And as I came in he said something
incomprehensible, and I said, 'Yeah, but watch out
for those wires — don't get 'em wet.'\
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【9】随后得知,那人是从罗马来的物理学访问教授,
是逃离战后欧洲的科学家大军中的一员。
As it happened, the man was a visiting physics professor from Rome — part of the flood of
scientists fleeting postwar Europe.
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很脏,就开始动手清扫和整理。
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Having just arrived, he was given directions to the lab, found it was dirty, and began cleaning
it up.
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“当时他从事宇宙射线方面的研究。
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他是第一个让我觉得自己或许并非是那么愚蠢的
人。”
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And he was the first one who made me think that
maybe I was not all that dumb.\
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备哪些别的品质呢?
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So if an innate gift for science is not essential, what are the qualities that make a scientist?
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科学家需要具备“抵抗气馁与沮丧的能力,”他说:“做一名科学家,你要具备能够应对多次经历人生低谷的能力,要怀有一心一意努力工作的意愿——即使
刮胡子时也能思考自己做的研究。”
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Scientists need \discouraged,\live through the low periods, of which they are many. You need a willingness to work hard and be single-minded— think about what you're doing
while you're shaving.
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当科学占据了你的全部身心,你就不会对度假、睡眠、
吃饭或别的什么产生兴趣。
It's got to be able to obsess you completely, so that you're not interested in vacations or
sleeping or eating or anything.
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head up.
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Naturally at some point you've got to lift your
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但是,作为一名科学家,你要具备这样一些能力:能够坚持三个月左右连续作战,能在简易床上打盹休息,
能靠自动售货机里的任何东西来果腹充饥。”
But you need to be able to go for three months or so with naps on cots and whatever food comes out
of the coin machine.\
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