胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第166期:激情洋溢的物理學(xué)家 A very passionate research physicist

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯

第166期:激情洋溢的物理學(xué)家 A very passionate research physicist

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Russian-born Alex Bronsky was a passionate researcher in the area of particle physics.

生于俄羅斯的艾里克斯·布朗斯基是一個激情洋溢的研究員，專攻粒子物理。

His work was of paramount importance in his life, and the parameters of his research were limited only by the power of his imagination.

研究工作在他的生命中占了最重要的部分，但由于想象力有限，他的研究范圍受到了限制。他已經(jīng)有了一些重大的發(fā)現(xiàn)，而且其中一部分已獲得了專利。

He had made a number of important discoveries, the results of some of which he had patented. All in all, he had several dozen patents to his credit.

總的來說，由于已有數(shù)十項(xiàng)專利，他的聲望很高。

Alas, some of his writing was quite wordy(his Russian background proving to be quite a liability when it came to writing English) and he had to employ an assistant merely for the purpose of preparing paraphrases of his otherwise unintelligible writings.

然而非?？上У氖?，他的一些文章非常拖沓啰嗦（當(dāng)用英文寫作時，他的俄羅斯背景就成了一個極大的障礙），因此他不得不雇一個助手來改寫他那些晦澀難懂的文章。

When he was unexpectedly forced to retire at the age of 65, he declared:

出乎意料的是，65歲時他就被要求退休，對此他宣稱：

I cannot face the idea of living a passive life, sitting at home, doing pastel drawings!

我無法面對這種消極的生活：坐在家中，畫一些色彩柔和的畫！

Although I am quite partial to the occasional drop of vodka, I am certainly not going to have myself put out of pasture.

盡管我很偏愛偶爾來一點(diǎn)伏特加酒，但我決不會讓自己的余生在草地上度過！

I have plenty of passion left within me to begin a new career.

我有足夠的激情來開始一項(xiàng)新的事業(yè)。

The path Alex Bronsky chose to pursue was to run for parliamentary office.

艾里克斯·布朗斯基所選擇的道路是參加議會選舉。

He approached the Conservative Party's Central Office, but was firmly told: Your views are far too lopsided and partisan.

他走進(jìn)保守黨中央辦公室陳述自己的觀點(diǎn)，但有人斬釘截鐵地告訴他：你的觀點(diǎn)太過偏袒，派系傾向性太強(qiáng)。

What do you mean? Alex retorted.

你這是什么意思？艾里克斯反駁道。

The other potential candidates you have aren't a patch on me! I was a participant in the Great War and I fought as a partisan against the Germans in the last war.

你們所選的其他潛在的候選人連我的一個小拇指都比不上！我是偉大的衛(wèi)國戰(zhàn)爭的參加者，第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中我作為游擊隊(duì)員參加了對德國的戰(zhàn)爭。

I was partially incapacitated, but I later made a full recovery, as you can see.

某些部分上我是欠缺一點(diǎn)能力，但我后來有很多發(fā)明，這一點(diǎn)想必你們都知道。

You people are nothing bur bureaucrats, leading a parasitic existence at the taxpayers' expense!

你們這些家伙不過就是一些官僚主義者，靠納稅人的錢過著一種寄生的生活！

Now, let me paraphrase that: You are parasites! With that he stormed out of the office.

讓我來解釋這一切吧：你們都是寄生蟲！說完這些，他怒氣沖沖地沖出了辦公室。