第6章 红牙利爪的科学 Science Red in Tooth and Claw · 第4讲
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 35 条句型 3 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(35)
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| life sized | adj. 真人大小的;按真实尺寸塑造的。life 在此指“真实生活/自然状态”。 |
| attraction | n. 景点;有吸引力的人或物。文中指伦敦著名的旅游景点。 |
| sturdy | adj. 强壮的;坚固的。sturdy legs 指恐龙粗壮的腿。 |
| bipedal | adj. 两足行走的。bi- 表示“二”,ped 表示“脚”。与四足着地 (on all fours) 相对。 |
| lumbering | adj. 笨拙沉重的;行动缓慢的。形容恐龙模型动作僵硬迟缓的样子。 |
| bitterness | n. 愤慨;痛苦。此处非指味觉苦,而是指因感到不公而产生的心理悲愤。 |
| cast iron | n. 铸铁。cast 为过去分词作定语,指“铸造的”。玻璃与铸铁结构是水晶宫的特征。 |
| devote to | 致力于,把…奉献给。结构:devote time/energy to doing sth。 |
| productive | 多产的,富有成果的。指产出大量作品或成果。 |
| anatomist | 解剖学家。词根 an-atom- (切分) + -ist (人)。 |
| leisurely | 悠闲的,从容的。形容词,源自名词 leisure (闲暇)。 |
| cadaver | 尸体(尤指供解剖用的)。医学专用词,比 corpse 更正式。 |
| illicitly | 非法地,不道德地。副词,形容词为 illicit。 |
| cobble | 鹅卵石,铺路石。Cobble street 指鹅卵石铺成的街道。 |
| fraught | adj. 充满焦虑的,紧张的。语境:a fraught looking young man(神色慌张的年轻人)。 |
| retrieve | v. 取回,找回。语境:retrieved the head(捡起那个头)。联想:Golden Retriever(金毛寻回犬)。 |
| draw a conclusion | 短语:得出结论。同义替换:form a conclusion。 |
| anatomical specimens | 短语:解剖学标本。anatomical adj. 解剖学的;specimen n. 样本,标本。 |
| medical curiosities | 短语:医学奇珍/怪诞之物。curiosity n. 稀奇古怪的东西。 |
| catalog | v. 编目,登记整理。语境:cataloged or organized(分类整理)。 |
| peerless | adj. 举世无双的。peer n. 同辈,同行;less 表否定。 |
| first refusal | 短语:优先拒绝权/优先选择权。语境:优先检视死去的动物。 |
| extinct | adj. 灭绝的。指物种完全消失,不再存在。 |
| out of existence | 短语:灭绝,不复存在。文中指摩崖鸟被吃光而消失。 |
| hub | n. 运气,机缘。文中指杜杜鸟运气不佳(unlucky),导致灭绝。 |
| epitaph | n. 墓志铭。文中比喻欧文为杜杜鸟撰写的正式灭绝记录或论文。 |
| prodigious | adj. 惊人的,巨大的。形容欧文产出600篇解剖学论文,产量令人惊叹。 |
| coin | v. 创造(新词)。文中指欧文在1841年创造了“dinosauria”一词。 |
| retiring | adj. 害羞的,喜静独处的。文中形容某些小型恐龙性格内向,不喜社交。 |
| paucity | n. 缺乏,稀少。同义词 scarcity。语境:考虑到当时标本的匮乏。 |
| gaunt | adj. 憔悴的,枯瘦如柴的。形容人因饥饿或疾病而面容消瘦。 |
| villain | n. 反派,恶棍。指故事或电影中主要的邪恶角色。 |
| melodrama | n. 情节剧,煽情剧。指情节夸张、情感强烈的戏剧或电影。 |
| lank | adj. (头发)直而无力、缺乏光泽的。贬义词,指不具吸引力的直发。 |
| bulging | adj. 鼓出的,突出的。语境:bulging eyes 双目突出。 |
三、句型与语法点(3)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| 否定比较级表最高级 | Nothing... has been at the center of fiercer... hatreds. 意为“没有任何仇恨比这更猛烈”,即“最猛烈的仇恨”。 |
| so...that... | 如此…以至于…。so devoted to his studies that... 对研究如此投入,以至于… |
| 后置定语 | animals living and extinct:形容词短语后置修饰名词 animals,意为“现存的和已灭绝的动物”。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 讲稿里提到恐龙模型把霸王龙的大拇指放到了鼻子上,这到底是啥意思呀?为啥要这么放?
