第3章 埃文斯牧师的宇宙 The Reverend Evans's Universe · 第1讲S5

1. 老师，讲稿里说天文学家 Evans 有 'a knack for memorizing Starfields'，这个 'knack' 具体是指什么能力呀？跟 'skill' 有什么区别？
2. 文中提到他们住在 'picture book bungalow'，为什么用 'picture book'（图画书）来形容房子？这体现了房子什么样的特点？
3. 澳大利亚语里 'bush' 这个词很特别，讲稿里提到了 'bush music' 和 'bush fire'，它跟普通的 'forest'（森林）在含义或文化意义上有什么不同？
4. 为什么作者说 Evans 的天文台只是 Mount Wilson 或 Palomar 的 'scaled down version'？'scaled down' 在这里具体指缩小了哪些部分？
5. 作者把望远镜放在储藏室而不是外面，虽然视野只有 'letterbox view'（信箱那么大），但 Evans 却说 'more than good enough'，为什么这么小的视野对他来说就足够了？

1. Teacher, the transcript mentions astronomer Evans has 'a knack for memorizing Starfields'. What exactly does 'knack' mean here? How is it different from 'skill'?
2. The text describes their home as a 'picture book bungalow'. Why use 'picture book' to describe the house? What kind of characteristics does this imply about the house?
3. The word 'bush' is very special in Australian English. The transcript mentions 'bush music' and 'bush fire'. How does its meaning or cultural significance differ from the ordinary word 'forest'?
4. Why does the author say Evans's observatory is just a 'scaled down version' of Mount Wilson or Palomar? What specific parts are being scaled down here?
5. The author kept the telescope in the storeroom instead of outside. Although the view was only a 'letterbox view' (as small as a mailbox), Evans said it was 'more than good enough'. Why was such a small view sufficient for him?

