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学校
School
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
获得诺贝尔奖是一种非凡的荣誉,因为它不仅表彰发现,而且表彰它们对基础科学进步的贡献。
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
科学不能解决自然的终极奥秘。这是因为,归根结底,我们自己就是我们试图解开的谜团的一部分。
The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest managed with geography or the like.
这所学校的办学理念很简单——聪明的孩子专攻拉丁语,不那么聪明的孩子学习科学,其余的孩子学习地理或类似的学科。
I mean, I knew I wanted to do this kind of thing in school, but to actually have somebody that would bring you into that world, that was really exciting, you know?
我的意思是,我知道我想在学校里做这样的事情,但实际上有人会把你带到那个世界,这真的很令人兴奋,你知道吗?
Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
把年轻的研究人员聚集在一起,让他们实际上与世隔绝,给他们前所未有的自由,并通过培养竞争力来加大压力。
Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.
不要混淆假设和理论。前者是一种可能的解释;后者才是正确的。理论的建立是科学的目的。
I did not go to military school. I had an option either a military school or a private school. I don't know how to get that out of the information that's out there.
我没有上过军校。我可以选择上军校,也可以选择上私立学校。我不知道如何从这些信息中得到这些。
Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
因此,高中毕业后,我怀着很高的期望和热情,来到了苏黎世著名的瑞士联邦理工学院学习化学。
My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.
我的父母无法控制我的精力,所以他们让我参加学校提供的每一项运动。我不怨恨它,因为我喜欢运动,而且很容易学会。
Sometimes I feel like there are people just waiting for me to fall. The funny thing is, I can't give them anything. I have just never been a partier, even in school.
有时候我觉得有人在等我摔倒。有趣的是,我不能给他们任何东西。我从来没有参加过派对,即使在学校。
If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
如果我那么怀念教练生涯,我可以去一些他们不招人的小学校,所有的孩子都想去那里。我相信我能找到一个教练的地方。
I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
我确实有一段模糊的记忆,记得我坐在楼梯上,一次又一次地试着系鞋带,但这就是我在学校里的全部回忆。
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Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
有两件事使我的脑海中充满了前所未有的惊奇和敬畏——我头顶的星空和我内心的道德法则。
This is great for our school. The kids have really played well this season.
这对我们学校来说太棒了。这个赛季孩子们真的打得很好。
On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
一个人可以根据一组理论建立一所学校;但在一组价值观上,人们可以找到一种文化,一种文明,一种人类共同生活的新方式。
As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.
大二时,我想参加三个项目的校队。我做到了。那一年是一个伟大的壮举,也是我特别珍视的东西。我想带一支冠军球队去欧森赛德高中,我如愿以偿了。那是我永远不会忘记的伟大的一年。
Month after month, Wizard Academy equips people who want to make a difference. This is why journalists and scientists and artists and educators and business owners and advertising professionals and ministers are attracted to our little school.
一个月又一个月,巫师学院为那些想有所作为的人提供装备。这就是为什么记者、科学家、艺术家、教育家、企业主、广告专业人士和部长们都被我们的小学校所吸引。
I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives.
我花在孩子身上的时间和所有呆在家里的妈妈一样多。我只在他们上学的时间里工作,但总有一种努力赶上他们所有东西的感觉,不仅要安排我的工作生活,还要安排他们的学校生活。