2. 关于恐龙行走的方式,文中提到了 'bipedal' 和 'quadrupedal',这两个词到底有啥区别?咋区分呢?
3. 文中说欧文让曼特尔的日子过得像 'hell',这里 'hell' 是比喻用法吗?具体是指啥情况?
4. 为什么欧文要费那么大劲去陷害曼特尔?这种激烈的仇恨是咋来的?
5. 那个年代的 'Body Snatchers' 偷尸体卖钱,现在的医学解剖遗体来源跟他们有啥不一样?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. What does it mean when the script says the dinosaur's thumb was placed on its nose? Why did they do that?
2. Can you explain the difference between 'bipedal' and 'quadrupedal' mentioned in the text? How can I tell them apart?
3. The script says Owen made Mantell's life 'hell'. Is this a metaphor? What exactly does it refer to in this context?
4. Why was Owen so determined to ruin Mantell's reputation? What caused such intense hatred between them?
5. How did the source of cadavers for medical dissection in Owen's time differ from today, considering the role of 'Body Snatchers'?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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人所遗忘的奇怪的造景,
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奇怪的景象,
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The world's first life sized models of dinosaurs.
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Life sized means as big as life,
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as large as life,跟真实尺寸一样大小的,
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也就是世界上最早的按照真实尺寸塑造的恐龙模型。
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Not many people travel there these days But once,
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this was one of the most popular attractions in London
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In effect,
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as Rachel Forty has noted The world's first theme park
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现在已经没有多少人专门到那儿去了但曾几何时
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Once,
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曾经这可是 one of the most popular attractions in
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London An attraction is a place or something that
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attracts many people
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这可是伦敦最热门的最受欢迎的景点之一 In effect
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means in fact,
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actually 实际上正如 Richard Forty 所指出的那样它还
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是世界上的第一座主题公园好,
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现在我们再来介绍一下 Crystal Palace Park 尤其是这
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个 Crystal Palace 水晶宫这是怎么回事
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首先先要讲一下这个 1851 年的万国工业博览会这是英
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国维多利亚时期的第一次世界性的博览会是我们现在
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世博会的前身
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当时呢展出了五个多月参观人次达到六百万这代表着
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维多利亚女王的辉煌时代一个工业军事经济各方面都
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高度发展的大英帝国这个博览会在历史上又被简称为
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The Great Exhibition
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又称为 The Crystal Palace Exhibition 水晶宫博览会那
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是因为这个博览会的主体建筑是一座称为水晶宫的建
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筑这个建筑呢是玻璃跟铁架构成的
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这是内部因为是玻璃所以呢白天这里面是不需要额外
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的照明
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这个水晶宫原来是建在海德公园也就是英国的市区在
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博览会结束以后整体被搬迁到英国南部也就是前面说
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到的那个 C itah am 这个地方因为那里地比较大而有一
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个县城的一个 park 那自从这个水晶宫被搬到那以后这
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个 park 就变成了 Crystal Palace Park 水晶宫公园了
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Quite a lot about the models is not strictly correct 实
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际上关于这些模型有很多方面严格的来说是不准确的
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The iguanod on's thumb has been placed on its nose 比如
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说前面说到的情龙 Iguanod on 它的 thumb 大拇指被按到
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了鼻子上面
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As a kind of spike
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按到鼻子上那就不再是大拇指了看过去就像是一根尖
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刺 Spike 这样的就叫 spike
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那因为这些化石它们被发现的时候是散落各地的所以
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科学家们把它们拼起来的时候有可能就会出错 and
