{"id":2954,"date":"2016-02-16T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T02:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2023-11-15T00:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T06:43:57","slug":"gravitational-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/gravitational-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"gravitational waves: english practice from a scientific breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the announcement of the discovery of <strong>gravitational waves<\/strong> in the universe was described as a monumental <em><strong>scientific breakthrough<\/strong><\/em> all over the world.\u00a0the expression <em>scientific breakthrough<\/em> is useful to look at, especially if spanish is your first language.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2983\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2983 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/black-holes-collide-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"black holes collide\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/black-holes-collide-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/black-holes-collide-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/black-holes-collide.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">two black holes collide. or maybe a gorilla&#8217;s nose. (university of glasgow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>the adjective <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>scientific<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><em><strong>scientist<\/strong><\/em>,<\/span> a person who works in science, are both <em>scient\u00edfico<\/em> in spanish. \u00a0be sure to make the distinction in english.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>breakthrough<\/strong> <\/em>is similar to advance or discovery. \u00a0the <strong>phrasal verb<\/strong> equivalent, <strong><em>break through<\/em><\/strong>, is part of one of the<strong> doors<\/strong>&#8216; most famous songs, <em><strong>break on through (to the other side).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side) - Promo Video 1966\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3iXEPvG_ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>listen for<em> scientific breakthrough<\/em> at :15 on this video from <strong>bloomberg news.\u00a0<\/strong>the video starts with\u00a0<strong>emily chang<\/strong>\u00a0reporting<\/p>\n<h4>scientists have recorded the sound of two black holes <em>colliding<\/em> billions of years ago. the signal was <em>picked up<\/em> by giant, highly sensitive antennae located in washington state and louisiana.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scientists Just Proved Einstein&#039;s Theory on Gravitational Waves\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohih35QId9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>collide<\/strong><\/em> means <em>hit<\/em> or <em>run into each other<\/em>. it is the verb equivalent for the noun collision. <strong><em>pick up<\/em><\/strong> means <em>detect, find<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun english practice &#x1f4ab; richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>chang continues<\/p>\n<h4>it shows that huge <em>bursts<\/em> of energy in the universe can alter the flow of time.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>bursts<\/strong><\/em> of energy are <em>strong impulses,\u00a0blasts<\/em> or <em>explosions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2975\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/starburst-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"starburst gravitational waves\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/starburst-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/starburst.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a candy named after einstein&#8217;s gravitational wave theory?<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>the video also tells us<\/p>\n<h4><em>researchers<\/em> say the discovery will help us to <em>fully<\/em> understand gravity, and even learn more about what happened in the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/polish-or-polish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big bang<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>research<\/strong><\/em> is another word that can be tricky\u00a0between spanish and english. <em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">investigar<\/span><\/em> is spanish for <em>research<\/em> and <em>investigate<\/em>.\u00a0<em><strong>investigate\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is like research; both mean <em>trying to find an answer<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0but in academic or scientific situations, <em>research<\/em> is much more commonly used.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>fully<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0means completely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/einstein-happy-hair.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2979\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/einstein-happy-hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>a <\/em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">delighted<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0einstein<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>and chang closes with a hypothetical situation (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nd_conditional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2nd conditional<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> albert einstein <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span> here today, i&#8217;m sure <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he&#8217;d be<\/span><\/em> <em>delighted<\/em> to see science finally <em>prove<\/em> his theory right.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>delighted<\/strong><\/em> is <em>extremely happy<\/em>, <em>full of joy<\/em>. <em><strong>prove<\/strong><\/em> means <em>verify scientifically<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>while many websites have shown amazement that <strong>albert einstein<\/strong> proposed the existence of gravitational \u00a0waves 100 years ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/nyt-gravitational-waves-detected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article by <strong><span class=\"simple-byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"Dennis Overbye\">dennis overbye<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0at <strong>nytimes.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>gives a more complete picture\u00a0of the indecision\u00a0that\u00a0einstein <em><strong>struggled<\/strong><\/em> (fought) with<\/p>\n<h4>in 1916, he told karl schwarzschild, the discoverer of black holes, that gravitational waves did not exist, then said they did. in 1936, he and his assistant nathan rosen <em>set out<\/em> to publish a paper <em>debunking<\/em> the idea before doing the same <em>flip-flop<\/em> again.