听力题 W: Hi, Mike. What are you doing here? It is 6 o’clock. Why not going out for a while? A nice day, isn’t it? M: Hi, Mary. I’m reading an autobiography by Feynman and I just can’t get over how witty a Nobel Laureate can be. W: Didn’t he get the Prize for physics? M: He did. But he was also known for his exceptional teaching. He was one of the best quantum physics teachers and even today, his class-notes are popular with students. W: But an autobiography by a physicist must be kind of boring. M: Not at all! In this autobiography he talks about how it was through his father, a simple worker that he learned to appreciate the physical properties of the world. W: Do you think Feynman wouldn’t have become such a great physicist if his father had not nurtured his mind at an early age? M: You mean, “nature or nurture”? That’s a good question. W: Imagine, if young Feynman hadn’t had the luxury to observe the world around him but had had to work in a coal mine, would he have invented something important for mining? Or would he have just been an “above average” miner? M: I don’t know. But I do think that although nature may set the base, nurture can do a lot to fill in the gap—successful scientists probably have both nature and nurture working for them.