文章开头:The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter five, the English of science or how to speak with gravity.

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Robert Hooke
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
Royal Society
Invisible College
"pomum"
"terra"
"arbor"
The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter five, the English of science or how to speak with gravity. Before the 17th Century scientists weren't really recognised possibly because lab coats had yet to catch on. But suddenly Britain was full of physicists. There was Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and even some people not called Robert, like Isaac Newton. The Royal Society was formed out of the Invisible College, after they put it down somewhere and couldn't find it again. At first, they worked in Latin. After sitting through Newton's story about the "pomum" falling to the "terra" from the "arbor" for the umpteenth time, the bright sparks realised they all spoke English and they could transform our understanding of the universe much quicker by talking in their own language. But science was discovering things faster than they could name them. Words like "acid", "gravity", "electricity" and "pendulum" had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades. Like teenage boys, the scientists suddenly became aware of the human body, coining new words like "cardiac" and "tonsil", "ovary", and "sternum".
10分钟英语历史,第五章。 17世纪以前,科学家很难分辨出来,因为那时实验室服装还不时兴。但一夕之间,英国满是物理学家,譬如Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle,以及一些不叫Robert的人,如Isaac Newton。 科学家们组成的无形学院踪迹难觅之后,他们组建了英国皇家学会。刚开始,他们用拉丁语交流。当第无数次耐着性子读完牛顿故事里关于"pomum"(苹果)从"arbor"(树上)掉到"terra"(地上)之后,这些聪明的脑瓜子终于意识到他们都说英语,他们完全可以用自己的母语更快的表达出自己对世界的理解。 但科学发现之快,以至于他们都来不及逐一命名。为了防止他们的会议变成无止境的“我猜,我猜,我猜猜猜”的游戏,他们不得不发明出"acid", "gravity", "electricity" 和 "pendulum"等词汇。 就像十来岁的小男孩,科学家突然开始认识了人体结构,创造出了"cardiac" "tonsil", "ovary" "sternum"(心脏,扁桃腺,卵巢,胸骨)等新词汇。