Two views of times

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核心提示:Imagine that you spent your whole life at a single house.Each day at the same hour you entered an artificially-lit room,undressed and took up the same position in front of a motion picture camera.It photographed one frame of you per day,eve

Imagine that you spent your whole life at a single house.Each day at the same hour you entered an artificially-lit room,undressed and took up the same position in front of a motion picture camera.It photographed one frame of you per day,every day of your life. On your seventy-second birthday,the reel of film was shown.You saw yourself growing and aging over seventy-two years in less than half an hour (27.4 minites at sixteen frames per second). Images of this sort ,though terrifying, are helpful in suggesting unfamiliar but useful perspectives of time. They may ,for example ,symbolize the telescoped ,almost momentary charater of the past as seen through the eyes of an anxious or disa-ffected individual. Or they may suggest the remarkable brevity of our lifes in the cosmic scale of time. If the estimated age of the cosmos were shorted to seventy-two years, a human life would take about ten seconds.

 

But look at time the other way. Each day is a minor eternity of over 86000 seconds. During each second, the number of distinct molecular functions going on with the human body is comparable to the mumber of seconds in the estimated age of the cosmos. A few seconds are long enough for a revolutionary idea, a startling communication, a baby's conception, a wounding insult, a sudden death. Depending on how we think of them, our lives can be infinitely long or infinitely short.

相关单词:unfamiliar

unfamiliar解释:adj.陌生的,不熟悉的

unfamiliar例句:

I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。

The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。

相关单词:symbolize

symbolize解释:vt.作为...的象征,用符号代表

symbolize例句:

Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。

Dolphins symbolize the breath of life.海豚象征着生命的气息。

相关单词:momentary

momentary解释:adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的

momentary例句:

We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you.我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来。

I caught a momentary glimpse of them.我瞥了他们一眼。

相关单词:remarkable

remarkable解释:adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的

remarkable例句:

She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。

These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

相关单词:cosmos

cosmos解释:n.宇宙;秩序,和谐

cosmos例句:

Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。

Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗?

相关单词:minor

minor解释:adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修

minor例句:

The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。

I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

相关单词:eternity

eternity解释:n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷

eternity例句:

The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。

Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞,永世相随。

相关单词:molecular

molecular解释:adj.分子的;克分子的

molecular例句:

The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms.这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。

For the pressure to become zero, molecular bombardment must cease.当压强趋近于零时,分子的碰撞就停止了。

相关单词:infinitely

infinitely解释:adv.无限地,无穷地

infinitely例句:

There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。

The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。

 
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