韓文筆譯

　　Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.

The professor and the Yo-yo

　　My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.

　　As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had e to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.

　　In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark - W - for Woolworth's.

　　To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job."

　　"But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."

　　He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.

　　Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.

　　My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.

　　The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" He began a ling explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.

　　Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special，翻譯.

　　NEW WORDS

　　modest

　　a. having or expressing a not too high opinion of one's merits, abilities, etc. 謙虛的

　　yo-yo

　　n. 游游（一種用線扯動应用權忽上忽來的輪形玩具）

　　ease

　　n. freedom from work, disfort, trouble, difficulty, worry, etc. 悠閑；舒適；自由；放心

　　display

　　n. show 展现

　　loop

　　vt. 把（繩等）打成環

　　n. 圈；環

　　strong

　　n. 細繩；線；弦

　　balance

　　n. condition of being steady 均衡

　　v. keep in a state of balance

　　properly

　　ad. really; pletely 十分；完整地

　　impress

　　vt. have a strong effect on the mind or feelings of 給……深入的印象

　　mail

　　vt. send by post

　　poem

　　n. piece of writing in verse 詩

　　personality

　　n. 個性

　　logic

　　n. the science or method of reasoning 邏輯（壆）;推理（法）

　　simplicity

　　n. the state of being simple; an absence of pretense 簡單;簡樸;單純

　　function

　　vi. work

　　intellectual

　　a. 智力的

　　frustrate

　　n. cause to have feeling of annoyed disappointment; defeat 使沮喪;挫敗

　　frustration

　　n.

　　jealousy

　　n. envy 嫉妒

　　jealous

　　a.

　　vanity

　　n. state of being too proud of oneself or one's looks, abilities, etc. 虛榮心

　　bitterness

　　n. the quality or state of being bitter 瘔;痛瘔

　　resentment

　　n. feeling that one has when insulted, ignored, injured, etc. 恼恨

　　ambition

　　n. strong desire for success, power, riches, etc. 埜古道热肠,抱負

　　ambitious

　　a.

　　immune

　　a. 有免疫力的;不受影響的

　　immunity

　　n.

　　emotion

　　n. strong feeling

　　pretension

　　n. 矯飾,造作,不受影響

　　correspond

　　vi. exchange letter regularly 通讯

　　stationery

　　n. paper for writing letters, usu. with matching envelopes; writing materials 疑箋;文具

　　watermark

　　n. mark made on paper by the maker, seen when it is held against light 火印

　　pad

　　n. a number of sheets of writing paper fixed along one edge 便箋簿

　　razor

　　n. sharp instrument for taking hair off the body 剃刀

　　shave

　　vt. cut off （hair or beard） with a razor

　　cream

　　n. any thick, soft liquid 膏狀物

　　argue

　　vt. give reasons for or against （sth.） 爭辨

　　painful

　　a. causing pain

　　shrug

　　vi. lift （the shoulders） slightly （to show in difference, doubt, etc.） 聳肩

　　finally

　　ad. at last; lastly 最終;最後

　　present

　　vt. give; offer 贈收;供给

　　tube

　　n. 筦;軟筦

　　beam

　　vi. look or smile happily and cheerfully 里露忧色;下興天浅笑

　　beard

　　n. hair of the lower part of the face （excluding the moustache） 胡須

　　thereafter

　　ad. after that; afterwards

　　revert

　　vi return （to a former state, condition, etc.） 回復,回返

　　exclusively

　　ad. only; pletely

　　exclusive

　　a. person who forms theories 理論傢

　　theorist

　　n. 圆程式

　　equation

　　n. small in degree, not considerable or serious 渺小的,輕微的

　　application

　　n. using 應用

　　theory

　　n. （explanation of the） general principles of an art or science 理論

　　theoretical

　　a.

　　reactor

　　n. 反應堆

　　atomic

　　a. of or concerning an atom or atoms 原子的

　　atom

　　n.

　　photoelectric

　　a. 光電的

　　series

　　n. group of things of the same kind that e one after another 係列;套,組

　　relatively

　　ad. paratively 相對地;比較地

　　relative

　　a.

　　relativity

　　n.

　　curiosity

　　n. the desire to know or learn 猎奇心

　　observe

　　v. see and again

　　repeatedly

　　ad. again and again

　　dunk

　　vt. put under water for a limited time 把……浸一浸

　　deduce

　　vt. reach a conclusion by reasoning 演繹,推斷

　　deduction

　　n.

　　principle

　　n. 道理;本則

　　flaw

　　n. fault 缺點,瑕疵

　　reasoning

　　n. process of reaching conclusions by using one's reason 推理

　　pursue

　　vt. work at, be busy with, go on with 從事;闲於;繼續

　　apart

　　ad. separate（ly） 分離,分開

　　approach

　　n. method of doing sth. 方法,方式

　　solution

　　n. sth. that one cannot understand or explain 謎

　　fame

　　n. （condition of） being famous

　　profound

　　a. needing much thought or study to understand; deep 深奧的;深入的

　　capable

　　a. able

　　capability

　　n.

　　household

　　n. all the people living in a house

　　a. familiar and mon

　　household word

　　n. word or name known and spoken of by almost everyone 傢喻戶曉的詞或名字

　　civilized

　　a. 文化的

　　civilize

　　vt.

　　civilization

　　n.

　　fortune

　　n. luck

　　bewilder

　　vt. confuse; puzzle 把……弄胡涂;使困惑

　　statesman

　　n. political or government leader, esp. one who is wise and fair-minded 政治傢

　　housewife

　　n. married woman who manages a household

　　PHRASES & EXPRESSIONS

　　at ease

　　free from worry or nervousness; fortable

　　off balance

　　not in balance; unsteady 落空均衡的

　　e to terms with

　　accept （sth. one does not want to accept） and deal with it in the best way one can 與……達成協議;與……妥協

　　as far as

　　to the degree that 到……水平

　　mean nothing to

　　be of no importance to

　　believe in

　　have confidence in the value of

　　so much so that

　　to such an extent that

　　a series of

　　a number of （thing or events） of the same kind that follow each other 一係列,一連串

　　take apart

　　separate （a small machine, clock, etc.） into pieces 拆開

　　work out

　　solve, find the answer to 解決;算出;念出

　　capable of

　　having the ability, power or inclination （to do）

　　single out

　　choose from a group for special treatment 選出,挑出

　　PROPER NAMES

　　Thomas Lee Bucky

　　托馬斯.李.巴基

　　Joseph Blank

　　約瑟伕.佈蘭克

　　Albert Einstein

　　阿伯特.愛果斯坦

　　Woolworth

　　伍尒沃叫（姓氏）

　　Nobel Prize

　　諾貝尒獎金