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万物简史(MP3+中英字幕) 第102期:敲石头的人们(23)

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In the course of a long career (he lived till 1907 and the age of eighty-three),
在漫长的生涯里（他活到1907年，享年83岁），

he wrote 661 papers, accumulated 69 patents (from which he grew abundantly wealthy),
他写了661篇论文，总共获得69项专利（因此变得很富裕），

and gained renown in nearly every branch of the physical sciences.
在物理学的差不多每个学科都享有盛誉。

Among much else, he suggested the method that led directly to the invention of refrigeration,
其中，他提出一个方法，后来直接导致制冷技术的发明；

devised the scale of absolute temperature that still bears his name,
设计了绝对温标，至今仍冠以他的名字；

invented the boosting devices that allowed telegrams to be sent across oceans,
发明了增压装置，使越洋发送电报成为可能；

and made innumerable improvements to shipping and navigation,
还对海运和航海作了无数改进，

from the invention of a popular marine compass to the creation of the first depth sounder.
从发明一个深受欢迎的航海罗盘，到创造第一个深度探测器。

And those were merely his practical achievements.
这些只是他有实用价值的成果。

His theoretical work, in electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the wave theory of light, was equally revolutionary.
他在电磁学、热力学和光的波动等理论方面的成果同样是革命性的。

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In the course of a long career (he lived till 1907 and the age of eighty-three), he wrote 661 papers, accumulated 69 patents (from which he grew abundantly wealthy), and gained renown in nearly every branch of the physical sciences.

在漫长的生涯里（他活到1907年，享年83岁），他写了661篇论文，总共获得69项专利（因此变得很富裕），在物理学的差不多每个学科都享有盛誉。

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Among much else, he suggested the method that led directly to the invention of refrigeration, devised the scale of absolute temperature that still bears his name, invented the boosting devices that allowed telegrams to be sent across oceans, and made innumerable improvements to shipping and navigation, from the invention of a popular marine compass to the creation of the first depth sounder. And those were merely his practical achievements.

其中，他提出一个方法，后来直接导致制冷技术的发明；设计了绝对温标，至今仍冠以他的名字；发明了增压装置，使越洋发送电报成为可能；还对海运和航海作了无数改进，从发明一个深受欢迎的航海罗盘，到创造第一个深度探测器。这些只是他有实用价值的成果。

His theoretical work, in electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the wave theory of light, was equally revolutionary.

他在电磁学、热力学和光的波动等理论方面的成果同样是革命性的。

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revolutionary	[.revə'lu:ʃənəri]	想一想再看 adj. 革命的 n. 革命者
temperature	['tempritʃə(r)]	想一想再看 n. 温度，气温，体温，发烧
compass	['kʌmpəs]	想一想再看 n. 指南针，圆规 vt. 图谋，包围，达成	联想记忆 X 单词compass 联想记忆： com共同，pass通过－指南针的针，和磁场的线，共同通过一个方向。
theoretical	[θiə'retikəl]	想一想再看 adj. 理论上的
invention	[in'venʃən]	想一想再看 n. 发明，发明物，虚构，虚构物
scale	[skeil]	想一想再看 n. 鳞，刻度，衡量，数值范围 v. 依比例决
branch	[brɑ:ntʃ]	想一想再看 n. 分支，树枝，分店，分部 v. 分支，分岔
renown	[ri'naun]	想一想再看 n. 名望，声誉 vt. 使有名望
popular	['pɔpjulə]	想一想再看 adj. 流行的，大众的，通俗的，受欢迎的	联想记忆 X 单词popular 联想记忆： popul人民+ar…的→流行的
navigation	[.nævi'geiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 航行，航海，导航