第1章 迷失在宇宙中 Lost in the Cosmos · 第4讲S1
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 3 条句型 3 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(3)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| stuff of stuff | 构成物质的基本物质。此处指代 elementary particles(基本粒子),强调其作为万物基石的本质。 |
| turn out | 结果是,最终成为。语境:Why did the universe turn out so well for us?(宇宙最终为何对我们如此友好?) |
| fractionally | 微小地,细微地。源自 fraction(部分)。语境:gravity were fractionally stronger(重力稍微强一点点)。 |
三、句型与语法点(3)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| 虚拟语气:与过去事实相反 | 结构:If + had done, ... would/could/might + have done。用于假设过去未发生的情况,如宇宙膨胀速度稍快或稍慢。 |
| 虚拟语气:were 的用法 | 在虚拟条件句中,无论主语单复数,be 动词通常用 were 而非 was。如:If I were you...(如果我是你……)。 |
| 虚拟语气:与现在事实相反 | 结构:If + did/were, ... would/could/might + do。如:If gravity were...(如果重力是……),表示与当前事实相反的假设。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 老师,讲稿里反复提到 'turned out',这个词组到底啥意思?跟 'result' 有啥区别?
2. 文中说如果重力 'fractionally' 强一点或弱一点,宇宙就不一样了。'fractionally' 具体是指多大程度的变化呀?
3. 这段语法分析里提到了好几个 'if' 引导的虚拟语气句子,它们看起来长得很像,我怎么区分哪些是并列关系,哪些是具体说明?
4. 为什么在虚拟语气中,不管是单数还是复数,be动词都要用 'were' 而不能是 'was'?这背后的逻辑是啥?
5. 如果宇宙的膨胀速度稍微快一点或慢一点,就会导致没有稳定元素。这说明了啥?是不是在暗示我们人类的存在其实挺‘巧合’的?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. Teacher, the transcript repeatedly mentions 'turned out'. What exactly does this phrasal verb mean? How is it different from 'result'?
2. The text says if gravity were 'fractionally' stronger or weaker, the universe would be different. How much change does 'fractionally' actually refer to?
3. The grammar analysis mentions several 'if' clauses in the subjunctive mood. They look very similar; how can I tell which ones are parallel and which ones are specific explanations?
4. Why do we always use 'were' instead of 'was' for the verb 'be' in the subjunctive mood, regardless of whether the subject is singular or plural? What's the logic behind that?
5. If the universe's expansion speed were slightly faster or slower, stable elements wouldn't exist. What does this imply? Does it suggest that human existence is actually quite 'coincidental'?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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Hello,everybody.It's good to see you again.
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Previously,
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we discussed possible causes for the Big Bang,
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and different scientists proposed many different
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notions.
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Are we simply part of an eternal cycle of expanding and
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collapsing universe?
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Or it may be that a false vacuum or vacuum
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energyintroduced a measure of instability that
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triggered the Big Bang?
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或是比特币在每个地方都在发生?
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还有比特币之前的时间和时间有没有变化?
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这些很接近宗教的问题
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费用理论指出宇宙在比特币之后短期之后有一个严重
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的扩展在一
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分钟的时间内 Gravity,
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Electromagnetism,and weak nuclear forces,
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strong nuclear forces appeared.
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And then they are joined by elementary particles,
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which is the stuff of stuff.
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And the universe itself was doubling in size very
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quickly.
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Then we had a universe.
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But what is extraordinary from our point of view is how
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well it turned out for us.So this is the topic we are
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going to explore today Why did the universe turn out so
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well for us?
