名人故事胸有成竹的人-The Man Who Had the Answers
胸有成竹的人
【內(nèi)容提示】
以“The Man Who Had the Answers”為題，寫一篇關(guān)于阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦的故事。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：
①阿爾伯特感到功課很困難。老師等待他回答問題時(shí)總是不耐煩地用教鞭敲打著黑板，但是，阿爾伯特在回答問題之前總是要想好多事情。
②老師不問阿爾伯特問題時(shí)，阿爾伯特就會(huì)想出問題問老師。因?yàn)樗氤鲈S多她不能回答的問題來問她，她就會(huì)紅著臉對(duì)阿爾伯特發(fā)火。
�、郯柌貙W(xué)得越多，就發(fā)現(xiàn)越有東西要去想。他考慮得越多，就越有問題要問。
�、芩�，地球、月亮、太陽(yáng)等星球只是宇宙的一部分；他還知道，宇宙是由我們用眼睛能看得到的星星、數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的只能通過望遠(yuǎn)鏡才能看得到的星星，以及更多更多我們看不見的星星構(gòu)成的。
�、莅柌剡�知道，所有這些星星、我們自己的身體以及其他一切都是由非常小的，甚至用最好的顯微鏡都看不見的原子組成的。
�、薨柌叵�，肯定有某些法則能夠解釋宇宙間大大小小的一切事物按照自己的規(guī)律行事。為什么在天空運(yùn)行的各種星球不會(huì)互相碰撞？是什么力量使微小的原子附著在一起，構(gòu)成了世界上的物體？
�、甙柌亍垡蛩固瓜胙较�，直到他認(rèn)為自己找到了部分答案。后來，人們開始問他問題了，因?yàn)樗麑?duì)多年來許多科學(xué)家都在尋求解決的問題的答案都胸有成竹。
【作文示范】
The Man Who Had the Answers
清流
Albert found school very difficult. His teacher would tap her pointer① against the blackboard impatiently② white she waited for him to answer her questions. Rut Albert always had to think about many things before he could answer. After all, he would say to himself, there are many different things to think about before you can say anything is absolutely certain.
When his teacher wasn＇t asking Albert a question, Albert would think of a question to ask her. And often when he did, she would get red in the face and angry at Albert for thinking up questions she couldn＇t an
The more Albert learned, the more he found to think about. The more he thought about, the more questions he thought of to ask.
He knew that the earth, other planets, the moon, and the sun are just a part of what we call the universe. He knew that the universe is also made up of all the stars we can see with our eyes and millions and millions more that we can see only with the largest telescopes and still more----we think----that are so far away that they can＇t be seen at all. And he also knew that all these stars and our own bodies and everything else are made up of atoms so tiny they can＇t be seen even with the best microscope③.
He thought there must be some rules to explain why everything in the universe, big and little, acts as it does. Why don＇t the stars moving around in the sky bump ④ into each other? What makes the tiny atoms stick together to form all the different things there?
Albert Einstein thought and thought until he believed he had some of the answers. And the people started asking him questions because he had answers for many things that scientists had been trying to figure out for many, many years.
（選自《英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)》1986年第7期）
【詞語(yǔ)解釋】
�、� pointer [＇p&int+]n. 教鞭
�、� impatiently [im＇peiM+ntli]ad. 不耐煩地
③ microscope [＇maikr+sk+up] n. 顯微鏡
�、躡ump[b)mp] v. 碰；撞
【寫法指要】
在這篇文章中，作者從“愛發(fā)問”、“愛思考”這一側(cè)面，敘述了“相對(duì)論”創(chuàng)始人阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦其人其事。文章是采用巧設(shè)懸念的方法寫人的。這一點(diǎn)可從兩方面來分析：一是作者先寫愛因斯坦對(duì)任何事情都要問一個(gè)為什么，從而積累了大量知識(shí)，最后落腳到他對(duì)許多重大問題的答案都胸有成竹。二是作者在文章的前面一直用的是Albert這個(gè)教名，讀者還以為說的是別人，直到最后一段才用全名 Albert Einstein，人們才恍然大悟，才知道是講阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦的。