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it stands on four sturdy legssturdy legs means strong
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legs 而且它是四脚着地有着四只粗壮的脚 making it
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look like a rather st out and awkwardly overgrown dogst
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out means short and fat 看上去像一条肥胖的大凳狗 in
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life the iguan as did not crouch on all fours but was
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bipedal
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或者读作 bipedalcrouch 就是这样蹲伏 on all fours 是
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指四脚着地的 force 指的是四肢 all the four limbs 实际
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上秦龙并不是这样四脚着地蹲伏在地上像鳄鱼那样的
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bipedal means traveling on two legs 就是两足行走的就
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是像这样它走的时候是靠着两条后腿支撑的前面那个
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并没有着地所以叫做 bipedal 或者叫做 bipedal 而如果
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是四脚着地行走的就叫 quarter pedal 要记得这个 bi 这
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是表示双表示二的这个前缀而 quarter q u a 表示四
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就这么看着它们也许你根本就想象不到你就无法猜测
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到 Lumbering means awkward and heavy and slow moving 也
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就是笨拙的动作反慢的 Could cause great ranc or and
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bitterness Ranc or means hatred and anger Bitterness
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大家知道这个 bitter 形容词是味道很苦的苦味这个意
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思 but here it is not about taste 在这儿呢这里面跟那个
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味道就没有任何关系也不是指我们中文所说的痛苦
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bitter means feeling angryjealous and upsetbecause
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you think you have been treated unfairly 它是指那种受
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到不公正的待遇造成心理那种悲愤
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所以现在看着它们你很难想象这些样子古怪不乏沉重
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的野兽会造成什么深仇大恨但事实上我们现在想象不
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到的事情的确发生了 Perhaps nothing in natural
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history has been at the center of fiercer and more
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enduring hatreds than the line of ancient beasts known
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as dinosaurs Fiercer,
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fierce 这个词本身一般指的是野兽非常的凶猛这里也
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就是指剧烈的,
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猛烈的 More enduring means more long lasting,
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持久的
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这个 line 实际上上一课我们已经接触到了但是当时我
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没有特意去讲这个 line 意思是血统可是我们在翻译这
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个句子的时候血统这个字就不会出现但大家要明白
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在自然历史上也许没有哪种动物像这种叫做恐龙的远
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古生物一样成了最剧烈最持久的仇恨的中心
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这里是 fiercer and more enduring
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这个是比较极但是因为这个比较极上面搭配的是
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nothing 没有什么能够比它更持久更加的猛烈所以我
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们在翻译的时候可以用最高级来替代它就变成最猛烈
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和最持久的仇恨的中心
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在
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建造这些恐龙模型的时候 C itih am 还是在于伦敦的边
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七、课堂练习(AI 生成)
1. 在描述恐龙运动方式时,如果想表达“两足行走的”,应使用哪个词汇?
A. A. lumbering
B. B. bipedal
C. C. sturdy
D. D. retiring
答案:B · 根据板书,bipedal 意为“两足行走的”,与 on all fours 相对。
2. 句子 “Nothing has been at the center of fiercer hatreds.” 的实际含义是?
A. A. 没有任何仇恨存在
B. B. 仇恨中心发生了转移
C. C. 这是最猛烈的仇恨
D. D. 仇恨比过去更微弱
答案:C · 板书指出该句为“否定比较级表最高级”,意为没有任何仇恨比这更猛烈,即最猛烈的仇恨。
3. 若想表达“把大量时间投入到研究中”,下列哪个短语结构最符合板书要点?
A. A. devote time to do sth
B. B. devote time to doing sth
C. C. devote to time doing sth
D. D. devote to doing time
答案:B · 板书明确给出 devote to 的固定结构为 devote time/energy to doing sth。
4. 在语境 “retrieved the head” 中,retrieve 一词最接近下列哪个中文释义?
A. A. 编目登记
B. B. 取回找回
C. C. 非法获取
D. D. 解剖切分
答案:B · 根据板书,retrieve 意为“取回,找回”,语境指捡起那个头。
5. 单词 peerless 由 peer(同辈)和 less(否定)构成,其含义最接近下列哪一项?
A. A. 平凡的
B. B. 举世无双的
C. C. 缺乏同类的
D. D. 需要比较的
答案:B · 板书指出 peerless 意为“举世无双的”,less 表否定,即没有同辈可比。