Hawking is a graduate of Oxford and Cambridge universities, where he holds a doctorate.
霍金毕业于牛津大学和剑桥大学，并获剑桥大学博士学位。
In 1959, at the age of 17, hawking went to university college, Oxford, to study natural sciences, and spent little time getting a first class honours degree before moving to Cambridge university to study cosmology.
1959年17岁的霍金入读牛津大学的大学学院攻读自然科学，用了很少时间而得到一等荣誉学位，随后转读剑桥大学研究宇宙学。
In 1963, at the age of 21, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or motor neurone disease. At the time, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness and had only two years to live, but he survived.
1963年，21岁的他不幸被诊断患有肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症即运动神经细胞病。当时，医生曾诊断身患绝症的他只能活两年，可他一直坚强地活了下来。
