霍金的故事

Poor orchestration, overly romantic. Wagner despised him.
编曲差劲 太过浪漫 瓦格纳很瞧不起他
The feeling was mutual.What?Brahms despised Wagner.
彼此彼此 什么 勃拉姆斯也瞧不起瓦格纳
Well, you can't compare the two for one thing that.
你不能把他俩相提并论 就单说...

Stephen!Yes.Hello?Hello.Are you all right?I'm fine.Fine.I'm fine.
史蒂芬 怎么了 你好啊 你好 你没事吧 我没事 没事 我没事
Denmark's a prison.Then is the world one?
丹麦是座监狱 那这世界可是监狱
A goodly one; in which there are many confines,
还是座坚实的监狱呢 有无数禁锢
wards and dungeons, Denmark being one o' the worst.
牢笼和地牢 丹麦是最坏的一座
We think not so, my lord.Why, then, 'tis none to you;
我们可不这么认为 大人 那只是你不这么认为
for there is nothing either good or bad,
世间也本无好与坏
but thinking makes it so:To me it is a prison.
只是人的看法赋予它意义 对我来说 这就是一座监狱
Why then, your ambition makes it one;
那么说是您的野心被困在了这里
'tis too narrow for your mind.
这高墙已装不下您的雄心
O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell
上帝啊 即使将我肉体囚禁
and count myself a king of infinite space,
我的灵魂仍可自封为宇宙之王
where it not that I have bad dreams.
在宇宙之中 我不再有梦魇

重点讲解

1、compare
比较;对比
Compare the two illustrations in Fig 60.
比较图60中的两幅插图。
Was it fair to compare independent schools with state schools?
拿私立学校与州立学校相比，这样公平吗？
把…比作
Some commentators compared his work to that of James Joyce.
有些评注者把他的作品与詹姆斯·乔伊斯的作品相提并论。
I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
我只能把这段经历比作坠入爱河。
(与…)比起来(好/差)
Our road safety record compares favourably with that of other European countries.
我们的道路安全纪录比欧洲其他国家要好。
How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？
2、ambition
梦想；理想
His ambition is to sail round the world.
他的梦想是环球航行。
He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
他梦想成为托利党下院议员。
雄心；抱负；野心
Even when I was young I never had any ambition.
即使是年轻时，我也从没有什么雄心壮志。
a mixture of ambition and ruthlessness.
既野心勃勃又冷酷无情