A short story about celebrities making friends.

Joule, a famous British scientist, has loved physics since he was a child. He often does some experiments about electricity and heat by himself.

One year on holiday, Joule and his brother traveled to the countryside together. Smart and studious Joule didn't forget to do his physics experiment even when he was playing.

He found a lame horse, led by his brother, and hid behind him quietly. He used a Volta battery to pass current to the horse, trying to test the animal's reaction after being stimulated by the current. As a result, the reaction he wanted to see appeared. The horse jumped wildly after receiving the electric shock and almost kicked his brother.

Although the danger has appeared, it has not affected the mood of little Joule who loves to do experiments at all. He and giggle rowed to the lake surrounded by mountains, where Joule wanted to try out the echo. They filled the musket with gunpowder and then pulled the trigger. Who knows "bang", a long flame spurted from the muzzle, which burned Joule's eyebrows and almost scared his brother into the lake.

At this time, the sky was densely covered with clouds, and there was lightning and thunder. Joule, who just wanted to go ashore to take shelter from the rain, found that it took a long time to hear the roaring thunder after each lightning. What happened?

Joule, without taking shelter from the rain, dragged his brother up a hill and carefully recorded the time between lightning and thunder with his pocket watch.

After school started, Joule almost couldn't wait to tell the teacher all the experiments he had done, and asked the teacher for advice.

The teacher smiled at Joule, who was studious and inquisitive, and patiently explained to him: "The speed of light and sound is different, the speed of light is fast and the speed of sound is slow, so people always want to see lightning before hearing thunder, but in fact lightning and thunder happen at the same time."

Joule suddenly realized. From then on, he became more fascinated with learning scientific knowledge. Through continuous study and careful observation and calculation, he finally discovered mechanical equivalent of heat and the law of conservation of energy and became an excellent scientist.

vanity of powerful people

Michelangelo, a famous Italian sculptor, once carved a stone statue in Florence. Because the statue was huge and would be placed in a prominent position in the city, Michelangelo did his best in conception and technique. After nearly two years of creation, Michelangelo finally finished his work. When he saw this work that embodies all his skills, he was proud of himself. When the work was previewed, Florence was full of people and was amazed at his creation. Finally, even the mayor of Florence came to visit, and many dignitaries gathered around the statue and whispered, waiting for the mayor to express their opinions. The mayor looked at the statue haughtily and asked, "Is the author here?" Michelangelo was invited before the mayor. The mayor said, "Stone carver, I think the nose of this stone statue is a little low, which affects the artistic atmosphere of the whole statue." Michelangelo listened and said, "Dear Mayor, I will raise the nose of the stone statue as you asked." After that, Michelangelo asked his assistant to take out the tools and carry the stone powder to process the nose of the stone statue. Michelangelo rubbed stone powder on the nose of the stone statue. After a while, he came to the mayor and said, "Dear mayor, I have heightened the nose of the stone statue according to your request. Do you think it is ok now?" The mayor looked at it and nodded and said, "The stonecutter is much better now. This is the perfect art.".

"After the mayor left, Michelangelo's assistant was puzzled and asked," You just put three handfuls of stone powder on the nose of the stone statue, but the nose of the stone statue didn't increase at all? " Michelangelo said: "However, the mayor thinks it is too high.

"It is said that the stone statue still stands in the streets of Florence. Anyone who knows the origin of the stone statue knows the proverb:" The vanity of the powerful is three handfuls of stone powder on the nose of the stone statue. "

(Excerpted from No.4 of Companion Overseas Edition, by Liu Sha)

A punch line: Job hunting was successful

In p>23, the father of chocolate, Fausberry, was allowed to land in the China market, and he issued a job advertisement. The announcement is very simple. It reads: Please answer what the following four celebrities are saying in the simplest sentence.

1. On April 2, 1954, the centenary of the founding of swiss federal institute of technology zurich, Einstein was invited to give a speech at his alma mater. In his speech, Einstein said the following words: "I am of average learning, and I am not a good student according to the standards of the school, but I later found that if I can forget what I learned at school, the rest is education."

2. On June 2, 1984, Ding Zhaozhong, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, returned to his alma mater, Tsinghua University, to give a speech. "As far as I know, among the more than 9 physicists who won the Nobel Prize, no one has always taken the first place in school; There are several people who often take the last test. "

3. On March 27th, 1999, Bill Gates was invited to go back to his alma mater, Harvard University, to participate in fund-raising activities. When the reporter asked him if he would like to continue his studies and get a diploma from Harvard University, he smiled at the reporter and did not answer.

