本月8号，伟大的物理学家史蒂芬·霍金将迎来他70岁寿辰，为此他接受了《新科学家》杂志的采访，当被问到白天思考的最多的是什么时，霍金教授语出惊人：“是女人，女人完全是个谜。”

The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing（复杂的） one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.

When New Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen Hawking¹ what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned² for unraveling（解开，阐明） some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: "Women. They are a complete mystery."

The wheelchair-bound Hawking, who only recently retired³ from a post once held by Isaac Newton, talked to the magazine in the run-up to celebrations for his 70th birthday about his biggest scientific blunder（大错） and his hopes for modern science.

Hawking is due to celebrate his 70th birthday on Sunday with a public symposium⁴ entitled "The State of the Universe" at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology.

Hawking heads a list of speakers including British Astronomer⁵ Royal Martin Rees, Nobel Prize-winning physicist⁶ Saul Perlmutter and Kip Thorne, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists⁷.