29.二十世纪七十年代初 in the early 1970s
28.环游世界去做报告
travel around the world to give lectures/
27.继续探索宇宙
continue his exploration of the universe
26.梦想 dream of
25.阻止某人做 stop sb from doing
24.继续他的研究工作
go on with his research
23.为了做… in order to do
22.与…订婚 get/ be engaged to sb
21.活那么久 survive that long
20.取得博士学位
much point in working on my PhD