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Professor Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis on 'Properties of Expanding Universes' went up on the University of Cambridge's website early Monday.

Physics fans were so excited, tens of thousands rushed to download it, causing the site to crash. Hawking's doctoral thesis was already the most requested item in the university's library. Previously folks had to pay about $86 to scan a copy.

The 75-year-old professor said he hoped folks would not be "disappointed." And said he hoped making it available to all would "inspire people around the world to look up at the stars and not down at their feet; to wonder about our place in the universe and to try and make sense of the cosmos."

I'm Krystin Goodwin, FOX News.

Adapted from 霍金论文公开

◆VOCABULARY

1. doctoral adj. (只用于名词前) connected with a doctorate 博士的；博士学位的。例如：
○(British English) a doctoral thesis博士学位论文
○(North Amercian English) a doctoral dissertation博士学位论文

2. the cosmos: (单数) the universe, especially when it is thought of as an ordered system （尤指被视为有序体系时的）宇宙。例如：
○the structure of the cosmos宇宙的结构
○our place in the cosmos我们在宇宙中的位置

◆QUESTIONS

Read the statements. Then listen to the news and check (√) the true or (×) false statements.

1. Professor Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis on 'Properties of Expanding Universes' went up on the University of Oxford's website early Monday.

2. Physics fans were so excited, tens of thousands rushed to download it, causing the site to crash.

3. Hawking's doctoral thesis was not the most requested item in the university's library.

4. Previously folks had to pay about $80 to scan a copy.

5. Stephen Hawking said he hoped folks would not be "disappointed."

6. Stephen Hawking hoped that making his thesis available to all would inspire people around the world to try and make sense of the cosmos.

◆KEY

×1. Professor Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis on 'Properties of Expanding Universes' went up on the University of Oxford's website early Monday. 正确表达：Professor Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis on 'Properties of Expanding Universes' went up on the University of Cambridge's website early Monday.

√2. Physics fans were so excited, tens of thousands rushed to download it, causing the site to crash.

×3. Hawking's doctoral thesis was not the most requested item in the university's library. 正确表达：Hawking's doctoral thesis was already the most requested item in the university's library.

×4. Previously folks had to pay about $80 to scan a copy. 正确表达：Previously folks had to pay about $86 to scan a copy.

√5. Stephen Hawking said he hoped folks would not be "disappointed."

√6. Stephen Hawking hoped that making his thesis available to all would inspire people around the world to try and make sense of the cosmos.

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来源：刘立军宋葳 2018-01-03

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