牛津新教材选修三 Unit 2 Thinking out of the box Thinking out of the box跳出思维定势：超越传统思维模式，寻找新的解决问题的方法和思路。 Reading Thought experiments: the laboratory of the mind 思想实验: 思维的实验室 What would we observe if we travelled at the speed of light? This is a question Albert Einstein asked himself at the age of 16. Imagining himself pursuing a beam of light, he reasoned that he should observe such a beam of light as an electromagnetic field at rest. This intuitive thinking later played an important role in the development of his special theory of relativity, as Einstein acknowledged in his 1949 Autobiographical Notes. It came to be known as one of Einstein's most famous thought experiments. 1) acknowledge ???Naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict. ?在一封写给法官的信中，内勒承认他是一个吸毒者。 ???He is also acknowledged as an excellent goalkeeper. ?他还被认可为一名优秀的守门员。 ?a generally acknowledged fact公认的事实 ?All applications will be acknowledged.所有的申请都将得到复函告知收悉。 ?I gratefully acknowledge financial support from several local businesses. 我对本地几家企业的资助表示感谢。 v.承认;认可; 跟…打招呼, 理会；告知收到；（公开）感谢 2) reason adj.详尽论述的；理由充分的；合乎逻辑的 v.说服；推断（reason sth. out）；对（某人）以理相劝，劝告（reason with） 3) n. autobiography自传；自传文学 autobiographer自传作者 /???t??ba???ɡr?f?k(?)l/ Autobiographical adj.自传的，自传体的 如果我们以光速旅行，我们会观察到什么? 这是阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦在 16 岁时问自己的一个问题。想象自己在追逐一束光，他推断他应该观察到一束静止的电磁场。这种直觉思维后来在他狭义相对论的发展中发挥了重要作用，爱因斯坦在 1949 年的自传笔记中承认了这一点。它后来被称为爱因斯坦最著名的思想实验之一。 So, what are thought experiments? Put simply, they are experiments carried out in the laboratory of the mind; in other words, they take place in the imagination. We set up some hypothetical situation, carry out an operation, see what happens, and draw a conclusion from our analysis. As we explore the world in greater depth, we may reach a point where it is impossible to run an experimental scenario in the real world due to physical, ethical or financial limitations. In the circumstances, we move into the area of thought experiments, which function as a valuable means to test the limits of our knowledge and advance our understanding of the world. 1) put simply 简言之, in short// in brief// briefly to put it simply简单的说 2) in other words换句话说 3) namely即，也就是 4) hypothetical /?ha?p??θet?k(?)l/ adj.（基于）假设的，假定的 5) scenario /s??nɑ?ri??/ n.设想，可能发生的情况 ；（电影、戏剧等的）剧情梗概；（艺术或文学作品中的）场景 6) means n. 手段，方法；金钱 The means by which we communicate has evolved dramatically. by means of借助于用凭借 by no means决不,并没有,并不,绝不可能 by all means尽一切办法,务必,无论如何 那么，什么是思维实验? 简单地说，它们是在大脑实验室中进行的实验; 换句话说，它们发生在想象中。我们设置一些假设的情 ... ...
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