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1、UNIT4TheProfessorandtheYo-yoSeenthroughtheeyesofayoungfriendEinsteinwasasimple,modestandordinaryman.MyfatherwasaclosefriendofAlbertEinstein.AsashyyoungvisitortoEinstein'shome,IwasmadetofeelateasewhenEinsteinsaid,"Ihavesomethingtoshowyou."HewenttohisdeskandreturnedwithaYo-Yo.Hetriedto
2、showmehowitworkedbuthecouldn'tmakeitrollbackupthestring.Whenmyturncame,Idisplayedmyfewtricksandpointedouttohimthattheincorrectlyloopedstringhadthrownthetoyoffbalance.Einsteinnodded,properlyimpressedbymyskillandknowledge.Later,IboughtanewYo-YoandmailedittotheProfessorasaChristmasprese
3、nt,andreceivedapoemofthanks.Asboyandthenasanadult,IneverlostmywonderatthepersonalitythatwasEinstein.HewastheonlypersonIknewwhohadcometotermswithhimselfandtheworldaroundhim.Heknewwhathewantedandhewantedonlythis:tounderstandwithinhislimitsasahumanbeingthenatureoftheuniverseandthelogica
4、ndsimplicityinitsfunctioning.Heknewtherewereanswersbeyondhisintellectualreach.Butthisdidnotfrustratehim.Hewascontenttogoasfarashecould.Inthe23yearsofourfriendship,Ineversawhimshowjealousy,vanity,bitterness,anger,resentment,orpersonalambition.Heseemedimmunetotheseemotions.Hewasbeyonda
5、nypretension.Althoughhecorrespondedwithmanyoftheworld'smostimportantpeople,hisstationerycarriedonlyawatermark-W-forWoolworth's.Todohisworkheneededonlyapencilonlyapencilandapadofpaper.Materialthingsmeantnothingtohim.Ineverknewhimtocarrymoneybecauseheneverhadanyuseforit.Hebelievedinsim
6、plicity,somuchsothatheusedonlyasafetyrazorandwatertoshave.WhenIsuggestedthathetryshavingcream,hesaid,"Therazorandwaterdothejob.""ButProfessor,whydon'tyoutrythecreamjustonce?"Iargued."Itmakesshavingsmootherandlesspainful."Heshrugged.Finally,Ipresentedhimwithatubeofshavingcream.Thenext
7、morningwhenhecamedowntobreakfast,hewasbeamingwiththepleasureofanew,greatdiscovery."Youknow,thatcreamreallyworks,"heannounced."Itdoesn'tpullthebeard.Itfeelswonderful."Thereafter,heusedtheshavingcreameverymorninguntilthetubewasempty.Thenherevertedtousingplainwater.Einsteinwaspurelyande
8、xclusivelyat