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Turn out means to have a particular result For example,
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it was a difficult time,
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but luckily things turned out alright Or
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to my surprise,it turned out that I was wrong It
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refers to the universe How well it turned out for us
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指的是宇宙经过一段时间的变化
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出落的对我们来说是特别的适合出落的刚刚好
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这一点呢从我们的角度来看是相当的不同寻常
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then there might never have been stable elements to
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make you and me and the ground we stand on 这
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一句它的结构是 if
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第二个 if 然后 then 就是如果怎样怎样如果怎样怎么样
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那么就会如何
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所以是两个 if 是并列的
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可能大家还会看到这不还是有第三个 if 吗但是这个 if
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并不是跟这两个并列的这个 if 呢是具体的来说明这第
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一个 if 我们现在来仔细的看如果宇
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宙的形成稍稍有点不同好现在举了个例子
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稍稍有点不同比如说在哪有点不同呢诸
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如出现重力出现的重力稍微强了一点点 a
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fractionfractionally means a little bitfraction
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means a small part of something so fractionally means
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just a little bit stronger or weaker 如果重力稍稍强一
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点或者稍稍弱一点这是
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用来解释上面的这一句的
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if the expansion had proceeded just a little more
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slowly or swiftly
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如果膨胀的速度稍微快了一点或者慢了一点那么
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会产生什么后果呢
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那就恐怕就不可能会出现稳定的元素来创造你和我还
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有我们现在赖以利足的这片土地了这
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一句话里边用的是虚拟语气
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虚拟语气表示与事实相反的一种假设这种假设是不可
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能存在的不可能变成真实的只是做一个假设我们看更
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多的例子
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If I were you,I would go at once
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我要是你的话,我立刻就去了
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那我肯定不是你
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所以这是虚拟语气因为这是不可能变成现实的 I
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would go it once 它的结构是这样的 if
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然后加上一个主语比如这个 I
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然后再加上过去时这就是它特殊的地方
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如果我是你的话
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如果这不是一个虚拟语气而是正常的说那就是 I am you
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但这是不可能的我不可能是你所以要用虚拟语气它的
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时态跟正常说话是不一样的它要变成 if I were you
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变成过去式而且如果是毕动词的话它的过去式一定是
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要用 were 不管是单数还是复数不可能用 was
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而主句的部分呢就是这里 I would go at once 就是主语后
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面跟上根据它的意思跟上 would 或者 shouldcould 或者
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might 再表示与过去事实相反的假设的时候
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是这样的情况
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要是他采纳了我的建议就不可能犯这么大的错就不可
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能犯这样的错误
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那问题是他没有采纳我的建议这是已经发生了的事情
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发生过的事情是不可能改变的所以这种假设是与事实
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相反不可能成为真实的因此要用虚拟语气
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那与过去式是相反的时候呢
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如果不是虚拟的话
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那么它就会用一般过去式可是因为它是虚拟的它就要
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用过去完成式
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if he had taken my advice
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然后主句的部分就是 he 后面跟上 would 然后才是动词
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原型总结一下是这样
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if
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主语然后是过去完成时 had done something 如果这个人
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做了这样一件事的话那实际上是肯定没有做的然后主
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语 should
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或者 wouldcould might 就根据具体的情况了是将要还
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是可能会怎样怎样后面呢是这样的事态 might have
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done 那我们把它应用到
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这边的句子 If the universe had formed just a tiny bit
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七、课堂练习(AI 生成)
1. 在课文中,“stuff of stuff” 一词主要指代以下哪个概念,强调其作为万物基石的本质?
A. complex structures(复杂结构)
B. elementary particles(基本粒子)
C. chemical reactions(化学反应)
D. cosmic dust(宇宙尘埃)
答案:B · 材料明确指出“stuff of stuff”此处指代 elementary particles(基本粒子),强调其作为万物基石的本质。
2. 在句子“Why did the universe turn out so well for us?”中,“turn out” 的含义最接近下列哪项?
A. 突然消失
B. 结果是,最终成为
C. 迅速膨胀
D. 完全改变
答案:B · 根据材料,“turn out”在此语境中表示“结果是,最终成为”,用于描述宇宙最终呈现的状态。
3. 若描述重力“fractionally stronger”,这里的“fractionally”一词源自 fraction,其准确含义是?
A. 剧烈地
B. 微小地,细微地
C. 完全地
D. 逐渐地
答案:B · 材料指出“fractionally”意为“微小地,细微地”,源自 fraction(部分),用于修饰重力强度的微小变化。
4. 根据材料中虚拟语气“与过去事实相反”的结构规则,下列哪个句子形式是正确的?
A. If + do, ... would + do
B. If + had done, ... would/could/might + have done
C. If + did, ... would + have done
D. If + has done, ... will + do
答案:B · 材料明确给出与过去事实相反的虚拟语气结构为“If + had done, ... would/could/might + have done”。
5. 在虚拟条件句中,当表达与现在事实相反的假设时,be 动词无论主语单复数通常使用哪个形式?
A. was
B. is
C. were
D. be
答案:C · 材料强调在虚拟条件句中,无论主语单复数,be 动词通常用 were 而非 was,例如“If I were you...”。