1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880 I just seem to have a knack for memorizing Starfields, 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,980 he told me,with a frankly apologetic look, 3 00:00:12,180 --> 00:00:14,380 when I visited him and his wife, 4 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:15,020 Elaine, 5 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:18,660 in their picture book bungalow on the tranquil edge of 6 00:00:18,660 --> 00:00:19,880 the village of Hazelbrook, 7 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:23,540 up where Sydney finally ends and the boundless 8 00:00:23,540 --> 00:00:25,160 Australian bush begins. 9 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:30,290 我去拜访他们夫妻二人的时候他告诉我 10 00:00:30,950 --> 00:00:36,690 我好像天生就能记住天空中恒星散步的情况 Nag means 11 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:40,630 a natural ability or skill 天生具备的某种能力 12 00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:45,850 他说话的时候呢脸上还带着 frankly apologetic look 13 00:00:45,850 --> 00:00:47,530 Frankly means honestly 14 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:49,190 坦白的 15 00:00:49,270 --> 00:00:54,900 坦诚的 Apologetic 大家应该可以认得出来这中间有一 16 00:00:54,900 --> 00:01:00,440 个动词是 apologize 道歉而这个 apologetic 是他的形 17 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:06,100 容词脸上带着一种歉疚的表情这位天文学家非常可爱 18 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:11,160 他觉得自己天生具备这种能力好像是占了便宜对不住 19 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,620 别人似的所以说话的时候还带着一种 apologetic look 20 00:01:16,930 --> 00:01:21,570 他们两个人呢住在一所 picture book bungalow 里边 21 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:27,010 bungalow 就是这样的平房一层楼或者一层半的就是一 22 00:01:27,010 --> 00:01:29,550 层上面再加盖一个小阁楼的 23 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:36,490 Pagerbrook 是图画书也就是说他们住在一所只有在图 24 00:01:36,490 --> 00:01:42,390 画书中才会看到的才会出现的漂亮的小平房里边 25 00:01:43,660 --> 00:01:50,450 这个房子建在一个名叫 Hazelbrook 的村子边上这个地 26 00:01:50,450 --> 00:01:57,200 方环境十分的宁静宜人 Tranquil means quiet and 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,900 peaceful Out 28 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:03,340 where Sydney finally ends and the boundless 29 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:05,700 Australian bush begins Where 30 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,220 指代的就是田面这个地点 Hazelbrook 31 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,240 这个村子 Out where 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:18,560 从这个村子再往外走那悉尼是 Sydney is a major city in 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:25,760 Australia 悉尼就终于结束了也就是说西尼就到此为 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:31,200 止了再往外就不是西尼了不是这个西尼市了 And 35 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:35,760 the boundless Australian bush begins 再往外是什么呢 36 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,720 就是一望无际的无边无际的澳大利亚的丛林 37 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,520 Hazelbrook 就是村子的名字是由两个部分构成的 38 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:53,700 Hazel 是榛子树这就是榛子 Hazelnuts Brook 就是山中 39 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:54,360 的小溪 40 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:56,140 Australian Bush 41 00:02:56,340 --> 00:03:01,480 澳大利亚的广袤的丛林 Bush 对于澳大利亚来说具有特 42 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,800 别的意义在其他国家不会这么经常看到 Bush 这个词的 43 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:11,500 在美国呢有乡村音乐叫 Country Music 在澳大利亚就有 44 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,820 Bush Music 丛林音乐 45 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,660 在英国有湖畔诗人 Lakeside Poets 在澳大利亚他们有 46 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:21,540 Bush Poets 47 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:26,020 生活在丛林中的人会叫做 Bush man Bushwoman 48 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:33,640 还有灵火就是森林大火我们说 Forest fire 但是在澳大 49 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:39,800 利亚他们叫 Bush fire Bush 是乡村的代名词它 50 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:45,530 体现的是乡村的生活方式人物形象和价值观念具有质 51 00:03:45,530 --> 00:03:47,770 朴自然的特征澳 52 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,300 大利亚的丛林精神非常重要它是澳大利亚民族精神的 53 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:53,440 基本成分 54 00:04:10,730 --> 00:04:16,390 听到他妻子这么说呢他很坦白的很坦然的点点头 55 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:23,410 然后 grinned 就是这样露着牙齿笑不是非常优雅的那 56 00:04:23,410 --> 00:04:25,970 种笑是带着一点憨傻的 57 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:45,840 这是过去完成时过去完成时体现的是在过去某一个时 58 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:52,500 间之前发生的事情或者当时存在的状态我 59 00:04:53,110 --> 00:04:58,550 呢去看 Evans 的望远镜这件事情肯定已经发生过了 60 00:04:59,110 --> 00:05:05,630 而我想象 Evans 应该会有一个像样的天文台这个事情 61 00:05:05,630 --> 00:05:07,790 又是在我看望远镜之前 62 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:14,190 所以它是发生在过去某一个时间之前的也就是说过去 63 00:05:14,190 --> 00:05:16,370 的过去的某 64 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:21,860 一个事件这样的情况就是要用过去完成时它的形式是 65 00:05:21,860 --> 00:05:24,600 had 加上过去分词 66 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,920 好了,observatory 就是天文台了像 67 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,120 样的天文台 in his backyard 68 00:05:32,660 --> 00:05:37,260 a scaled down version of a Mount Wilson or Paloma 69 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:43,820 这两个都是著名天文台的名称 scaled down 是指按比例 70 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:45,580 缩小的他 71 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:50,700 觉得至少应该是缩小版的这种正规的天文台 with 72 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,420 a sliding domed roof and a mechanized chair that would 73 00:05:55,420 --> 00:06:01,800 be a pleasure to maneuversliding domed roofdome 是穹 74 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:07,220 顶就是半圆形的屋顶 sliding 就是可以滑动的 75 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:13,270 就是这样这个天文台的穹顶这个部分是可以滑动的把 76 00:06:13,270 --> 00:06:19,080 它拉下来就关上了也可以这样左右的滑动那整个穹顶 77 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:25,160 是可以旋转的这样可以观测不同地方不同天区的状况 78 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,160 还有 79 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:33,200 Magnized 全部机械操作的椅子可以自动升降可以调整 80 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:39,180 位置操作起来会非常舒服 Manoeuvre means to control 81 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:43,330 就是操作非常方便 In fact, 82 00:06:43,530 --> 00:06:47,690 he lets me not outside but to a crowded storeroom off the 83 00:06:47,690 --> 00:06:51,130 kitchen Where he keeps his books and papers And where 84 00:06:51,130 --> 00:06:51,910 his telescope, 85 00:06:52,210 --> 00:06:55,230 a white cylinder that is about the size and shape of a 86 00:06:55,230 --> 00:06:59,290 household hot water tank Rests in a homemade swiveling 87 00:06:59,290 --> 00:07:00,150 plywood mound 88 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,160 实际上他没有把我带到外边而是把我带到了一个很拥 89 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:10,300 挤的储藏室这个储藏室跟厨房有一定距离 Where he 90 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:14,260 keeps his books and papers 在储藏室里面放置着他的 91 00:07:14,260 --> 00:07:15,720 书,他的稿纸, 92 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,500 他的论文等等 Where his telescope rests in a homemade 93 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:23,780 swiveling plywood mound 这儿也放置着他的望远镜他 94 00:07:23,780 --> 00:07:29,880 的望远镜呢就安放在一个 homemade mound 上面 Rests 可 95 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:35,780 能大家见过就是休息但是这儿呢就是指放在什么东西 96 00:07:35,780 --> 00:07:41,540 上放在一个底座上 Mound 就是隆起的凸起的一个东西 97 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:47,380 这就是指安放望远镜的底座这个底座呢是 homemade 是 98 00:07:47,38 ……（后略，完整文稿见视频页字幕）