欧美文化博览 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦(2)

 

In 1900 Albert Einstein was a 21-year-old undergraduate¹ at Swiss Federal² Polytechnic³ that this young man will one day be synonymous with genius with something none of his professors would have predicted.

1900年,阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦年仅21岁，他是瑞士联邦理工学院的大学生，这位年轻人总有一天会有一些诸如天才的代名词笼罩在身,他的任何教授都没有预测到。

It K class the professors thought he was goof-off as the consequence Einstein could not get a single chart after graduction.

K班教授认为他偷懒,爱因斯坦在毕业后甚至不可能得到一份像样的工作。

He even thought about switching field and selling insurance.

他甚至想到转换行业跑去销售保险。

Can you imagine opening the door one day and there was Albert Einstein selling you life insurance ?

你能想象有一天打开门,看见爱因斯坦在对你兜售生命保险吗?

What a waste .Einstein thought he was such a loser.

这就像是废物一样。爱因斯坦认为自己是一个失败者。

He wrote a letter to his family saying that it would be better if perhaps he was never born.

他写了一封信给他的家人称如果自己从来没有出生，或许会更好。

Nobody was talking about the young Albert Einstein.

没有人谈论年轻的阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦。

1 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

2 federal   

adj.联盟的；联邦的；(美国)联邦政府的

参考例句：

• Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
• The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。

3 polytechnic   

adj.各种工艺的，综合技术的；n.工艺(专科)学校；理工(专科)学校

参考例句：

• She was trained as a teacher at Manchester Polytechnic.她在曼彻斯特工艺专科学校就读，准备毕业后做老师。
• When he was 17,Einstein entered the Polytechnic Zurich,Switzerland,where he studied mathematics and physics.17岁时，爱因斯坦进入了瑞士苏黎士的专科学院，学习数学和物理学。