As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I know who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.

作为一个男孩，然后作为一个成年人，我从未对爱因斯坦的个性失去过惊奇。他是我认识的唯一一个与他自己和他周围的世界和睦相处的人。他知道自己想要什么，只想知道：作为一个人类，他在自己的范围内理解宇宙的本质，以及宇宙运行的逻辑和简单性。他知道有超出他智力范围的答案。但这并没有使他沮丧。他满足于尽可能地去做。

注解：come to terms with                       对什么做出让步/妥协       

understand within his limits                    在他所知范围内理解

beyond his intellecture reach                  超出了他智力范围

frustrate                                                      沮丧

content to                                                    满足

                                            A Father's love

Daddy just didn't know how to show love. It was Mom who held the family together. He just to work every day and came home and she'd have a list of sins we'd committed and he'd scold us about them.

Once when I stole a candy bar, he made me take it back and tell the man I stole it and I'd unpack boxes to pay for it. But it was Mom who understood I was just a kid.

I broke my leg once on the playground swing and it was Mom who held me in her armes all the way to the hospital. Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him move it because that space was reserved for emergency vehicles he shouted, "what do you think this is? A tour bus?"

At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of out of place. He just busied himself blowing up balloons, and setting up tables, and running errands. It was Mom who carried in the cake with candles on it for me to blow out.

爸爸只是不知道如何表达爱。是妈妈把全家团聚在一起。他每天只工作回家，她会列出我们犯下的一系列罪行，他会责骂我们。

有一次，当我偷了一个糖果棒时，他让我把它拿回来告诉那个人我偷了它，我会打开盒子来付钱。但妈妈知道我只是个孩子。

有一次我在操场秋千上摔断了腿，是妈妈把我抱在怀里，一直抱到医院。爸爸把车停在了急诊室的门口，当他们问他把车开走的时候，因为那个地方是为急救车预留的，他喊道：“你觉得这是什么？一辆旅游巴士？”

在我的生日聚会上，爸爸总是显得有点不合时宜。他只是忙着吹气球，摆桌子，跑腿。是妈妈拿着蛋糕，上面有蜡烛让我吹灭。 

1.affected 和 affecting

词根：affect  

affected 

假装的，做作的       Do try not to be so affected.   千万别这么装模作样。

倾向于。。。的        He is affected to the former view.   他倾向于前一种观点。

affecting     

令人感动的         I was much moved by his affecting behaviour.他感人的举动深深地打动了我。

2.alterable，alternate和 alternative

词根 alter

alterable 

可改变的的，可变动的   Man's attitude towards life may be alterable.

alternate 

交替的，轮流的 They take care of the baby on alternate days.

使交替，使轮流 On the school farm they alternate crops.

交替，轮流（alternate between sth. and sth.） The weather alternate sunshine and rain.

alternative 

其他的，选择的 Have you got an alternative suggestion.