4. On May 21st, 21, President Bush of the United States returned to his alma mater, Yale University, to receive an honorary doctorate in law. Because of his mediocre academic performance, when asked about his feelings now, he said: "For those graduates who have achieved excellent results, I said' well done', and for those graduates with poor results, I said' you can be president'."

More than 4 outstanding China university students participated in the application. On March 1th, 23, his branch opened in Beijing, and only one student was informed to attend their opening ceremony. The student's answer is this: "There are high scores and low scores in the school, but not outside the school. Everything outside the school gate is always disrupted and reorganized.

That's your oil field

paul getty, once the richest oil tycoon in the United States, was not well-off when he was young, only a dry field with a poor harvest.

Later, when a well was dug in the field, some black and thick oil came out of the field. So the water well turned into an oil well, the dry land into an oil field, and paul getty saw the way to get rich. He began to hire people to exploit oil.

paul getty runs his own business with great care, so he goes to inspect the oil fields when he has nothing to do. However, every time he found someone wasting raw materials, and there were idle people wandering around. He called the foreman and asked them to eliminate waste and idle people. However, the next time he goes, everything will remain the same. Paul is puzzled. Why can I see the waste and idlers as soon as I go, and those foremen are here every day, but they turn a blind eye? Later, a management scientist woke Paul up in a word. He said, "That's your oil field.

"Paul immediately called the foremen and announced to them," From today on, you will be responsible for the operation of the oil field, and 25% of the benefits will be at your sole disposal. " From then on, when Paul visited the oil field again, he found that not only the waste phenomenon disappeared, but also the idle people disappeared, and the output increased greatly.

(excerpted from Yangcheng Evening News on February 28th)

Napoleon shot at the soldier who fell into the water

Napoleon rode through a forest once and saw a soldier who couldn't swim fall into the water and drift deep. The soldiers on the shore were in a panic because none of them could swim.

Napoleon asked, "Can he swim?" Answer: "only a few strokes, not now."

"Napoleon took a pistol from the soldier's hand and shouted to the drowning man," You swim back quickly, or I will shoot. " Said really fired two shots into the water.

when the man who fell into the water heard this, he suddenly turned his head and rowed desperately, and he actually landed quickly. He asked Napoleon inexplicably, "Your Majesty, I was scared to death. Why did you shoot me?" Napoleon smiled: "Fool, if I don't scare you, you will really drown. Who do you think can save you?" After such a scare, didn't you turn around and save yourself? "

(excerpted from Civilization Guide No.4)

Hippocratic Oath

Yan Chengzhang

In the struggle against SARS, the media reported on the deeds of excellent medical workers and talked about the Hippocratic Oath. Who was Hippocrates and what did his "oath" say?

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek doctor who lived from 46 BC to 377 BC. According to historical records, the Hippocratic Oath is not all his works. His has always been regarded as the "father of western medicine" by the west, and his "oath" has always been regarded as the medical moral standard. The "oath" recorded in the Dictionary of Western Culture goes like this: "... I am willing to do my spare capacity and judgment, abide by the creed of seeking benefits for patients, and check all depraved and harmful behaviors. I shall not give harmful drugs to others, and I will not give them guidance, even if someone requests it. Especially not to perform abortion on women. I am willing to perform my duties for life with this pure and sacred spirit. I don't operate on anyone who suffers from stones, which needs to be done by experts. No matter where I meet men or women, nobles and handmaiden, my only purpose is to seek happiness for the sick family and behave myself, and not to do all kinds of harm and bad behavior, especially not to seduce. Whatever I see and hear, regardless of business relationship, I think it should be kept secret, and I am willing to keep it secret. If I strictly abide by the above oath, I ask the gods to make my life and medical skills glorious. If I break the oath, the gods and ghosts are really desperate. "

(excerpted from Yangcheng Evening News on June 9, 23)

Mill

Flowing sand

In the 19th century, there was an emperor William I in Germany who built a luxurious palace in the suburbs of Potsdam. By chance, he found that a mill not far from the palace was very unsightly, just blocking the scenery in front. William I asked the home secretary to find out whose mill it was, and then gave the miller some money to tear it down. The minister of the interior found the miller and showed him his identity and requirements. But the miller said, "That is the property handed down by my ancestors, and I will pass it on from generation to generation."

