SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is Shirley Griffith.
STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.(似乎没听到l) Today we tell about one of the world's greatest scientists, Isaac Newton.(看看我今天贴的mountain的video,那样读Newton更美味。:)
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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Much of today's science of physics is based on Newton's discovery of the three laws of motion and his theory of gravity.(可浊化。) Newton also developed one of the most powerful(ow似乎off了,应该是梅花奥的音。) tools of mathematics. It is the method(似乎卷舌了) we call calculus.
Late in his life, Newton said of his work: "If I saw further than other men, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. "