As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I know who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.
作為一個男孩，然后作為一個成年人，我從未對愛因斯坦的個性失去過驚奇。他是我認識的唯一一個與他自己和他周圍的世界和睦相處的人。他知道自己想要什么，只想知道：作為一個人類，他在自己的范圍內理解宇宙的本質，以及宇宙運行的邏輯和簡單性。他知道有超出他智力范圍的答案。但這并沒有使他沮喪。他滿足于盡可能地去做。
注解：come to terms with ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 對什么做出讓步/妥協 ? ? ??
understand within his limits ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?在他所知范圍內理解
beyond his intellecture reach ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?超出了他智力范圍
frustrate ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?沮喪
content to ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?滿足
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? A Father's love
Daddy just didn't know how to show love. It was Mom who held the family together. He just to work every day and came home and she'd have a list of sins we'd committed and he'd scold us about them.
Once when I stole a candy bar, he made me take it back and tell the man I stole it and I'd unpack boxes to pay for it. But it was Mom who understood I was just a kid.
I broke my leg once on the playground swing and it was Mom who held me in her armes all the way to the hospital. Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him move it because that space was reserved for emergency vehicles he shouted, "what do you think this is? A tour bus?"
At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of out of place. He just busied himself blowing up balloons, and setting up tables, and running errands. It was Mom who carried in the cake with candles on it for me to blow out.
爸爸只是不知道如何表達愛。是媽媽把全家團聚在一起。他每天只工作回家，她會列出我們犯下的一系列罪行，他會責罵我們。
有一次，當我偷了一個糖果棒時，他讓我把它拿回來告訴那個人我偷了它，我會打開盒子來付錢。但媽媽知道我只是個孩子。
有一次我在操場秋千上摔斷了腿，是媽媽把我抱在懷里，一直抱到醫院。爸爸把車停在了急診室的門口，當他們問他把車開走的時候，因為那個地方是為急救車預留的，他喊道：“你覺得這是什么？一輛旅游巴士？”
在我的生日聚會上，爸爸總是顯得有點不合時宜。他只是忙著吹氣球，擺桌子，跑腿。是媽媽拿著蛋糕，上面有蠟燭讓我吹滅。?
1.affected 和 affecting
詞根：affect ?
affected?
假裝的，做作的 ? ? ? Do try not to be so affected. ? 千萬別這么裝模作樣。
傾向于。。。的 ? ? ? ?He is affected to the former view. ? 他傾向于前一種觀點。
affecting ? ??
令人感動的 ? ? ? ? I was much moved by his affecting behaviour.他感人的舉動深深地打動了我。
2.alterable，alternate和 alternative
詞根 alter
alterable?
可改變的的，可變動的 ? Man's attitude towards life may be alterable.
alternate?
交替的，輪流的 They take care of the baby on alternate days.
使交替，使輪流 On the school farm they alternate crops.
交替，輪流（alternate between sth. and sth.） The weather alternate sunshine and rain.
alternative?
其他的，選擇的 Have you got an alternative suggestion.
