第1章 迷失在宇宙中 Lost in the Cosmos · 第5讲S4
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 12 条句型 3 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(12)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| light year | 光年:长度单位,指光在真空中行走一年的距离,用于衡量宇宙尺度。 |
| go to the trouble | 不辞辛劳;费心。指愿意付出精力去做某事,常接 of doing。 |
| envision | 想象;设想。动词,指在脑海中形成未来的画面或概念。 |
| beyond | 超出;在……之外。介词/副词,如 beyond imagination(难以想象)。 |
| exclude | 排除;排斥。include 的反义词,exclusively 意为“唯一地、排他地”。 |
| vital | 至关重要的;生命的。vital to 对……至关重要,同 essential。 |
| forge | 锻造;形成。原指加热锤打金属,此处比喻在极端条件下形成重元素。 |
| despise | v. 鄙视,轻视。指强烈地看不起或厌恶某人/某事。 |
| coin a term | phrase. 创造新词/术语。coin在此作动词,意为“发明、创造”。 |
| sarcastically | adv. 讽刺地,挖苦地。形容说话带有讥讽意味。 |
| mocking | adj./v. 嘲弄的,模仿的。mock作动词指嘲笑或模仿以取乐。 |
| heavy elements | n. 重元素。天文学中指原子序数较大的化学元素(如金、铁等)。 |
三、句型与语法点(3)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| consist exclusively of | 完全由……组成。consist of 为固定搭配,exclusively 强调排他性。 |
| We'll get to him shortly | 句型:get to sb. 意为“轮到某人/谈及某人”。shortly意为“不久,很快”。 |
| It might be worth... | 句型:It is worth doing sth. 做某事是值得的。此处用might表示委婉建议。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 老师,讲稿里说 'going to the trouble of doing something' 是不辞辛劳,这个 'trouble' 在这里具体指什么呀?能再举几个生活中的例子吗?
2. 文中提到 'invision' 是动词,意思是 'imagine'。那它和 'imagine' 在用法或语气上有什么区别?为什么这里要用 'invision' 而不是 'imagine'?
3. 讲稿里解释 'exclusively' 时提到了它的词根 'exclude'。能不能详细讲讲 'exclusively' 和 'only' 或者 'solely' 在强调排他性时有什么细微的差别?
4. 为什么大爆炸(Big Bang)能产生氢、氦这些轻元素,却无法产生碳、氧这些对我们生存至关重要的 'heavy elements'?文中提到的 'heat and energy' 到底差在哪里?
5. 那个天文学家本来是想 'mocking'(嘲讽)大爆炸理论才造出 'Big Bang' 这个词的,结果却成了正式名称。这种 '歪打正着' 的现象在科学史上常见吗?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. Teacher, the script says 'going to the trouble of doing something' means taking pains to do something. What exactly does 'trouble' refer to here? Could you give a few more real-life examples?
2. The text mentions that 'invision' is a verb meaning 'imagine'. What's the difference between 'invision' and 'imagine' in usage or tone? Why use 'invision' instead of 'imagine' in this context?
3. When explaining 'exclusively', the script mentions its root 'exclude'. Can you explain the subtle differences between 'exclusively' and words like 'only' or 'solely' when emphasizing exclusivity?
4. Why could the Big Bang produce light elements like hydrogen and helium, but failed to produce 'heavy elements' like carbon and oxygen, which are vital for our existence? What exactly was lacking in terms of 'heat and energy'?
