Edward_and_His_Incredible_Black_Hole_爱德华和难以置信黑洞.docVIP

Edward and His Incredible Black Hole 爱德华和他那难以置信的黑洞 Edward had a marvelous plan. He was going to create a genuine mini Black Hole, right here on earth. Edward lived alone in the suburban sprawl 无规则蔓延 of a large city. His father had experimented with inventions in his large steel garage. Because of this, his mother had left home four years ago. He missed his father who had died of a heart attack two summers ago. Edward worked during the day as an attendant at the City Library where he taught himself technology so that he could understand his father’s notebooks. At home he stumbled around in track-pants 运动裤 and a T-shirt and busily modified his father’s equipment. Edward put coils of copper tube, large permanent magnets, sheets of aluminum foil, old iron tubes full of silicone 硅树脂 sealant 密封剂 together to construct a two and a half meters high intricate apparatus, putting a copper vertical horn on top. The horn, like the front of a large trumpet, was pointed towards the ceiling. Today was Edward’s twenty-second birthday, remembered only by the lovely Fiona, the Circulation Librarian. At lunchtime, Fiona had kissed him on the cheek in front of everybody in the tearoom. Edward had flushed crimson 深红色 with embarrassment. But now was the moment. He climbed the stepladder 活动梯子 and peered into the trumpet. The curved mirror at its base magnified his reflected image and he admired his golden curly hair and his green eyes, but loathed 讨厌 his big ears. Edward sipped on a glass of cheap soda and whispered, “Black holes are the mysteries of our universe. Everything that enters them never leaves——even light.” He had a collection of hardware items arranged near him so that he could throw them into the Black Hole and watch them disappear. Edward sat at the computer controls for the Black Hole Generator. “That’s one small step for a man…” Edward intoned 拖长音 and double-clicked on the start icon. There was a loud vibrating noise and a strange glaring effect in the horn. Edward did