世界名人简介 第58期:伯纳斯·李

 Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. He received a knighthood from the British Queen for his efforts (so he is called ‘Sir’). He is director of W3C, which looks after the Web’s development. A leading British newspaper ranked him as the world’s greatest living genius. Today’s world would be very different without his discovery.

蒂姆·伯纳斯·李爵士是英国计算机科学家，他是万维网的发明者。因他所作出的伟大成就，英国女皇授予他爵级司令勋章。（因此被叫作“爵士”）他是万维网联盟主席，该联盟专门为万维网提供服务。一家英国的主流新闻报纸将他评为了伟大的天才。如果没有他的发明，今天的世界将会是另一番景象。

Berners-Lee was born in 1955 to parents who were mathematicians¹ and computer scientists. He grew up with numbers and electronics² and managed to build his own computer. He went to Oxford³ University and was banned from using the computers for hacking⁴. Berners-Lee graduated with a degree in physics. His first jobs after graduating were as a computer programmer and software developer.

伯纳斯·李出生于1955年，他的父母都是数学家和计算机科学家。他从小就受到了数学和电子学的影响，并成功建造了自己的电脑。他曾就读于牛津大学，他还被禁止使用电脑从事黑客行为。伯纳斯·李获得了物理学学位。毕业之后，他的第一份工作是电脑程序员，以及软件开发员。

Berners-Lee spent the 1980s on a project based on sharing and updating information online. In 1991, he put the first website online. It explained what the World Wide Web was and how it was used. He gave his idea to the world for free. In 1994, Berners-Lee founded W3C to set standards and improve the quality of the Web.

八十年代，伯纳斯·李投入了对数据共享和升级的研发项目。1991年，第一个网站诞生。它向人们解释了什么是万维网，以及如何使用。他的成果是免费的。1994年，为了提高万维网的技术标准和质量，他创立了万维网联盟。

Berners-Lee now spends his time between W3C and as a professor of computer science in England. He also writes about the future of the Web. In 2004, he was named as the first ever winner of the Millennium⁵ Technology Prize. He has a string of other awards and is listed as one of ‘Time’ magazine’s 100 most important people of the 20th Century.

如今，伯纳斯·李既是万维网联盟的领导者，又是英格兰大学的计算机科学教授。他还写下了自己对未来网络的认知。2004年，他成为了首位千禧科技奖获得主。他还获得了一系列其他荣誉，他还被时代杂志评选为20世界最具影响力的100人之一。

1.World Wide Web

例句：Many of us believe in the evolution of World Wide Web. Very few, however, have thought in depth why and how the Web evolves⁶.

我们中的很多人相信万维网的进化，然而却很少有人深入的思考它是为什么和怎么进化的。

2.computer science 计算机科学

例句：She specializes⁷ in computer science.

她专攻计算机科学。

3.manage to 设法做成某事

例句：How do you manage to do such a thing?

你是怎么设法做这样的事?

4.computer programmer 计算机程序员

例句：I want to be a computer programmer but I don't know if I'm clever enough.

我想当一名电脑程序员,但不知道我是否足够聪明.

1 mathematicians   

数学家( mathematician的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? 你以为我们的数学家做不到这一点吗？ 来自英汉文学
• Mathematicians can solve problems with two variables. 数学家们可以用两个变数来解决问题。 来自哲学部分

2 electronics   

n.电子器件，电子学，电子技术

参考例句：

• About 45000 people worked in electronics in Scotland.苏格兰约有4.5万人在电子行业工作。
• He wants to brush up his knowledge of electronics.他想温习他的电子学知识。

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

4 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

5 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

6 evolves   

v.演变，进化( evolve的第三人称单数 )；（动植物等 ）进化，进化形成

参考例句：

• As medical knowledge evolves, beliefs change. 随着医学知识的逐步发展，观念也在发生变化。 来自辞典例句
• Consideration of these actions evolves into a mixed force-displacement analysis. 对于这些作用的考虑导致了一种混合力--移位分析法。 来自辞典例句

7 specializes   

v.专门从事，专攻( specialize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She specializes in obstetrics. 她是产科专家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cinema specializes in Italian films. 这家电影院专门放映意大利电影。 来自《简明英汉词典》