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He had proved his theory, but he had earned for himself the jealousy and hatred of his colleagues. Their minds refused to accept what their eyes had seen.
他證明了自己的理論，但也招致了同事的嫉妒和怨恨。他們拒絕接受自己親眼看到的一切。
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, in February, 1564. As a boy, he was extraordinarily observant, and his curiosity about the world was too great to be satisfied. He could not accept as authoritative the answers which the adults about him, offered in response to his questions, and he was forever experimenting and devising tests to probe the mystery of things.
伽利略于1564年2月出生于意大利比薩。孩提時(shí)，他就特別善于觀察，他對(duì)世界的好奇心極強(qiáng)，這種好奇從來(lái)沒有得到過滿足。他從不會(huì)將周邊的成年人對(duì)他的問題給出的答案奉為圭臬，而是一直通過實(shí)驗(yàn)或設(shè)計(jì)試驗(yàn)探索事物的奧秘。
Galileo entered the University of Pisa to study medicine. But his real interests were mathematics and his experiments. When he was 19, he made his first important discovery. One day as he was sitting in church, his thoughts were interrupted by the persistent rattle of a chain. Looking about him, he discovered that the rattle came from a hanging oil lamp that was swinging back and forth. Fascinated by the rhythmic movement of the lamp, Galileo began to count its oscillations. Suddenly he jumped to his feet and rushed out of the church. A startling idea had occurred to him. It seemed to him that the movements of the lamp were regular.
伽利略為學(xué)醫(yī)藥學(xué)進(jìn)入了比薩大學(xué)。但他真正的興趣在于數(shù)學(xué)和他的實(shí)驗(yàn)。19歲時(shí)，他取得了第一個(gè)重大發(fā)現(xiàn)。一天在教堂坐著時(shí)，他的思緒屢次被一連串短促的咔嗒聲打斷。環(huán)顧四周，他發(fā)現(xiàn)那聲音是由一只懸掛著的前后搖晃的油燈發(fā)出的。受油燈有節(jié)奏的運(yùn)動(dòng)吸引，伽利略開始細(xì)數(shù)油燈擺動(dòng)的次數(shù)。突然間他一躍而起，沖出教堂。他有了一個(gè)驚人的想法，覺得油燈的運(yùn)動(dòng)似乎是有規(guī)律的。