5. The cosmologist originally coined the term 'Big Bang' to mock the theory, yet it became the official name. Is this kind of 'accidental success' common in the history of science?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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根据瑞斯的论文,这座大宇宙的亮眼数字不会是 10 个
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0,也不是 100 个,而是亿万的亮眼数字。
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亮眼数字是宇宙的宇宙宇宙的距离等于一年亮眼的距
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离。
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So
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the number of light years means the distance to the edge
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of this larger unseen universe 就这个距离到更大的看
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不见的宇宙边缘的距离如果用 light year
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如果用关联这个单位来描述的话写下来那可不是十个
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零就够的甚至一百个零也不够而要几百万个零所以这
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是一个很大很大的一个数字很长的距离 In short,
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there is more space than you can imagine alreadywith
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out going to the trouble of trying to envision some
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additional beyond
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我们先说这儿 Going to the trouble of doing something
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指的是不辞心劳地去做一件什么事
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看一下这些例句 Thank you for going to the trouble of
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writing a personal thoughtful letter
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非常感谢您不辞心劳地一个人名义专门写了这样一封
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信太周到了
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老师不辞心劳地为学生编了一本手册
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然后再看 invision 我们之前学过这个 vision 就是视野
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视觉那么 invision 加上 en 使它变成了动词它的意思就
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是 imagine
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想象出来什么样一种结果 some additional beyond
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再看 additionaladd 是增加
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加法那个加 addition 是名词那么 additional 就是形容
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词表示额外的 beyond 这个词作为副词作为那个介词的
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时候指的是在什么之外超出什么之外比如说 this is
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beyond my imagination 这已经超出了我能理解的范围
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or there is a river beyond the hill 在山的另外一头是一
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条河作为名词的话它指的就是一个未知的世界
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香港的乐队 Beyond 我觉得这个名字就起得很好因为它
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让人感觉是一种超越超越梦想超
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越现实在这个句子中 Beyond 意思是未知的世界未知的
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空间那么
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还用不着费尽心思的去想象那一个未知的世界想象了
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额外的宇宙之外的超宇宙的空间
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现在我们所能够观测到的这个空间就已经大到你无法
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想象了所以
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这个句子我们的翻译可以按照这个顺序这么来就是仅
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仅是看得见的宇宙的部分就已经大得让人无法想象更
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不要说其余的部分了
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我们先要看到它的动词是 gape
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指的是张着大嘴像打呵欠的时候那样还可以表示你很
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惊讶的或者茫然地看着一个东西的时候嘴巴不知不觉
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张开的样子我们会说惊得下巴都掉下来了就那样张着
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嘴所以这个 gape 的意思就是很大的
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Great hole,
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extremely big hole 长
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期以来大爆炸理论有一个很大的漏洞这个漏洞困扰着
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许多人 Nimly 是 that is to say 也就是说他根本就没法解
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释我们是怎么来到这儿的 Although 98
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of all the matter that exists was created with a big bang
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That matter consisted exclusively of light gases
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the helium,
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hydrogen and lithium that we mentioned earlier
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尽管在所有的物质当中有百分之九十八
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是随着大爆炸诞生的但是 that matter,
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that matter 这个代词指代的是什么呢就是
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前面的百分之九十八所有的 matter 中的 98
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但是这一部分物质 consisted exclusively of light
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gases 这 98
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的物质全部都是由氢的气体构成 consist of 有什么组
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成简单语 be composed of 而
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exclusively 我们先看一下中间这个 exclude 它的动词
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exclude E X C L U D E 可能大家更熟悉它的反义词是
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include 包括
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而 exclude 呢那就是不包括排除排
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除在外的所以 exclusively 指的就是
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只有排他性的除了这个 light gases 以外再也没有别的
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所以
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这 98
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随着大爆炸当生的物质全部都是由氢的气体构成比如
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Lihilium,氦 Hydrogen,
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氢还有 Lithium that we mentioned earlier 还有我们之
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前说到的锂 Lithium 其实是金属元素是大爆炸以来诞
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生的第一种金属也是最轻的金属它的密度比水还要小
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Not
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one particle of the heavy stuff so vital to our own
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beingcarbon,nitrogen,
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oxygen and all the restemerged from the gazier's brew
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of creation 这句我们先看细节 vital means essential
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or importantbeing means existence so the heavy stuff
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so vital so important to our own existence
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然后再看这个 brewbrew 经常是比如说泡茶 to brew tea
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还有酿酒 to brew wine 这个是动词我们看更多的例子 as
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you brew,so you must drink
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自己酿的苦酒给自己喝也就是自作自受作
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为名词呢 brew 可以指酿的酒比如说 last year's brew 就
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是去年酿的酒还有 homebrew 家酿的酒但是
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在我们的句子当中这个 brew 是名词它的意思是 a
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combination of different things For example,
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the band played a strange brew of rock,
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jazz and country music 乐
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队的风格很奇怪是摇滚爵士乡村音乐的混合对
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于我们自己的身体对于我们自身的存在不可或缺的较
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重的元素比如碳
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