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@ 40822 Relativity
A 你終於來了啊！等你等得花兒都謝了。
nǐ zhōngyú lái le a! děng nǐ děng de huār dōu xiè le.
You finally made it! I've been waiting for you forever.
B 只晚了幾分鐘啊。
zhǐ wǎn le jǐ fēnzhōng a.
I am only a couple of minutes late.
A 我等你的時候，一分鐘就像一小時；你坐在我身邊時，一個小時就像一分鐘。
wǒ děng nǐ de shíhou, yī fēnzhōng jiù xiàng yī xiǎoshí; nǐ zuò zài wǒ shēnbiān shí, yī ge xiǎoshí jiù xiàng yī fēnzhōng.
While I am waiting for you, one minute is like one hour. With you sitting right next to me, one hour is like one minute.
B 你就愛耍貧嘴！
nǐ jiù ài shuǎ pínzuǐ!
You just love to smooth talk!
A 哪敢呀！這是愛因斯坦的相對論。
nǎ gǎn ya! zhè shì Aìyīnsītǎn de xiāngduìlùn.
I don't dare! This is Einstein's theory of relativity.
B 你還懂相對論？
nǐ hái dǒng xiāngduìlùn?
Do you understand the theory of relativity?
A 以前學過。就是說時間和空間的相對關係，分狹義的和廣義的。狹義的認為物體的運動是相對的，時間和速度都是相對的，光速不變。
yǐqián xué guo. jiùshì shuō shíjiān hé kōngjiān de xiāngduì guānxi, fēn xiáyì de hé guǎngyì de. xiáyì de rènwéi wùtǐ de yùndòng shì xiāngduì de, shíjiān hé sùdù dōu shì xiāngduì de, guāngsù bù biàn.
I studied it before. That is the relative relationship between time and space. There are specialized and general theories of relativity. The theory behind specialized relativity is that the movement of physical objects is relative. Speed and time are also relative, with the speed of light being constant.
B 那是不是速度很快的時候時間會變慢？
nà shì bu shì sùdù hěn kuài de shíhou shíjiān huì biàn màn?
So, is that like how at high speeds time slows down?
A 嗯。要快到和光速差不多。很多科學家都想研製時間機器呢！
ng4. yào kuài dào hé guāngsù chàbuduō. hěn duō kēxuéjiā dōu xiǎng yánzhì shíjiān jīqì ne!
Yes--if the speed of the physical object is as fast as the speed of light. A lot of scientists want to develop time machines!
B 科幻片裡才有吧。好玄啊。那廣義的呢？
kēhuànpiàn lǐ cái yǒu ba. hǎo xuán a. nà guǎngyì de ne?
Only in science-fiction films. That's beyond comprehension. What about the general theory of relativity?
A 廣義相對論......運動和引力場什麼的......
guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn......yùndòng hé yǐnlìchǎng shénme de......
The general theory of relativity... movement, gravitational fields, and so forth...
B 太深奧了！我還是對道德和文化的“相對論”比較感興趣。
tài shēn\\'ào le! wǒ háishì duì dàodé hé wénhuà de `` xiāngduìlùn" bǐjiào gǎn xìngqù.
How mysterious! I am more interested how the theory of relativity applies to morality and culture.
A 看問題的標準不同，結果不同，對吧？
kàn wèntí de biāozhǔn bùtóng, jiéguǒ bùtóng, duì ba?
Standards are different, therefore the conclusions reached will be different, right?
B 是啊。比如說我們覺得不照顧老人不道德，但有些社會並不是這樣認為。
shì a. bǐrú shuō wǒmen juéde bù zhàogu lǎorén bù dàodé, dàn yǒuxiē shèhuì bìng bù shì zhèyàng rènwéi.
Yeah. For example, we think that not taking care of the elderly is immoral, but some other societies don't think that way.
A 嗯。不能以一個標準去衡量所有的事情。
ng4. bùnéng yǐ yī ge biāozhǔn qù héngliáng suǒyǒu de shìqing.
You cannot use the same standard to measure all matters.
B 文化也要放到不同的國家才能理解。
wénhuà yě yào fàngdào bùtóng de guójiā cái néng lǐjiě.
One can only understand a culture when within the context of the country itself.
A 生活中也是。比如說好男人也是相對的。
shēnghuó zhōng yě shì. bǐrú shuō hǎo nánrén yě shì xiāngduì de.
It's the same in life. For example, a good man is also relative.
B 又帥又有錢的靠不住；老實的沒情趣；浪漫的不踏實。
yòu shuài yòu yǒuqián de kàobuzhù; lǎoshi de méi qíngqù; làngmàn de bù tāshi.
Those with looks and money are not reliable. An honest but simple man is boring, and a romantic is not dependable.
A 所以相對來說......我還是不錯的。
suǒyǐ xiāngduì láishuō......wǒ háishì bùcuò de.
So, relatively speaking, I'm pretty good.
B 你......
nǐ......
You....
Key Vocabulary
愛因斯坦 Aìyīnsītǎn
相對論 xiāngduìlùn
謝 xiè
耍貧嘴 shuǎ pínzuǐ
空間 kōngjiān
相對 xiāngduì
狹義 xiáyì
廣義 guǎngyì
光速 guāngsù
研製 yánzhì
玄 xuán
引力場 yǐnlìchǎng
深奧 shēn'ào
道德 dàodé
衡量 héngliáng
靠不住 kàobuzhù
情趣 qíngqù
踏實 tāshi
Supplementary Vocabulary
絕對 juéduì
靠得住 kàodezhù
影響 yǐngxiǎng
科學家 kēxuéjiā
物理學 wùlǐxué
理論 lǐlùn
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