【正文】 Toward Science Stephen Hawking 1 Whether we like it or not, the world we live in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change even more in the next people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler as history shows, the past was not that was not so bad for a privileged minority, though even they had to do without modern medicine, and childbirth was highly risky for for the vast majority of the population, life was nasty, brutish, and 斯蒂芬Professor Hawking thinks it important to keep everybody in touch with what science is this article he explains 。s even mentioned in the letter.“ He handed it over to me.”Take a look.“and mail ，沒有馬上打開箱包。不過總是有事情冒出來，好像就是抽不出空來?！?”well,“ I agreed, ”We should all keep in touch with old friends more than we things e up and we just don39。他又開口時(shí)，與其說是跟我說話，還不如說是自言自語(yǔ)：“我真該一直保持聯(lián)系。我們沉默了幾分鐘?！?He didn39。m sorry,“ I said.”It39?！扒皫讉€(gè)星期過世啦。.Does that mean?“ “你剛才說他‘在的時(shí)候’。” 13 ”You said 39。t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I moved away from the old neighborhood and you kind of lose touch even though you never was a great guy.“ “其實(shí)呢，”司機(jī)接著說，“近25到30年來，我跟他一年只見一兩次面，因?yàn)槲覐脑瓉碜〉慕謪^(qū)搬了出來，聯(lián)系自然就少了，雖說你一直放在心上。ve had such a long friendship,“ I said.“保持這么長(zhǎng)久友誼的人可真不多見啊，”我說。事實(shí)上，我倆從小學(xué)到高中都在一個(gè)班里。我倆小時(shí)候就一起玩，所以我倆的友誼確實(shí)很長(zhǎng)了。ve known quite a while?“ “我看大家寫信都不那么勤快，”我說，“我自己筆頭就很懶。 I take it he39?！?”I don39。實(shí)際上，過去我倆總是以‘老朋友’相稱的——就是說，當(dāng)我倆相見時(shí)?！安贿^，”他接著說，“想起來，也可以算是一家人了。d meet, that 39。Old Friend39。”我估量他有六七十歲了，便猜測(cè)說：“是孩子還是孫子寫來的？” ”This isn39。m on the road so much.“ Then, estimating that he was 60 or 70 years old, I guessed: ”From a child or maybe a grandchild?“ “家書抵萬金啊，”我說。我想我都能背出來了。ve read it several times guess I almost know it by heart.“ 他搖了搖頭。m in no hurry,“ I told him.”Go ahead and finish your letter.“ “我不著急，”我對(duì)他說，“你接著把信讀完吧?！甭犐先ニ袷堑昧烁忻笆裁吹?。“你出車嗎？”我問道?！盜s your cab available?“ I asked when he finally looked up at nodded, then said apologetically as I settled into the back seat, ”I39。All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter Foster Furcolo 1 He must have been pletely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his 福斯特然而，正如這則故事所表明的，有時(shí)我們拖得太晚了?！八@番話使我沉浸在十全十美的幸福之中。這才是——知道嗎——這才是小品文的精髓，知道了沒有。這是我整個(gè)求學(xué)生涯中最幸福的一刻。t you , .“ 我盡力不流露出得意的心情，但是看到我寫的文章竟然能使別人大笑，我真是心花怒放。sit39。I did my best to avoid showing pleasure, but what I was feeling was pure delight at this demonstration that my words had the power to make people the eleventh grade, at the eleventh hour as it were, I had discovered a was the happiest moment of my entire school he put the final seal on my happiness by saying, ”Now that, boys, is an essay, don39。有人笑出聲來，接著全班都笑了，不是輕蔑嘲弄，而是樂乎乎地開懷大笑。是我寫的！他給全班大聲念我寫的文章。And he started to words!He was reading my words out loud to the entire 39。“我要給你們念一篇小品文。The Art of Eating Spaghetti.39。我正準(zhǔn)備著遵命一放學(xué)就去弗利格爾先生那兒挨訓(xùn)，卻看見他從桌上拿起我的作文，敲了敲桌子讓大家注意聽。第二天上午，我別無選擇，只好把我為自己而寫的貝爾維爾晚餐的故事交了上去。s but was preparing myself for a mand to report to immediately after school for discipline when I saw him lift my paper from his desk and knock for the class39。