Stephen Hawking，a spiritual Giant史蒂芬·霍金，一個精神巨人

Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. He’s a world well-known scientist on space and time. Stephen is researching some very big questions， such as： How did the universe begin？ How will it end？

Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then， at the age of twenty， he became sick. He was so young， but the doctors said to his family， “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact， the doctors were wrong—he didn’t die. He can’t walk now， but he uses a wheelchair （輪椅）. He can’t feed himself and get in or out of bed himself， but he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford， Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later， in 1965， he became a doctor of philosophy （哲學）.

Because of his serious health problems， it was difficult for him to draw diagrams （圖表） or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking， he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. Then in 1988， he wrote his first important book， A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China， he impressed us with his self-confidence， humorous and witty （風趣的） conversation.

史蒂芬·霍金是本世紀最著名的科學家之一。他出生于1942年，他關于時間和空間的研究為世人所知。霍金正在研究許多深邃的問題，比如：宇宙是怎樣產生的？它會怎樣結束？

霍金曾是牛津大學的學生，他研究數學和科學。后來，當他20歲時，他得了重病。雖然他還如此年輕，但是醫生們告訴他的家人：“他只能再活兩年了。”事實證明，醫生們錯了——他沒有死，現在他雖然不能走路，但他使用輪椅。他不能自己吃飯，或者自己上下床。然而他拒絕屈服于這個情況，他通過電腦的幫助進行交流談話。牛津大學畢業后，霍金去了劍橋大學。三年之后，在1965年他成為一名哲學博士。

因為他嚴重的健康問題，他畫圖標或是寫字是很困難的，所以他開始用圖片來思考，通過這個新穎的思考方式，他成為了世界上最著名的科學家之一。在1988年，他寫下了他第一本重要的書：《時間簡史》。《時間簡史》被翻譯成33種語言發行了550多萬冊。他曾被邀請到中國，他那自信、幽默、風趣的談話給我們留下了深刻的印象。

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