William I was angry and sent his own palace guards to demolish the house by force. When the house was demolished, the miller said to the members of the guard, "Of course, the emperor has great power, but there are still courts in Germany. I will sue the court to solve this unfair matter." Soon, the court ruled that the emperor lost the case and must "restore the original state." So William I had to send someone to rebuild the demolished mill.

decades later, William I died, and so did the miller. The miller's son is going to sell the mill to William II who acceded to the throne because of financial difficulties. He thinks that the royal family must think that this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. But William II gave six thousand marks to the miller's son, and wrote a letter with his own hand, telling him that this mill is a commemoration of the judicial independence and fair judgment of the German state, and it is also the glory of your family, demanding that this mill be handed down from generation to generation.

The old mill in Potsdam is still there, and there are many tourists every year. In particular, some law graduates take observing the mill as their necessary procedure.

(excerpted from the Morning News on July 3, 23)

A letter from Einstein to mankind after 5, years

Wenshan

In p>1938, American President Roosevelt personally called Einstein and asked him to write a letter telling people after 5, years the thoughts and feelings of our time. Einstein wrote. The letter was packed in a solid container, buried deep underground in the new york World Expo, and a stone tablet was erected on it, indicating that it would be taken out in 6939. The letter said:

Our time has produced many talented people whose inventions can make our life much more comfortable. We have already used mechanical power to cross the ocean, and using mechanical power can finally liberate mankind from all kinds of hard and arduous physical labor. We have learned to fly. We use electromagnetic waves to communicate with each other conveniently from one corner of the earth.

However, the production and distribution of commodities are completely unorganized. Everyone lives in the shadow of fear, fearing unemployment and suffering from miserable poverty. Moreover, people living in different countries kill each other from time to time. For these reasons, all people have to be afraid and extremely painful when they think about the future.

I believe that future generations will read this letter with a sense of pride and legitimate superiority.

(excerpted from No.3 of * * * Ming in 23)

There is a young monk in a temple. Every morning, he goes to fetch water and sweep. After breakfast, he goes to the town far behind the temple to buy daily necessities for the day. I have to read the Bible late at night.

One day, he found that although other young monks were occasionally assigned to go shopping down the mountain, they went to the town in front of the mountain, and the road was smooth and the distance was short. So the young monk asked the abbot, "Why are others more comfortable than me? No one forces them to work and read the scriptures, but I have to work nonstop? " The abbot just smiled.

At noon the next day, when the young monk came from the back hill with a bag of millet, the abbot took him to the front door of the temple. It was already west, and several young monks appeared on the mountain road ahead. The abbot asked the young monks, "I asked you to buy salt early in the morning. The road is so close and flat. Why did you come back so late?"

several young monks said, "abbot, let's talk and laugh and look at the scenery. It's time. Ten years, every day is like this! "

The abbot asked the young monk standing next to him, "The town behind the temple is so far away, and you are carrying such heavy things. Why did you come back earlier?"

The young monk said, "I want to go early and come back early every day on the road. Because of the heavy things on my shoulders, I walk more carefully, so I walk steadily and quickly. For ten years, I have developed a habit, and I only have goals in my heart, and there is no road! " When the abbot heard this, he laughed and said, "The road is smooth, but the heart is not on the target. Only by walking on rough roads can one temper one's mind! "

The young monk of that year was later the famous Master Xuanzang. On the way to the west to learn from the scriptures, although there were many difficulties and dangers, his heart always shone with persistent light.

(from Liaoning Youth, No.1, 23)

Master's Style

Wu Xiping wrote in China Youth Daily on July 6, 23 that Gu Yanwu, an enlightenment thinker in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, compared reading and writing books to "casting money". He said: I once said that today's people write books and say that just as the ancients cast copper to make money, the ancients mined copper from mines, but now people rely on buying old copper coins as raw materials. The former casts a small amount of money, but the quality is excellent, while the latter not only ruins the newly cast copper coins, but also destroys the skills handed down by the ancients. For more than a year, although I have studied from morning till night and studied repeatedly, I have only considered several problems. Although the number is small, it can be regarded as mining copper directly from the mine!

The article says that, alas, this metaphor of scholars more than 3 years ago hit home the reality today. Nowadays, it is the impetuous wind that prevails in the academic circles: quantity is valued over quality, and it is shoddy, and it is always a masterpiece of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of words, one or even several books a year, making it easier to write books than to write papers; Patchwork is everywhere.

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