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>set out<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a phrasal verb that means <em>started<\/em>, <em>established a\u00a0goal<\/em>. <em><strong>debunk<\/strong><\/em> means <em>show that it&#8217;s false<\/em>. <em><strong>flip-flop<\/strong><\/em> means <em>change opinion<\/em>. the idea is that einstein changed his mind on gravitational waves several times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2980\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2980 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/einstein-at-the-beach-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"einstein at the beach before the invetion of flip-flops\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/einstein-at-the-beach-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/einstein-at-the-beach.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">einstein didn&#8217;t live to see\u00a0the discovery of the gravitational waves\u00a0he theorized, or the invention of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/flip-flop-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flip-flops<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>overbye also shares some interesting <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/cam-newton-has-led-carolina-to-super-bowl-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insight<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (vision) from <strong>dr. rainer weiss<\/strong>, a member\u00a0of the team that confirmed the existence of the gravitational waves. weiss said, that despite being a retired professor,<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"307\" data-total-count=\"2531\">his life now was more like that of a graduate student \u2014 that is to say, <em>tinkering<\/em> and making things work.<\/h4>\n<p id=\"story-continues-17\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\"><em><strong>tinker<\/strong><\/em> means <em>make little adjustments, change slightly.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2989\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tinkering-with-a-little-machine-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"tinkering with a little machine\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tinkering-with-a-little-machine-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tinkering-with-a-little-machine-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tinkering-with-a-little-machine.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tinkering<\/em><\/span> with a machine<\/h6>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\">additionally, the article reveals that three days before their equipment <em>picked up<\/em> the signal of the gravitational waves, weiss was<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\">horrified to find that the antenna readings were <em>plagued<\/em> <em>by<\/em> radio interference.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\"><em><strong>plagued by<\/strong><\/em> indicates a <em>problem<\/em>. \u00a0weiss\u00a0told his colleagues<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"422\" data-total-count=\"15200\">that needs to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">be fixed<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>be fixed<\/strong><\/em> is an excellent example of <strong>passive voice<\/strong>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be<\/em><\/span> is an auxiliary, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fixed<\/span> a past participle. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who<\/span> needs to fix the problem (the subject) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is not<\/span> included.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2985\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2985 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ranier-weiss-300x300.png\" alt=\"rainer weiss with funny sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ranier-weiss-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ranier-weiss-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ranier-weiss.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dr. rainer weiss joking around (matt weber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>unfortunately (but actually fortunately) weiss&#8217;s colleagues\u00a0told him it was <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/too-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too<\/a> late<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(past the time limit) to try to fix the issue. \u00a0dr. weiss recognized hypothetically (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/third-conditional-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3rd conditional<\/a><\/strong>), that <em><strong>if they had shut down<\/strong><\/em> their monitoring systems for repair they <em><strong>would have missed<\/strong><\/em> the gravitational wave passing the earth.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#x1f60e;subscribe to richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/minnesota-pub-radio-win-for-wonder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>mprnews.org (minnesota, usa public radio)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0showed much respect for the curiosity and determination of the scientists who found the gravitational waves.\u00a0their headline\u00a0about the discovery reads<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">In <em>scientific breakthrough<\/em>, a \u2018win\u2019 for the value of <em>wonder<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>wonder<\/strong><\/em> in this case can be understood as both\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wonder-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asking questions<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0fascination<\/em>\/<em>admiration<\/em>. \u00a0the television series\u00a0<em><strong>the wonder years<\/strong><\/em> is another example of <em>wonder<\/em>\u00a0meaning\u00a0<em>fascination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wonder Years, Seasons 1-4 Opening\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Ob59hsRaFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the accompanying article on <strong>mprnews.org<\/strong>, written by <strong>bob collins<\/strong> adds this perspective<\/p>\n<h4>we also have to <em>marvel<\/em> at the patience and persistence of scientists who are <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/willing-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willing<\/a> to spend their entire lives seeking something, knowing they may never find it.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>marvel<\/strong><\/em>, similarly, means it is something\u00a0that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/was-wrecking-ball-inspired-by-actual-wreckin-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspires awe<\/a><\/em>;\u00a0it&#8217;s <em>marvelous<\/em>, <em>incredible<\/em>. like the characters in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">marvel<\/span> comics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2981\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/deadpool-marvelous-ass-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"deadpool marvelous ass\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/deadpool-marvelous-ass-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/deadpool-marvelous-ass.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>did u <span 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