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  3. When Stevens Institute of Technology hired me a decade ago, it installed me for several months in the department of physics, whi

When Stevens Institute of Technology hired me a decade ago, it installed me for several months in the department of physics, whi

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问题    When Stevens Institute of Technology hired me a decade ago, it installed me for several months in the department of physics, which had a spare office. Down the hall from me, Albert Einstein’s electric-haired visage beamed from a poster for the "World Year of Physics 2005." 【F1】Passing the office of a physics professor who made the mistake of leaving his door open, I stopped and asked the question implicitly posed by the "Year of Physics" poster Will there ever be another Einstein? The physicist scrunched up his face and replied, "I’m not sure what that question means."
   Let me try to explain. Einstein is the most famous and beloved scientist of all time. We revere him not only as a scientific genius but also as a moral and even spiritual sage. Abraham Pais, Einstein’s friend and biographer, called him "the divine man of the 20th century." 【F2】To New York Times physics reporter Dennis Overbye, Einstein was an "icon" of "humanity in the face of the unknown." So to rephrase my question: Will science ever produce another figure who evokes such reverence?
   Einstein took advantage of his fame to speak out on nuclear weapons, nuclear power, militarism and other vital issues through lectures, essays, interviews, petitions and letters to world leaders. When he spoke, people listened. It is hard to imagine any modern scientist, physicist or biologist, being lionized in this manner. One reason may be that science as a whole has lost its moral sheen. The public is warier than ever of the downside of scientific advances, whether nuclear energy or genetic engineering. 【F3】Moreover. as modern science has become increasingly institutionalized, it has started to resemble a guild that values self-promotion above truth and the common good.
   Einstein also possessed a moral quality that set him apart even in his own time. 【F4】According to Robert Oppenheimer, the dark angel of nuclear physics, Einstein embodied "a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."
   The aspiring scientists and engineers I encounter at my school give me hope that science has a bright future. 【F5】But I suspect that we will never see Einstein’s like again, because he was the product of a unique combination of time and temperament. Einstein, incidentally, didn’t think he lived up to his own reputation. "I am no Einstein," he once said. On top of all his other qualities, the man was modest.
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答案此外，随着现代科学界变得日益机构化，它开始变得类似于一个重视自我标榜而非真理和公益的协会。
解析 ①Moreover意为“此外，而且”，表示此句与上句存在递进关系。②as在此意为“随着”，引导时间状语从句。③主句start to do sth．结构意为“开始做某事”。④that引导定语从句，修饰先行词guild；value A above B意为“把A的价值看得比B还高”。
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