新概念英语第四册42-01

reborn n. : 再生=rebirth

Notes on the text 课文讲解

课文开始 In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of violent controversy; but the scientific dust has long since settled, ...

long since 早已

He has long since died.

原始结构 the scientific dust since then has settled for a long time

接下来课文...and today we can see even his famous clash with the Inquisition in something like its proper perspective. ...

in its proper/wrong perspective

something like/proper

He is something like musician.

something like its proper perspective 基本正确地来看待

in its proper sense/perspective

接下来课文...But, in contrast, it is only in modern times that Galileo has become a problem child for historians of science. ...

in contrast 相反 controversial figure

接下来课文...The old view of Galileo was delightfully uncomplicated. He was, above all, a man who experimented: who despised the prejudices and book learning of the Aristotelians, who put his questions to nature instead of to the ancients, ...

view of Galileo : 人们对 Galileo 的看法

Galileo's view :Galileo 的看法

book learning : 书本知识

blind worship : 盲目崇拜

put : 提出