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http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/19/einsteins-writings-made-available-online/
＊新聞標題
Einstein's writings made available online
✽標題解說
‧ writings：著述，作品（名詞）複數型
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/writing
4 writings [plural] a group of pieces of writing, especially by a particular
person or on a particular subject
His experiences in India influenced his later writings.
the writings of Hegel
‧ 標題：Einstein’s writings (are) made available online
在標題可以省略 be 動詞，be made available 可以被取得
✽內文解析
■ 希伯來大學校長Menahem Ben-Sasson在推出一個新的公共網站時表示「知識的目的不在隱藏，在公開。」資料庫管理人員希望這個網站很快能讓愛因斯坦所有的個人和專業的著述方便取得。
“Knowledge is not about hiding, it is about openness,” Hebrew University President Menahem Ben-Sasson said at the launch of a new public website that archivists hope will soon provide easy access to all of Einstein’s personal and professional writings.
► 簡化來看：
Hebrew University President X said Y at the launch of a new website
that will soon provide easy access to all of Einstein’s personal and
professional writings.
that (archivists hope 可以暫時不看) 子句說明 a new website
‧ be about X：目的在 X（介係詞）查字典的時候，找到「有關於」之外的意思
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/about_2
2 used to describe the purpose or an aspect of something
Movies are all about making money these days.
Knowledge is not about hiding, it is about openness.
「知識的目的不在隱藏，在公開。」
‧ openness：開放不隱藏（名詞）
‧ at the launch of a new website：新網站開張
‧ provide easy access to X：提供容易取得 X 的管道
‧ archivist：文史資料保存管理人員（名詞）archivists (複數型)
■ 這資料庫， 超過八萬份文件，涵蓋愛因斯坦76歲的生命，包括他的科學和非科學的著述，與科學和非科學同事之間的書信往返，和給家人和朋友的書寫文字。
The archive, which is made of more than 80,000 documents spanning Einstein’s 76-year life, includes manuscripts of his scientific and nonscientific writings, his correspondence with scientific and nonscientific colleagues, and writings with friends and family.
► 簡化來看：The archive includes A, B, and C.
Which is made of 子句說明 the archive
A=manuscripts of his scientific and nonscientific writings
B=correspondence with colleagues
C=writings with friends and family
‧ archive：文獻資料庫（名詞）
‧ documents：文件（名詞）documents (複數型)
‧ manuscript：手稿（名詞）manuscripts(複數型)
‧ correspondence：書信往返（名詞）不可數
‧ his correspondence with colleagues：與同事的書信往返
■ 愛因斯坦立下遺囑將他所有的著作和智慧遺產給了他 在1925年協助建立的希伯來大學 。
Einstein willed all of his writing and intellectual heritage to Hebrew University, which he helped found in 1925.
‧ will：在此為一般動詞，立下遺囑給予（動詞）willed 過去式
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/will_3
to formally give your property or possessions to somebody after you
have died, by means of a will
will something (to somebody) Joe had willed everything he possessed to them.
‧ heritage：遺產（名詞）
■ 將在網上被提供出來最有名的文件是原版的1916年愛因斯坦的廣義相對論的手稿。這個開創性的科學研究工作推翻了牛頓的萬有引力理論，並開啓了四維時空連續體的概念。
The most famous document to be made available online is the original 1916 manuscript for Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The groundbreaking scientific work overturned Newton’s theory of gravity and introduced the concept of the four-dimensional space-time continuum.
‧ original：原版的（形容詞）original manuscript 原始手稿
‧ groundbreaking：開創的（形容詞）
groundbreaking scientific work 開創性的科學研究工作
‧ overturn：推翻顛覆（動詞）overturned 過去式
‧ theory of gravity：萬有引力理論
■ 其他著名的科學文件包括概述愛因斯坦的著名公式：E = mc2 1946年的手稿和他在德國和瑞士演講的筆記，約14冊。
Other notable scientific documents include the 1946 manuscript outlining Einstein’s famous formula E = mc2 and about 14 notebooks of lectures that Einstein gave while he was in Germany and Switzerland.
► 簡化來看：
Other notable scientific documents include A and B.
A=1946 manuscript (outlining 現在分詞說明手稿)
B=14 notebooks of lectures (that 子句說明 lectures)
‧ notable：著名的（形容詞）
‧ lecture：演講授課（名詞）
‧ outline：概述（動詞）
outline Einstein’s famous formula 概述愛因斯坦的著名公式
2011年的12月CNN 報導了牛頓的手稿也被網路吸引了
Isaac Newton's manuscripts gravitate to the web
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/12/world/europe/isaac-newton-papers-online/index.html
■ 屬於先驅科學家，地心引力法則的鼻祖，Isaac Newton爵士的巨大論文資料庫──已由劍橋大學在網上發布。
A huge collection of papers belonging to pioneering scientist Sir Isaac Newton -- the father of gravity -- has been posted online by Cambridge University.
► 簡化來看：A huge collection of papers (belonging 分詞說明papers)
has been posted online by Cambridge University.
‧ pioneering：首創的（形容詞）
‧ gravity：地心引力（名詞）
■ 該資料庫包括牛頓的大學筆記和一些他 從1660年代以來對數學和微積分，光學和重力方面的重要著作。
The archive includes Newton's college notebooks and some of his most important writings from the 1660s on mathematics and calculus, optics and gravity.
＊字彙整理
科學家的歷史文件放上網，公開智慧遺產，讀這則新聞學到談論科學家著述的用語：
‧ 文獻資料庫：archive（名詞）
‧ 文史資料保存管理人員：archivist（名詞）
‧ 手稿：manuscript
‧ 原始手稿：original manuscript（固定用法）
‧ 文件：document
‧ 書信：correspondence
‧ 著述：writings（名詞複數型）
‧ 立下遺囑給予：will（動詞）willed 過去式
He willed his heritage to Hebrew University
‧ 遺產：heritage（名詞）
‧ 開創性的科學研究工作：groundbreaking scientific work
‧ 知識的目的不在隱藏，在公開：Knowledge is not about hiding, it is about openness.
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