節(jié)選自《時間簡史》
Part One 詞匯筆記
一寓搬、詞匯層面
1.have a greater pull toward the earth ?受更大的力拉向地球
2.work out all the laws that govern the universe by pure thought
3.bother to do 費心去做某事
4.let go of a ball?
release，as from one's grip
5.go along
6.the ball will be traveling down the slope?
roll down the slope
# The wind travels down the streets between tall buidlings in the center of the city.冷風在市中心高樓建筑之間的街道呼嘯而過视事。
7.fall at the same rate
8.小詞
indeed?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
# they said the car would break down and indeed it did
比較
indeed 肯定或證實對方所說的話匈勋，多承接前言礼旅；加強或肯定自己說話的語氣
really 強調與事實或現(xiàn)實不相違背
truly 強調客觀存在的真實性，沒有任何虛假
actually 側重于實際的事洽洁，而不是憑空想象或推測的事
evenly
(1) in a level and regular way? 平滑地痘系；有規(guī)律地；均勻地饿自；相等地 ?# She was fast asleep, breathing evenly.她睡熟了汰翠，呼吸很平穩(wěn)龄坪。
(2) in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way 平均地；均等地 ?# evenly distributed/ divided?平均分配╱分開
9.be acted on by the same force （力）作用于
act on 對···起作用复唤，按···行動 # We sometimes act on instinct.
10.as was previously thought
11.It also meant that···
12.A familiar exmaple is provided by a car. 由···提供健田，具有
13.And if,say,··· ?表示舉例
to suggest or give sth as an example or a possibility 比方說；假設
# Let's take any writer, say (= for example) Dickens...我們隨便舉一個作家為例佛纫，比如說狄更斯…
# Say you lose your job: what would you do then?假設你把工作丟了：那你怎么辦呢妓局？
14.the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a simialr star at half the distance? 寫作里嘗試?that of?的用法 （that 指代the gravitational attraction）
同樣復數用those of，如 the big difference between the ideas of Aristotle and those of Galileo and Newton ( those 指代 the ideas）
15. One could equally well say that··· 人們可以說
16.stub his toe on a large stone 腳尖踢到大石頭上
17.Although our apparently commonsense notions work well when dealing with things like···呈宇，they don't work at all for things··· 體會這種緊密的銜接表達
18. with respect to 關于好爬，至于，談到
without respect to 不管攒盈，不顧
比較 with respect to VS regarding
with respect to比較正式抵拘，經常用于商務文稿中哎榴。在英式英語中型豁，還可以說in respect of，后者更加正式尚蝌。
相比而言迎变，regarding的正式程度略微低些，口語中也經常說飘言。當然衣形，同源的詞，更正式的用法還可以用with/in regard to姿鸿，以及in this/that regard谆吴。
以上是基本理解。用法上還是觀察體會出一點細微區(qū)別苛预。如下例句：
With respect to your inquiry, I enclose an explanatory leaflet.
He refused to divulge any information regarding the man's whereabouts.
實際上在使用中句狼，前者多用于With respect to sth, + 主句這樣的結構。因為正式的文體中主句一般比較長热某，將該短語前置可以使句子比較平衡腻菇。通常可譯為：關于某事物/就某方面而言昔馋，+主句內容筹吐。
而后者多用于中心詞 + regarding sth這樣的結構。語義不會太復雜秘遏，一般可譯為關于...(sth)的...（中心詞）丘薛。
想起群里討論，整理如下：
to some degree/ to some extent ?在一定程度上
degree 程度水平 extent 應用面積,范疇
to the extent ? ?在某種程度上 # To the extent they'd seen them, they'd seen them in the movies.即使見到邦危，也是在電影里榔袋。
to the degree （較少用）到···程度 # He knows the place to the degree that he can find any landmark with his eyes closed.
19. light's speed relative to the ether would remain fixed?
be relative to ···相對于···
20. revolutionize our ideas of space and time 變革了我們對時空的概念
21. put an end to···
二周拐、背景知識層面
1.the leaning tower of Pisa
2.air resistance
3.lead weight ?鉛錘
4."Newton's first law" ?Principia Mathematica,1687 ? ?“牛頓第一運動定律” 1687年出版的《數學原理》
"Newton's second law" ? "牛頓第二定律"
laws of motion ?運動定律 ?
law of gravity/ a law to describe the force of gravity 引力定律
accerlation 加速度 ? body 物體 ? mass 質量
is?proportional to the mass of each body 與物體質量成比例
6.elliptical 橢圓的
7.radio waves 無線電波 ? light waves 光波
microwaves 微波? infrared 紅外線 ultraviolet 紫外線 ?X rays ?gamma rays
wavelength ? ?波長
8. ether 以太
9. the equivalence of mass and energy ?質量能量等價
10.a light of pulse 光脈沖
11.velocity 位置
12.cooridinate 坐標
13.Maxwell's equation 馬克斯韋方程
14.future light cone 未來光錐
15.geodesics 測地線
16.light deflection 光偏折
