第6章 红牙利爪的科学 Science Red in Tooth and Claw · 第4讲S3
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 7 条句型 1 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(7)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| cobble | n. 鹅卵石。指表面光滑圆润的大块石头,常铺成石板路(cobbled street)。 |
| bounce away | phr. 弹跳着离开。bounce指像皮球一样有弹性地跳动、反弹。 |
| occupant | n. 居住者,占有者。动词为occupy(居住/占据),指住在某处的人。 |
| halt | n./v. 停止。通常指突然的、急骤的停止(sudden stop),比stop更正式。 |
| fraught | adj. 充满焦虑/紧张的。常搭配fraught atmosphere (紧张气氛)或situation。 |
| retrieve | v. 取回,找回。指找到某物并带回来,如金毛寻回犬(Golden Retriever)。 |
| significance | n. 重要性;意义。此处指标本背后的价值或说明其特点的记录。 |
三、句型与语法点(1)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| form/draw a conclusion | phr. 得出结论。form和draw均可与conclusion搭配,意为经过思考后形成判断。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 老师,讲稿里提到头是 'bouncing away',这个 bounce 除了指球弹跳,还能用来形容其他东西吗?比如人走路的样子?
2. 讲稿里区分了 'door' 和 'doorway',那 'doorway' 是不是只能指那个位置,而不能指门本身?
3. 这里有个词 'fraught looking young man',fraught 是紧张的意思,那 'a fraught atmosphere' 和 'a tense atmosphere' 有啥区别吗?
4. 为什么 John Hunter 留下的标本 'had never been cataloged or organized'?是因为标本太多太乱,还是因为别的什么原因?
5. 讲稿里说 'occupants' 是住在房子里的人,那 'occupy' 除了居住,还能用来指占领某个地方吗?比如军队占领城市?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. Teacher, the transcript says the head was 'bouncing away'. Besides describing a ball bouncing, can 'bounce' be used to describe other things, like how a person walks?
2. The transcript distinguishes between 'door' and 'doorway'. Does 'doorway' only refer to the location/opening and not the physical door itself?
3. There's a phrase 'fraught looking young man'. I know 'fraught' means tense. Is there any difference between 'a fraught atmosphere' and 'a tense atmosphere'?
4. Why were the specimens left by John Hunter 'never cataloged or organized'? Was it because there were too many and they were messy, or for some other reason?
5. The transcript says 'occupants' are people living in the house. Can 'occupy' also mean to take control of a place, like an army occupying a city?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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Once while carrying a sack containing the head of a
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black African sail or that he had just removed,
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Owen slipped on a wet cobble,
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and watched in horror as the head bounced away from him,
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down the lane and through the open doorway of a cottage,
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where it came to rest in the front parlor.
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Cobble 是类似这样的较为大块的,
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表面比较光滑圆的石头,
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像这样的石板路就叫做 Cobbled Street。
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而大家可能原先了解的这个 pebblespebbles 是要更小
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更小的讹乱式 the
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doorway of a cottagecottage 是类似这样的乡村的小屋
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房间不是特别多看去也不是非常的豪华比较朴素的叫
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cottagedoor way 和 door 的区别是 door 指的是可以开门
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开门的那一扇门而 door way 指的是这个位置比如说门
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打开了他站在门口我们可以讲
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有
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一次欧文拿着一个袋子走在路上这个袋子里边装着他
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刚刚从一个黑人水手黑人的非洲籍水手身上卸下来的
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头他一不小心踩到了一块潮湿的石头滑了一脚眼睁睁
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的惊恐的看着那个头从袋子里面掉出来 Bounce away
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from him.Bounce away,这个 bounce 是弹跳,
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指的是这个头像皮球一样,
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一蹦一跳地沿着这个小路滚了出去,
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一直滚进了一个开着门的小木屋,
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where it came to rest in the front parlor,
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最后终于停在起居室里,
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停在客厅里。
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What the occupants had to say upon finding an
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unattached head rolling to a halt at their feet can only
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be imagined.
