★★★★Life and the Universe 

W：Do you ever look up at the sky and think about life and universe? 

M：I did when I was a kid. But I don't do that very much anymore. Why do you ask?

W：Sometimes I feel like I'm lost in day-to-day details. 

              lost(adj.) 迷惘的,不知所措的；day-to-day 日常的；details 细节；

       Then when I look up at the sky, I see the big picture.

       I appreciate/əˈpriːʃieɪt/(欣赏) things more, even the little things.  75

              the big picture 全局；appreciate 欣赏,重视；

译文：你是否曾在某个时刻抬头看天空，思考过人生和宇宙。我小时候这样做过，但是我不太经常这样了，为什么问？有时候我觉得自己在日常琐事中迷失了。然后，当我仰望星空的时候，我看到了全局。我更加重视一些事情，即使是一些微小的事。

M：You sound/saʊnd/ like a philosopher/fəˈlɑːsəfər/(哲学家) or a poet/ˈpoʊət/.77    

       I felt like that too when I was a kid.

W：Don't you feel like that anymore?

M：No, I don't. In fact, I try not to. 

       When I think about things too deeply, I get depressed. 

       It's even a bit frightening/ˈfraɪtnɪŋ/(可怕的) .

              depressed 抑郁的；frightening 可怕的,令人恐惧的；

W：Really? For me, it's just the opposite/ˈɑːpəzɪt/(相反的). 75. 

        Everything seems like a wonderful miracle/ˈmɪrəkl/.  89

              seem like 似乎,仿佛；miracle 奇迹；

M：Doesn't that frighten you a bit? 

       The universe is so large and we are so small.  86

              frighten 让人害怕；frighten sb. 让某人害怕；

译文：你听起来像位哲学家或是诗人。我小时候也是这么觉得。你难道现在不这么觉得了吗？不，不这么觉得，有时候我尽量不这么想。当我太深刻思考事情的时候，我就会抑郁，甚至有点可怕。对我来说，正好是相反。每件事似乎都是美妙的奇迹。难道那不让你感到有些害怕吗？宇宙是如此的浩瀚，而我们是如此的渺小。

W：What I realize is how little we understand. 

              【little VS a little】

              little：很少的、不够的，有一种消极的意义，通常表示某物没有我们预期或者想要的那么多 →e.g. Sorry，but I have little money. 不好意思，但是我的钱太少了

              a little：少量的，一些，不强调某物的不足  →e.g. I save a little money every month. 我每月攒一点钱

       We just need to appreciate our lives and not get lost.

M：Sometimes being lost isn't so bad. 

       Do you know the expression, ignorance/ˈɪɡnərənt/(无知的) is bliss/blɪs/(极乐)?

              expression 词语,表达；ignorance 无知,愚昧 → ignorant 无知的,愚昧的；bliss 彻彻底底的幸福,天大的福气；

W：Sure, I've heard it many times. 90  To be ignorant is to be happy.

译文：我意识到我们了解的太少了。我们只需要重视我们的人生，不要迷失。有时候迷失也没有那么糟糕。你知道这种说法吗？无知是福。当然，我听过它很多遍了，无知是福。

M：Maybe it's true. Maybe it's best not to think or know too much. 92

              it's best not to do sth. 最好不要做某事；

W：No, that's not for me. I want to understand as much aspossible.  91 

       That's why I became a scientist.

              as much as possible 尽可能多的；That's why+句子 这就是某事的原因

M：Well, I respect your choice, but it's not for me. 

       If understanding is painful, I'd rather not understand.

              would rather not do sth. 宁愿不做某事；

译文：也许是真的。也许最好不要想太多或知道的太多。不，对于我来说不是这样的。我想尽可能多地去了解。这就是我成为科学家的原因。好吧，我尊重您的选择，但你的选择不适用我。如果了解是痛苦的，那我宁愿不要了解。

跟读1：He doesn't agree with her choice. 82

复述1：He doesn't think about life and the universe. 91

复述2：He tires not to think about things too deeply.  90

复述3：She realizes that there is a lot that we don't understand. 81