unit 4
1.你听说过我们大学的史密斯教授吗?他在《自然》杂志上发表了一篇论文,声称他发现了一种可以用于治疗艾滋病的新方法,并说他的方法比现有技术更简便,更有效。
Have you heard about Prof. Smith from our university? He published a paper in Nature, claiming that he had discovered a new method that could be used in treating AIDS, and that his method was simpler and more effective than current technology.
2.论文刊登后,学校非常重视,给了他大量的研究经费,让他购买更高级的仪器。
Our university thought highly of his paper, giving him a great amount of money in the form of a research grant so that he could buy more advanced instruments.
3.媒体采访接踵而来,让史密斯教授应接不暇,大概是因为记者们认为史密斯教授对医学的贡献巨大,未来可能获得诺贝尔奖。
Prof. Smith has been bombarded with media interviews, likely because reporters believe that he might be awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to medicine.
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4.然而,也有其他科学家怀疑这位媒体眼中的天才科学家撒了谎。他们声称,按照史密斯教授在论文上披露的实验方法做完实验后,达不到他声称的那样的结果。
However, some scientists suspect that the professor, brilliant according to the media, might have lied. They claim that by the end of their own experiments,following the method revealed in Prof. Smith's paper, they couldn't produce the same results as he had claimed.
5.史密斯教授反驳说,这些同行们的实验和观测有误。到底谁对,我们拭目以待。
Prof. Smith has reacted by saying these colleagues made mistakes in their experiments and observations. We'll wait and see who is right.
6.他们声称,按照史密斯教授在论文上披露的实验方法做完实验后,达不到他声称的那样的结果。
They claim that by the end of their own experiments, following the method revealed in Prof. Smith's paper, they couldn't produce the same results as he had claimed.
7.史密斯教授反驳说,这些同行们的实验和观测有误。
Prof. Smith has reacted by saying these colleagues made mistakes in their experiments and observations.
8.到底谁对,我们拭目以待。
We'"ll wait and see who is right.