第3章 埃文斯牧师的宇宙 The Reverend Evans's Universe · 第4讲S2

1. 老师，讲稿里说 'go watch television' 这种 'go + 动词原形' 的用法挺常见的，除了这个，还有哪些类似的口语表达呀？
2. 文中提到 'a touch of dismay' 表示 '几分落寞'，这里的 'a touch of' 具体是什么意思？它后面能接形容词吗？
3. 文中解释了 'stellar' 和 'astro-' 都表示星星，但词源不同。那 'astronomy'（天文学）里的 'astro' 是希腊语源，那 'stellar' 是拉丁语源对吗？
4. 为什么作者要用 'I had imagined'（过去完成时）而不是 'I imagined'（一般过去时）？这暗示了他现在的想法变了吗？
5. 文中用 'tipped from a giant can'（像大罐子打翻）来比喻星光流淌，这个比喻好生动。你能再举一个类似的、用日常物品比喻自然现象的例子吗？

1. Teacher, the transcript mentions that 'go + verb' structures like 'go watch television' are common in spoken English. Besides this, what other similar colloquial expressions are there?
2. The text mentions 'a touch of dismay' meaning 'a bit of disappointment'. What exactly does 'a touch of' mean here? Can it be followed by an adjective?
3. The text explains that both 'stellar' and 'astro-' mean star but have different etymologies. So, 'astro' in 'astronomy' is Greek-derived, and 'stellar' is Latin-derived, right?
4. Why did the author use 'I had imagined' (past perfect) instead of 'I imagined' (simple past)? Does this imply that his current view has changed?
5. The text uses 'tipped from a giant can' (like a giant can tipping over) to metaphorically describe the flow of starlight. That's a vivid image. Can you give another example of a natural phenomenon described using a common household object?

1 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:07,460 With CC Ds, 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,240 you can aim a telescope at the sky and go watch 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:11,660 television. 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,840 Aim at 对准瞄准你 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:22,720 现在有了这个工具的话你直接就把天文望远镜对着天 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,860 空然后你就去看电视了就不用管它了 Go watch 7 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:31,010 television 可能有的朋友会觉得奇怪为什么 go 后面可 8 00:00:31,010 --> 00:00:33,320 以直接跟上一个动词原型的 9 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:39,030 其实这种情况还是常见的比如说 go wash your hand come 10 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:45,530 have a look 如果经常看原版的小说的朋友不会 11 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:51,440 感到陌生 Evans sat with a touch of dis maydismay means 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:52,080 disappointment 13 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:59,130 说话的时候还带着几分落寞 a touch of means a bit of he 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:04,880 took all the romance out of it 也可以读作 romance it 15 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,120 means the excitement of doing something 16 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:15,100 这种神奇的激动的感受就全没了就是用上这种机器的 17 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:17,420 话那就一点不好玩了 18 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:35,180 受到什么诱惑我问他他是不是也想采用这种新技术呢 19 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:40,560 Besides, 20 00:01:40,740 --> 00:01:44,300 he gave a nod at the photo of his latest supernova, 21 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:47,420 and smiled.I can still beat them sometimes. 22 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,380 有时候,我还比他们快呢。 23 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,500 Be at them 是指打败他们。 24 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:58,260 The question that naturally occurs is, 25 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:01,800 what would it be like if a star exploded nearby? 26 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,120 这就是我们上节课提出的问题。 27 00:02:15,550 --> 00:02:22,190 Stella 这个词是星星的意思这个是形容词 28 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:29,090 它的词源来自拉丁文 Stella 意思就是 star 大家应该还 29 00:02:29,090 --> 00:02:36,740 有印象 astrologyastronomyastronautastronoma 这些 30 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:41,560 词我们先前见过了我跟大家说过中间的这个 astro 是 31 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:46,250 星星的意思那这里怎么又是一个也表示星星呢那是因 32 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:51,040 为它们的词源不同 stellar 的词源来自拉丁文而 astro 33 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,700 的词源是希腊文 34 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:54,870 好 35 00:02:54,890 --> 00:02:58,330 大家再看一下 constellation 这个我们先前见过几次 36 00:02:58,330 --> 00:03:02,590 了就是星座这里边也有 Stella 我们 37 00:03:03,450 --> 00:03:09,590 现在的比较熟悉的词 Star 实际上也来自 Stella 好了 38 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:17,110 离我们最近的邻居其实也就是指离我们最近的恒星了 39 00:03:17,110 --> 00:03:22,810 As we have seen It's Alpha Centaur i 就是先前说过的半 40 00:03:22,810 --> 00:03:26,520 人马座的 Alpha 星 It's 4. 41 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:31,600 3 light years away I had imagined that if there were an 42 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:32,000 explosion 43 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:45,690 我 44 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:52,007 设想我想象如果在那儿发生了一次爆炸的话那我们是 45 00:03:52,007 --> 00:03:53,440 不是就会有 4. 46 00:03:53,600 --> 00:04:01,540 3 年的时间来观看这个辉煌的事件发出的光 spreading 47 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:05,080 across the sky 穿越太空朝 48 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,040 我们流淌而来 49 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:12,480 as if tipped from a giant cantipped means tilted 就是倾 50 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:19,700 斜 giant can can 就是罐子就像是一个颜料罐被打翻了 51 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:21,520 一样向我们流过来呢 52 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:23,560 这个 can 53 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:24,740 表示 54 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,480 罐子 55 00:04:25,540 --> 00:04:29,440 罐头有一句罩口令 How 56 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:34,580 many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans 大家可 57 00:04:34,580 --> 00:04:36,940 以去练一练我们 58 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:42,540 把刚才那句话简化一下只剩下主干就变成这样 I had 59 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:46,980 imagined that we would have 4.3 years to watch the light 60 00:04:47,970 --> 00:04:55,990 这个时态 had 加上过去分词这是过去完成时过去完成 61 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:59,090 时表示的是什么样的状况呢看这张图 62 00:04:59,730 --> 00:05:03,070 when she arrived at the party Paul had already 63 00:05:03,070 --> 00:05:09,120 leftarrived at the party 比如说这个诗意是 Sara when 64 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,200 Sarah arrived at the party 她到达这个 party 肯定是发 65 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,620 生在过去的事情这里用的是一般过去式那这个时候呢 66 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:24,140 Paul had already left Paul 已经离开了那么 Paul 离开的 67 00:05:24,140 --> 00:05:24,440 时间 68 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:33,180 一定是在 Sara 到达之前过去的过去在这种情况下我们 69 00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:35,400 就会用过去完成时 70 00:05:39,550 --> 00:05:41,650 那现在我们来看 71 00:05:45,870 --> 00:05:49,170 作者为什么要用 I had imagined 72 00:05:49,490 --> 00:05:56,510 而不是用 I have imagined 或者直接说 I imagined 用一般 73 00:05:56,510 --> 00:06:01,630 过去式呢 Hard to imagine 就表示在过去的某一个时间 74 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:04,170 之前他是这样想的 75 00:06:04,770 --> 00:06:11,350 但是到了那个时间也就是刚才说的过去的那个时间到 76 00:06:11,380 --> 00:06:15,180 那个时间他就明白了自己这样想是错的 77 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,580 所以他从那时起他就改变了自己的想法 78 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,060 因此大家可以从他的说法从这个时态的用法看得出来 79 00:06:25,060 --> 00:06:27,520 他現在已經不這麼想了