科幻小说。阿西莫夫不仅有着超凡的想象力，使他能对未来世界进行探索，而且还有着惊人的智力，使他搜寻对现在的和过去的各种事物的解释。

　　阿西莫夫的一生从俄罗斯开始，他生于1920年1月2日。其一生在纽约结束，他于1992年4月6日去世，他是因为9年前的一次输血中感染了艾滋病病毒而去世的。

　　When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one­year­old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so⑪ years⑫. At the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant⑬ with her third child, Asimov started working part­time⑭ in the store. He helped out⑮ through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a master's degree⑯ in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff⑰ of the Philadelphia Navy⑱ Yard as a junior⑲ chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD⑳ in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry\s\up1(21(21) teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full­time\s\up1(22(22) writer. ⑪or so大约(用在数字之后)

⑫which引导限制性定语从句，修饰a candy store。

⑬pregnant adj.怀孕的；富有意义的

⑭part­time /'pɑːtaIm/ adj.兼职的

⑮help out帮助脱离困境；解决难题

⑯master's degree硕士学位

⑰staff /stɑːf/ n．全体员工；手杖

⑱navy /'neIvI/ n．海军；海军部队

⑲junior /'dʒuːnIə/ n．年少者；晚辈；等级较低者 adj.较年幼的；资历较浅的；地位较低的

⑳PhD＝Doctor of Philosophy哲学博士学位；博士学位

\s\up1(21(21)biochemistry /ˌbaIəʊ'kemIstrI/ n．生物化学

\s\up1(22(22)full­time专职的，全职的

[第3段译文],　　阿西莫夫3岁的时候，就随同父母和年仅一岁的妹妹迁到纽约。在那儿，他的父母买下了一家糖果店，后来一直经营了大约40年。阿西莫夫9岁的时候，母亲怀了第三个孩子，他就开始在糖果店里兼职工作了。他读中学和大学的那段时期都在糖