★★★★L(fēng)ife and the Universe?
W：Do you ever look up at the sky and think about life and universe??
M：I did when I was a kid.?But I don't do that very much anymore.?Why do you ask?
W：Sometimes I feel like I'm lost in day-to-day details.?
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?lost(adj.)?迷惘的,不知所措的；day-to-day?日常的；details?細(xì)節(jié)；
? ? ? ?Then when I look up at the sky, I see the big picture.
? ? ? ?I appreciate/??pri??ie?t/(欣賞) things more, even the little things.??75
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?the big picture?全局；appreciate?欣賞,重視；
譯文：你是否曾在某個(gè)時(shí)刻抬頭看天空，思考過人生和宇宙。我小時(shí)候這樣做過，但是我不太經(jīng)常這樣了，為什么問？有時(shí)候我覺得自己在日?，嵤轮忻允Я?。然后，當(dāng)我仰望星空的時(shí)候，我看到了全局。我更加重視一些事情，即使是一些微小的事。
M：You sound/sa?nd/ like a philosopher/f??lɑ?s?f?r/(哲學(xué)家) or a poet/?po??t/.77????
? ? ? ?I felt like that too when I was a kid.
W：Don't you feel like that anymore?
M：No, I don't.?In fact, I try not to.?
? ? ? ?When I think about things too deeply,?I get depressed.?
? ? ? ?It's even a bit frightening/?fra?tn??/(可怕的) .
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?depressed?抑郁的；frightening?可怕的,令人恐懼的；
W：Really? For me, it's just the opposite/?ɑ?p?z?t/(相反的). 75.?
? ? ? ? Everything seems like a wonderful?miracle/?m?r?kl/.??89
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?seem?like?似乎,仿佛；miracle?奇跡；
M：Doesn't that frighten you a bit??
? ? ? ?The universe is so large and we are so small.??86
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?frighten?讓人害怕；frighten?sb.?讓某人害怕；
譯文：你聽起來像位哲學(xué)家或是詩人。我小時(shí)候也是這么覺得。你難道現(xiàn)在不這么覺得了嗎？不，不這么覺得，有時(shí)候我盡量不這么想。當(dāng)我太深刻思考事情的時(shí)候，我就會(huì)抑郁，甚至有點(diǎn)可怕。對我來說，正好是相反。每件事似乎都是美妙的奇跡。難道那不讓你感到有些害怕嗎？宇宙是如此的浩瀚，而我們是如此的渺小。
W：What I realize is how little we understand.?
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?【little VS?a?little】
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?little：很少的、不夠的，有一種消極的意義，通常表示某物沒有我們預(yù)期或者想要的那么多?→e.g. Sorry，but?I?have?little?money.?不好意思，但是我的錢太少了
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?a?little：少量的，一些，不強(qiáng)調(diào)某物的不足??→e.g.?I?save?a?little?money?every?month.?我每月攢一點(diǎn)錢
? ? ? ?We just need to appreciate our lives and not get lost.
M：Sometimes being lost isn't so bad.?
? ? ? ?Do you know the expression,?ignorance/??ɡn?r?nt/(無知的) is bliss/bl?s/(極樂)?
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?expression?詞語,表達(dá)；ignorance?無知,愚昧?→?ignorant?無知的,愚昧的；bliss?徹徹底底的幸福,天大的福氣；
W：Sure, I've heard it many times.?90??To be ignorant is to be happy.
譯文：我意識(shí)到我們了解的太少了。我們只需要重視我們的人生，不要迷失。有時(shí)候迷失也沒有那么糟糕。你知道這種說法嗎？無知是福。當(dāng)然，我聽過它很多遍了，無知是福。
M：Maybe it's true.?Maybe it's best not to think or know too much. 92
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?it's best not to?do?sth.?最好不要做某事；
W：No, that's not for me.?I want to understand as much aspossible.? 91?
? ? ? ?That's why I became a scientist.
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?as?much?as?possible?盡可能多的；That's why+句子?這就是某事的原因
M：Well, I respect your choice, but it's not for me.?
? ? ? ?If understanding is painful, I'd rather not understand.
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?would?rather?not?do?sth.?寧愿不做某事；
譯文：也許是真的。也許最好不要想太多或知道的太多。不，對于我來說不是這樣的。我想盡可能多地去了解。這就是我成為科學(xué)家的原因。好吧，我尊重您的選擇，但你的選擇不適用我。如果了解是痛苦的，那我寧愿不要了解。
跟讀1：He doesn't agree with her choice. 82
復(fù)述1：He doesn't think about life and the universe. 91
復(fù)述2：He tires not to think about things too deeply.??90
復(fù)述3：She realizes that there is a lot that we don't understand. 81
