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The first year he was at St. Albans School.he came, I think, third from the bottom.

他第一年在圣阿尔本兹学校的时候 成绩倒数第三名

I said, "Well, Stephen.do you really have to be as far down as that?"

我对他说 "好吧 史蒂芬" "你真的想变得那么差吗"

And he said, "Well a lot of other people didn't do much better."

他说道 "很多人都没有做得更好"

He was quite unconcerned.Somehow he was always recognized as being very bright.

他一点也不在意 不知为何 他总是被认为 很聪明

And in fact they gave him the Divinity Prize one year.

事实上他有一年获得过神学奖

That was not surprising because his father used to read him.

这没有什么奇怪的 因为他爸爸在他很小的时候就常常给他

Bible stories from a very early age.and he knew them all very well.

朗读一些圣经的故事 他对那些故事很熟悉

and he was quite well-versed in religious things.

他对宗教的一些事非常精通

although I don't think he makes a great deal of practice of it now.

然而我不认为他是通过大量的练习才熟悉的

Everybody used to argue theology.That's a good, safe subject.

每个人都会谈论神学 那是一个好的安全的话题

You don't need any facts or distracting things like that.

你不需要事实或者 分散注意力

If you go in for arguing you know, debating you can quite happily debate about anything including theology.

如果你参与讨论 你可以愉快地辩论任何事 包括神学

and the existence or otherwise of God.And then someone gets bored

上帝存在及其形式 一些人会厌倦了

or Journey Into Space comes on, or something like that and the argument breaks up

就会谈论星际旅行 或者类似这些的 然后讨论到此结束

In an unchanging universe one can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past.

在亘古不变的宇宙中 我们可以想象是上帝于过去的某个时间 创造了宇宙

On the other hand if the universe is expanding there may be physical reasons.why there had to be a beginning.

另一方面 如果宇宙在膨胀 那可能有物理原因 为什么一定要有起源呢

An expanding universe does not preclude a creator but it does place limits on when he might have carried out his job.

宇宙的膨胀并不排除创造者 但是它在上帝是何时创世这方面 有局限性

重点讲解

1、recognize

认识;认出

The receptionist recognized him at once.

接待员一眼就认出他了。

He did not think she could recognize his car in the snow.

他觉得她在雪天里认不出他的车子。

正式认可;承认;正式接受;赞成

Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.

大多数医生似乎都接受顺势疗法是一种合理的医疗手段。

France is on the point of recognizing the independence of the Baltic States.

法国即将承认波罗的海诸国的独立。

赞赏，认可（某人的所作所为）

The RAF recognized him as an outstandingly able engineer.

英国皇家空军表彰他是一名非常能干的机械师。

He had the insight to recognize their talents.

他很有眼力，慧眼识英才。

2、expand

扩充;扩大;增加

Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected.

工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀。

The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September.

截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了14.6％。

扩大；发展；扩展

The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century.

到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。

The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business.

利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。