 00:06:05,790 --> 00:06:12,090 指的就是依照月亮绕地球转的周期而制定的历法 73 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:18,340 像我们传统的农历就是一种 Lunar calendar 74 00:06:20,290 --> 00:06:27,170 Lunar New Year 就我们说的传统的农历春节就可以叫做 75 00:06:27,170 --> 00:06:30,170 Lunar New Year 农历新年过 76 00:06:31,930 --> 00:06:39,030 去的人有一点迷信觉得月球的阴月亮的阴晴圆缺跟地 77 00:06:39,030 --> 00:06:45,090 球上人们的行为状态有一点的关系觉得月圆之夜呢人 78 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:51,270 比较容易出现异常 Lunacy 就是指这种精神异常的疯狂 79 00:06:51,270 --> 00:06:54,490 的状态而 Lunatic 就是疯子 80 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,000 俗称 Luny 在 81 00:06:57,580 --> 00:07:01,340 哈利波特里边有一个小姑娘名字叫 Luna Love good 82 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:07,420 她的她平时行为就是有一些异常与平常的人不一样所 83 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:11,480 以他的小伙伴们就把他叫做 Luny Love good