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1、职称英语补全短文 第3课时1PASSAGE 8Einstein Named nPerson of CenturyAlbert Einstein , whose theories on space time and matter helped unravel the secrets of the atom and of the universe , was chosen as nPerson of the Centuryn by Time magazine on Sunday.A man whose very name is synonymous with scientific genius，E

2、instein has come to represent ( 1) _the flowering of 20th century scientific thought that set the stage for the age of technology.nThe world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic , but technologicaltechnologies_ ( 2 )

3、 _ J wrote theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in a Time essay explaining Einsteins significance. Clearly , no scientist better represents those advances than Albert Einstein.Time chose as runn er-up Preside nt Fra nklin Roosevelt to represent the triumph of freedom and democracy over fascism , an

4、d Mahatma Gandhi as an icon for a century when civil and human rights became crucial factors in global politics.“What we saw Franklin Roosevelt embodying the great theme of freedoms fight against totalitarianism , Gandhi personifying the great theme of individuals struggling for their rights，and Ein

5、 stein being both a great genius and a great symbol of a scientific revolution that brought with it amazing technological advances_ ( 3 ) _ z n said Time Magazine Editor Walter Isaacson.Einstein was born in Ulm z Germany in 1879. In his early years , Einstein did not show the promise of what he was

6、to become. He was slow to learn to speak and did not do well in elementary school. He could not stomach organized learning and loathed taking exams.Inl905 z however z he was to publish a theory which stands as one of the most intricate examples of human imagination in history. In his Special Theory

7、of Relativity z 11 Einstein described how the only constant in the universe is the speed of light Everything else-mass , weight, space f even time itself-is a variable. And he offered the world his now-famous equation : energy equals mass times the speed of light squaredE=mc2.Indirectly , relativity

8、 paved the way for a new relativism in morality , art and politics , n Isaacson wrote in an essay_ ( 4 ) . nThere was less faith in absolutes f not only of time and space but also of truth and morality.”Einsteins famous equation was also the seed that led to the development of atomic energy and weap

9、ons. Inl939 z six years after he fled European fascism and settled at Princeton University f Einstein z an avowed pacifist f signed a letter to Preside nt Roosevelt urgi ng the United States to develop an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany did. Roosevelt heeded the advice and formed the Manhattan Proje

10、ct ( 5 ) _ Einstein did not work on the project.Einstein died in Princeton , New Jersey in 1955.A. explaining Times choicesB. how he thought of the relativity theoryC. more than any other personD. that secretly developed the first atomic weaponE. that flowed directly from advances in basic scienceF.

11、 that helped expand the growth of freedom Key : CEFADPASSAGE 9The First Four MinutesWhen do people decide whether or not they want to become friends ? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book # Contact : The first four minutes r he offers this a

12、dvice to anyone _ ( 1) _ : Every time you meet someone in a social situation , give him your undivided attention for four minutes. A lot of peoples whole lives would change if they did just thatoYou may have noticed that the average person does not give his un divided atten tion to some one he has j

13、ust met He keeps looking over the other persons shoulder f as if _( 2 )If any one has ever done this to you z you probably did not like him very much.When we are introduced to new people z the author suggests z we should try to appear frie ndly and self-c on fide nt. In general , he says , People li

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