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Conversation one.
長對話一
You are a professor of physics at the university of Oxford.
你是牛津大學的物理學教授。
You're a senior advisor at the European organization for nuclear research.
你是歐洲核研究組織的高級顧問。
You also seem to tour the globe tirelessly giving talks.
你似乎還在世界各地不知疲倦地做演講。
And In addition, you have your own weekly TV show on science. Where do you get the energy?
此外，你每周還有自己的科學電視節目。你哪兒來這么多精力呢?
Oh,well, I just love what I do. I'm extremely fortunate to have this life, doing what I love doing.
嗯，我喜歡自己的工作。擁有這樣的生活很幸運，做著自己喜歡的事。
Professor, what exactly is your goal? Why do you do all of this?
教授，你的目標到底是什么?你為什么要做這些?
Well, As you said, I do have different things going on.
就像你說的，我同時做著很多事情。
But these, I think, can be divided into two groups.
但我認為，它們可以歸為兩類。
The education of science and the further understanding of science.
教授科學和對科學的進一步理解。
Don't these two things get in the way of each other?
這兩件事不會互相妨礙嗎?
What I mean is, doesn't giving lectures take time away from the lab?
我的意思是，上課不會占用實驗室的時間嗎?
Not really. No, I love teaching.
不太會。我喜歡教書。
And I don't mind spending more time doing that now than in the past.
我不介意比以前花更多時間去做這件事。
Also what I will say is that teaching a subject helps me comprehend it better myself.
我還想說，教授一門課程能幫助我更好地理解它。
I find that it furthers my own knowledge when I have to explain something clearly.
我發現，當我必須解釋清楚某件事時，它能進一步加深我自己的認識。
When I have to aid others in understanding it.
當我得幫別人理解它的時候。
And when I have to answer questions about it, teaching at a high level can be very stimulating.
當我必須回答關于這方面的問題時，高水平的教學是非常有帶動性的。
One, no matter how much expertise they may already have in the field, they are instructing.
不管他們在這個領域已經掌握了多少專業知識，他們都是在提供指導。
Any scientific breakthroughs that you see on the near horizon?
在不久的將來，你能看到什么科學突破嗎?
A significant discovery on venture we can expect soon?
有沒有很快就會出現的重大發現?
The world is always conducting science and there are constantly new things being discovered.
世界一直在進行科學研究，不斷有新事物被發現。
In fact, right now we have too much data sitting in computers.
事實上，現在我們的電腦里有很多數據。
For example, we have thousands of photos of planet mars taken by telescopes that nobody has ever seen.
例如，我們有成千上萬張火星的照片，是用望遠鏡拍攝的，但是還沒有人看過。
We have them. Yet nobody has had time to look at them with their own eyes, let alone analyze them.
我們有這么多照片。但卻沒有人有時間去觀察它們，更別說分析它們了。
Question 1. Why does the woman say she can be so energetic?
1.女士說她為什么能有這么多精力？
Question 2. What has the woman been engaged in?
2.女士說她從事的是什么行業？
Question 3. What does the woman say about the benefit teaching brings to her?
3.關于教學帶來的好處，女士說了些什么？
Question 4. How does the woman say new scientific breakthroughs can be made possible?
4.女士所說的新的科學突破如何成為可能？