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Occ upant,我们先看它的动词,
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occupy,to occupy means to live or stay in a place,
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居住在某个地方,
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so the occupants of the house is the people who live in
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the house,unattached,
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attached 是连接的,连在一起的,
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那么 an unattached head 就是只被切下来的头,
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没有连在身体上的头,
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rolling to a halt,滚着滚着停了下来,
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halt means stop,usually a sudden stop,
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就突然停下来了这
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句话的主干是 what the occupants had to say can only be
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imagined 住
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在屋子里的人看到这样一个头滚到他的脚边能说些什
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么这我面子能够去想象了 one assumes that they had not
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formed any terribly advanced conclusions when an
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instant later a fraught looking young man rushed in
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Wordlessly retrieved the head and rushed out again
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Fraud means full of anxiety or worry It means tense 就是
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紧张 A fraught atmosphere
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紧张的气氛 A fraught situation
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紧张的形式 Retrieve 我们之前有学过一种狗叫 Golden
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Retriever 鸡
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毛寻回犬 to retrieve means to find something and bring
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it back 再
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看这里 formed any terribly advanced conclusions to
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form a conclusion 就是指得出结论 to draw a
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conclusionterribly advanced means very advanced the
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terribly 只是一个程度副词 one
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assumes that 我们完全可以设想住在这里的这一家人
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他们肯定还没有得出什么高级的结论 Advanced
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Conclusions 所谓高级的结论复杂的结论也就是说他
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们看到这个头他们的第一反应就是哦
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这是个头但是他并没有想到很多东西没有去做很多的
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联想或者推理什么的比如说这会不会是凶杀案啊之类
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的他没有这些 Advanced Conclusions 他还没来得及反
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应过来
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When an instant later An instant later means a moment
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later 就是这个头停下来瞬间片刻之后,
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一个神色慌张的年轻人就冲了进来,
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一言不发地捡起这个头,
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又夺门而出。
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皇家外科医师学会这个 college 并不是我们平常所说
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的招收那个本科生研究生的那种大学它更像是各大医
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疗团体各大医疗机构和外科医师之间的一种学会所以
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我们把它翻译成皇家医师学会 1825 年年仅 21 岁的欧文
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来到伦敦很快就受雇于皇家医师学会去帮忙整理学会
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的
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去
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整理那规模浩大但是凌乱不堪的医学和解剖学的标本
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but had never been cataloged or organized,
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largely because the paperwork explaining the
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significance of each had gone missing soon after
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Hunter's death.
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most of these 这个 these 指的是什么呢?
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看文章的时候很重要一点就是要搞清楚代词的指代对
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象。
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这个 these 要往前面去找,
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就是 collections of medical and anatomical
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specimens,有这些标本大部分都是由 John Hunter 留给
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这个 institution 的而 institution means
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organizations dedicated to education,
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public service or culture 就是一些公共事业机构像学
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校、
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医院等等那这里的 i
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七、课堂练习(AI 生成)
1. 在描述一条由表面光滑圆润的大块石头铺成的石板路时,下列哪个词最适合填入空格?
A. cobble
B. stone
C. rock
D. gravel
答案:A · 根据板书,cobble指表面光滑圆润的大块石头,常用来铺成石板路(cobbled street)。
2. 当车辆遇到紧急情况需要突然且急骤地停下时,比stop更正式的词汇是?
A. halt
B. walk
C. run
D. drive
答案:A · 板书指出halt指突然的、急骤的停止,且比stop更正式。
3. 若想表达一个充满焦虑或紧张气氛的环境,应使用下列哪个形容词搭配atmosphere?
A. quiet
B. fraught
C. bright
D. empty
答案:B · 板书明确fraught为形容词,常搭配fraught atmosphere表示紧张气氛。
4. 经过仔细分析和思考后形成最终判断,英语中常用的固定搭配是?
A. form a conclusion
B. make a conclusion
C. do a conclusion
D. take a conclusion
答案:A · 板书指出form和draw均可与conclusion搭配表示得出结论。
5. 标本背后的价值或说明其特点的记录,在英语中通常用哪个名词来表达?
A. significance
B. importance
C. meaning
D. value
答案:A · 根据材料,significance在此处指标本背后的价值或说明其特点的记录。