第7章 元素那些事 Elemental Matters · 第1讲S3
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 5 条句型 2 条要点 1 条
一、本课要点
- 薛定谔的猫:Schrödinger用氢氰酸(Prussic acid)作为“首选毒药”构思了著名的思想实验。
二、核心词汇(5)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| in the way of | 在……方面;关于……。此处指“几乎没有先进的仪器”。 |
| commercial potential | 商业潜力。指氯气作为漂白剂具有巨大的市场价值。 |
| breakthroughs | 突破。名词,指重大的科学发现或进展。 |
| notable | 显著的,值得注意的。此处指薛定谔一个著名的(怪癖)缺点。 |
| notoriously | 臭名昭著地。修饰disagreeable,强调物质令人厌恶/危险的程度。 |
三、句型与语法点(2)
| 要点 | 说明 |
|---|
| make it into | 成功进入/被收录。区别于made into(制成)。此处指发现未能被发表。 |
| insistence on doing | 坚持做某事。此处指他不顾危险坚持品尝实验物质。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 讲稿里说希勒发现了八种元素却一个功劳都没捞着,这到底是啥原因?是被人抢发了还是被忽视了?
2. 老师,'made it into publication' 这个短语里的 'make it into' 到底啥意思?它跟 'made into' 有啥区别?
3. 文中提到希勒有个怪癖,非要尝自己研究的化学物,连水银和氢氰酸都敢吃,为啥作者说这是 'notoriously disagreeable'(臭名昭著的难闻/令人不悦)?
4. 讲稿里说 'Prussic acid' 和 'Hydrocyanic acid' 其实是一种东西,那 'Prussic' 这个词跟普鲁士(Prussia)有啥关系?为啥会这么叫?
5. 希勒这么穷还买不起仪器,却发现了这么多元素,还第一个看出氯气的商业潜力,但他自己却没发财,这说明科学发现和商业成功之间有啥关系?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. The transcript says Shiller discovered eight elements but got zero credit. What exactly happened? Did someone else publish it first, or were his findings just ignored?
2. Teacher, what does 'made it into publication' mean here? How is 'make it into' different from 'made into'?
3. The text mentions Shiller had a weird habit of tasting his chemicals, even mercury and hydrocyanic acid. Why does the author describe these as 'notoriously disagreeable'?
4. The lecture says 'Prussic acid' and 'Hydrocyanic acid' are the same thing. What's the connection between the word 'Prussic' and Prussia? Why is it named that way?
5. Shiller was so poor he couldn't afford equipment, yet he discovered so many elements and saw the commercial potential of chlorine, but he never got rich. What does this tell us about the relationship between scientific discovery and commercial success?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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Shiller was both an extraordinary and
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extraordinarily luckless fellow.
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Shiller 是一个不同寻常的人,
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但他的运气也不是一般的差。
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A poor pharmacist with little in the way of advanced
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apparatus,he discovered eight elements,
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chlorine,fluorine,manganese,
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barium,molybdenum,tungsten,
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nitrogen,
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and oxygen,
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and got credit for none of them.Poor pharmacist 他是一
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个贫穷的药剂师 With little in the way of In the way of 是
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指在这个方面 With little 那几乎就是 nothing 几乎没
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有什么东西 In the way of advanced apparatus
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Apparat us means a set of instruments
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一套的仪器一系列的仪器他
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买不起什么先进的仪器 He discovered eight elements
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尽管如此他还是发现了八种元素包括绿福蒙贝木
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乌和蛋还有
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养 and got credit for none of themcredit 这个词进过多
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次了功劳但是没有一样功劳是记在他的名下 in
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every case his finds were either overlooked or made it
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into publicationafter someone else had made the same
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discovery independently
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in every case 指的是 in every case of the discovery 每次
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都是这样 his finds 这是名词他的发现要不就是被
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overlooked overlooked means neglected 要不就被人忽
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视了要不然就是 made it into publicationafter
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someone elsemade it into 不是 made into 如果是 made
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into 经常是指把什么东西做成什么而 made it into 相当
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于是 made its way intoenter usually with some
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difficulties 我们可以看一下这两个例子这都是网络
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上一些文章的标题 Can women really make it into the
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male dominated world of special forces?
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女性真的能够进入男性主导的特种兵的世界吗?
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Ten historical firsts that didn't make it into history
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books
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没有写入历史课本的十项历史第一这 make it into 在这
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两个例子中的意思都是一样的就是 enter 跟我们这里
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也是一样 made it into 就是 entermade it into
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publication 是被发表
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After someone else had made the same discovery
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independently
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所以他的发现要不就是被忽视了要不就是比别人实了
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一步别人想先一步先发表了
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他还
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发
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现
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了很多有用的化合物比如说有安水
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这个安水在过去的农村丹宁酸还经常会看到有安水池
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是做农药的 Glycer in 我们现在生活中经常会看到就是
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做护肤品
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Tannic Acid 丹宁酸应该也是生活中比较经常听到的一
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个词或者就是叫丹宁像葡萄酒茶叶里面就含有这个
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Tannic Acid 在医药界使用的很广泛
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And was the first to see the commercial potential of
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chlorine as a bleach
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他也第一个看到了绿作为漂白剂的这种广阔的商业前
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景强大的这个 commercial potential
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商业潜力那我们现在使用的漂白剂很多都是含绿的
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all
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breakthroughs that made other people extremely
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wealthy 所有的这些都是
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breakthroughsbreakthroughs 这是名词就像是 find 是
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名词一样的这是突破所有的这些突破,
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都让别人发了大财,
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而他自己还是一个 po or pharmacist,
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贫穷的药剂师。
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Sheila's one notable shortcoming was a curious
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insistence on tasting a little of everything he works
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with,
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including such notoriously disagreeable substances
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as mercury,prussic acid,
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another of his discoveries,
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and hydroceanic acid,A compound so famously
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poisonous that 150 years later,
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Irving Schrodinger chose it as his toxic nerve choice
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in a famous thought experiment.
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Notable means remarkable,
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means it's so unusual that it deserves attention,
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引人注目的。
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序列的一个著名的缺点就是它有一个怪癖。
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A curious insistence on tasting a little of everything
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he worked with 那就是他一定要尝一点自己正在研究的
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东西 Insistence 这个坚持不是指作为优秀品质的那种
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坚持比如说坚韧不拔坚持到底不怕困难而是指不顾危
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险不顾别人的劝阻一意孤行的这样他一定要这么做一
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定要尝一尝自己研究的东西自己在做实验的东西
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包括 not
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oriously means famously usually famous for something
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unpleasant something baddisagreeable means
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unpleasant
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其实作者这里用 disagreeable 这个词是属于一种叫做
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低调陈述的修辞
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因为
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