本文選自Kyle XY《神奇凱爾》。數(shù)學(xué)課上Hillary給Lori傳紙條,結(jié)果被老師發(fā)現(xiàn),Lori被罰留堂。
Mr.Miller: OK. Fire up those brains and check this out people. Solve it by the end of the semester and you get an automatic A in my class.
Mr.Miller: A professor at MIT presented this problem. It took his students six weeks to crack it. Sort of like a mathematical Mount Everest if you will.
Mr.Miller: Trager, Comma, Lori. Discussing the Jacobin Algorithm?
Lori: Um. What?
Mr.Miller: Didn't think so. Conduct your personal business, on your own time. And as for wasting mine, I'll see you after school.
重點知識講解:
1. fire up 激發(fā),煽動,激起熱情
例句:The teacher is good at firing up the imagination of his pupils.
這位教師很善于激發(fā)學(xué)生的想象力。
2. check (it) out 看看這個,查看,觀看
例句:Check out the prices at our new store! 看看我們商店的新價格吧。
Check out 還有結(jié)賬離開(旅館)的意思,例句:Guest should check out of their rooms by noon.客人必須在中午以前辦理退房手續(xù)。
3. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 麻省理工學(xué)院
4. crack vt. 找到解決(難題等地)方法
to crack the enemy's code 破譯敵人的密碼
例句:After a year in this job I think I've got it cracked!干了一年以后,我覺得我已經(jīng)知道怎樣做好這項工作了。
5. Mount Everest 埃佛勒斯峰(喜馬拉雅山峰之一,中國稱珠穆朗瑪峰)
例句:The height of the mountain(Mount Everest), which lies on the border between China and Nepal, has long been a subject of controversy.珠穆朗瑪峰位于中國和尼泊爾邊界,它的海拔高度歷來是有爭議的話題。
6. Jacobin Algorithm 雅克比算法
Algorithm 是算法,計算程序,規(guī)則系統(tǒng),運算法則的意思。
漢語譯文:
Miller先生:好,動動腦筋,看看這道題,同學(xué)們。如果你們在這學(xué)期末能解答出來,在我這科你們就得自動得優(yōu)秀。
Miller先生:麻省理工的一位教授提出的這個問題。他的學(xué)生花了6周解答出來。可以用數(shù)學(xué)界的珠穆朗瑪峰來形容這道題。
Miller先生:Trager, Comma, Lori同學(xué),你在討論雅克比算法么?
Lori: 嗯,什么?
Miller先生:你覺得你也不是在干這個。在你課余的時間做自己的事情。下課后留堂吧,真是浪費我的時間。
課后題目:學(xué)習(xí)完后,你知道怎樣用"fire up" 這個詞組嗎?