等我為自己寫好了之后，我可以再為弗利格爾先生寫點(diǎn)什么別的東西。然而，照我希望的那樣去寫，就會(huì)違反我在學(xué)校里學(xué)的正式作文的種種法則，弗利格爾先生也肯定會(huì)打它一個(gè)不及格。那是我想重新捕捉并珍藏在心中的一個(gè)時(shí)刻。Suddenly I wanted to write about that, about the warmth and good feeling of it, but I wanted to put it down simply for my own joy, not for was a moment I wanted to recapture and hold for wanted to relive the pleasure of that write it as I wanted, however, would violate all the rules of formal position I39。多麗絲和我都還從來沒吃過，在座的大人也是經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足，沒有一個(gè)吃起來得心應(yīng)手的。貝爾維爾之夜的清晰的回憶如潮水一般涌來，當(dāng)時(shí)，我們大家一起圍坐在晚餐桌旁——艾倫舅舅、我母親、查理舅舅、多麗絲、哈爾舅舅——帕特舅媽晚飯做的是意大利細(xì)面條。This title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville when all of us were seated around the supper tableand Aunt Pat served spaghetti for was still a little known foreign dish in those Doris nor I had ever eaten spaghetti, and none of the adults had enough experience to be good at the good humor of Uncle Allen39。我躺在沙發(fā)上，最終不得不面對(duì)這一討厭的功課，便從筆記本里抽出作文題目單粗粗一看。像“暑假二三事”那樣傻乎乎的題目倒是一個(gè)也沒有，但絕大多數(shù)一樣乏味。后半學(xué)期我們學(xué)寫隨筆小品文。他長(zhǎng)著古板的尖下巴，古板的直鼻梁，說起話來一本正經(jīng)，字斟句酌，彬彬有禮，活脫脫一個(gè)滑稽的老古董。他戴著古板的毫無裝飾的眼鏡，微微卷曲的頭發(fā)剪得筆齊，梳得紋絲不亂。據(jù)說他拘謹(jǐn)刻板，完全落后于時(shí)代。When our class was assigned to for thirdyear English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of had a reputation among students for dullness and inability to was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively wore primly severe eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a ic ，我就準(zhǔn)備著在這門最最單調(diào)乏味的課上再熬上沉悶的一年。我覺得英文語(yǔ)法枯燥難懂。貝克從孩提時(shí)代，我還住在貝爾維爾時(shí)，我的腦子里就斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地轉(zhuǎn)著當(dāng)作家的念頭，但直等到我高中三年級(jí)，這一想法才有了實(shí)現(xiàn)的可能。t until my third year in high school that the possibility took then I39。貝克找到這個(gè)問題的答案時(shí)，他自己和別人都感到大為驚訝。但有一位讀者特別不該忘記。我說，“謝謝你，爸爸。我看到父親在房間的另一頭，我向他走去。那晚是除夕之夜，我們?nèi)遗c朋友參加了一個(gè)小型晚會(huì)慶祝新年?！肮_德，抬起頭來?！澳蔷秃谩！皼]有。?我解釋了所發(fā)生的一切?！币恍r(shí)后，我開著被撞破了的車回了家。“對(duì)不起。我簡(jiǎn)直不相信我自己會(huì)這么說。她不停地問，“你是誰(shuí)？”我害怕起來，?想也沒想就叫道，?“我是埃普利醫(yī)生的兒子?！叭帜悖　彼饨械?。車?yán)锏膵D人跳出來尖叫，“你這個(gè)白癡！你開車難道不看路嗎？”我看了一眼，兩輛車都被撞蹩了。我有點(diǎn)心神不定?！彼f。你以為我不會(huì)開車啊？”從父親的臉上看得出我傷了他的心，也想起每次直呼“薩姆”時(shí)他是多么不高興?！蔽业闪怂谎?，“薩姆，我討厭你老把我當(dāng)成個(gè)孩子?！蔽艺f。父親的新車成了家里人感興趣的話題。我沒有靠父親，而是靠自己的本事贏得了眾人的歡心。那年寒假我回了家，心中充滿了自豪感?！贝蠹蚁萑肓藢擂蔚某聊?，然后我轉(zhuǎn)開了話題?！彼难劾镟咧鴾I繼續(xù)說，“要是有人把我叫做我父親的孩子，那我會(huì)不惜一切地珍重這榮譽(yù)！但我不知道他在哪里。”坐在我身邊的女孩皺起眉頭說：“這我就不理解了。我們開始談起我們童年最討厭的事情。我選中了一所遠(yuǎn)離伊諾斯堡的學(xué)校，一個(gè)沒人管我叫“埃普利醫(yī)生的兒子”的地方?！蔽液貌蝗菀装ね旮咧?，總算滿了十八歲?！芭?，那人人都指望我像你一樣，也很讓我傷心呢。我想你難過了吧！”“你知道的，你叫我薩姆讓我很傷心。“你最近為什么這么犟？”有次爭(zhēng)吵時(shí)，我父親這樣問我。我自己能管好自己的事。我討厭父親的好名聲像影子一樣跟著我。每當(dāng)我聽到這些贊美，我都很不以為然地哼哼幾聲。?我都十六歲了，鄰居們還是稱呼我“埃普利醫(yī)生的兒子”。我忍不住眉開眼笑。“要是你多少有點(diǎn)像你父親的話，你就會(huì)是個(gè)聰明的孩子。我很快意識(shí)到，只要我住在伊諾斯堡鎮(zhèn)，我就永遠(yuǎn)只是“埃普利醫(yī)生的兒子”。人們分得清誰(shuí)是好人。很快，當(dāng)?shù)厝司桶阉?dāng)成了自己人。s events, I wrappedmy arms around his I spoke his real name for the first time in said, “Thank you, New Year.”醫(yī)生的兒子我還是個(gè)嬰兒的時(shí)候，我的父母親搬到了佛蒙特州。sbatterednew car back my head down and my knees still shaking, Itrudgedinto the