第6章 红牙利爪的科学 Science Red in Tooth and Claw · 第5讲S1
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 8 条句型 0 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(8)
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| furtherance | n. 促进,推动。furtherance of his ambitions 指实现自己的雄心壮志。 |
| hesitation | n. 犹豫。without hesitation 毫不迟疑,形容不择手段。 |
| lamentable | adj. 可悲的,可叹的。源自动词 lament(哀叹),形容欧文冷酷的心。 |
| imperious | adj. 专横的,命令式的。词源同 imperial(帝国的),指发号施令且不容置疑。 |
| barefaced | adj. 无耻的,厚颜的。bare(裸露)+ faced(脸),指做坏事时毫无遮羞。 |
| leaf through | phr. 翻阅。leaf 作动词指随意翻动书页,此处指 Huxley 翻阅名录。 |
| directory | n. 名录,通讯录。指列出姓名、地址或电话的书籍,如 Churchill's Medical Directory。 |
| comparative anatomy | n. 比较解剖学。通过比较不同物种的解剖结构来研究生物进化的学科。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 老师,讲稿里说 Owen 为了推进自己的雄心壮志(furtherance of his ambitions)不择手段,那 'furtherance' 和 'advancement' 在用法上有啥区别吗?
2. 文中提到 Owen 的儿子哀叹父亲 'lamentable coldness of heart',这里的 'lamentable' 除了表示‘可悲的’,还能用来形容其他负面情绪吗?
3. 哈利波特里的 'Imperius curse' 和咱们学的 'imperious' 词源都是 'imperial',那这两个词在语气强弱上怎么区分?
4. 为什么 Owen 作为一个有天赋的解剖学家,做 'barefaced dishonesty'(无耻欺诈)却能 'get away with' 而不受惩罚?
5. Huxley 翻阅 'Churchill's Medical Directory' 发现 Owen 占了自己的职位,这跟 'Lucasian Professor'(卢卡斯教授席位)那种‘唯一性’有啥关系?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. The script says Owen did whatever it took for the 'furtherance of his ambitions'; is there any difference in usage between 'furtherance' and 'advancement'?
2. Owen's son lamented his father's 'lamentable coldness of heart'; besides 'pathetic', can 'lamentable' be used to describe other negative emotions?
3. Both the 'Imperius curse' in Harry Potter and the word 'imperious' come from the root 'imperial'; how do we distinguish their intensity or tone?
4. Why was Owen, despite being a gifted anatomist, able to 'get away with' his 'barefaced dishonesty' without being punished?
5. Huxley was shocked to find Owen holding his position in the 'Medical Directory'; how does this relate to the exclusivity of the 'Lucasian Professor' chair?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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鲁文并不是一个有兴趣的男人,
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在表现上或性格上。
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他从他的中年年代的照片中,
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映出他像个愚蠢的,
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像在维多利亚电影中的主角一样,
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长长的头发,眨眼的眼睛,
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一副吓人的脸。
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这就是他的表现,那他的性格呢?
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我们来看看。
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在姿势上,他很冷静,很荒蕪,
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并没有任何疑惑,
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Furtherance 的动词就是 further It means to promote or
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to advance 推动推
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进的意思 The furtherance of his ambitions 指的是实现
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自己的雄心壮志前
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面说到他的外表长得十分凶恶他的行为举止也是十分
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冷酷专横为
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了实现自己的雄心壮志他不会有丝毫的 hesitation 不
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会有丝毫的犹豫也就是他几乎是不择手段
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据我们所知 Charles Darwin 一生只讨厌过一个人那就
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是这位 Owen Even Owen's son,
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who soon after killed himself,
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referred to his father's lamentable coldness of
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heart.
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Lamentable
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动词 lament means to express sad feelings for 也就是表
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示哀悼
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哀叹 The nation lamented the death of its great leader.
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Now lamentable means pathetic
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可悲的
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可叹的 referred to means mentioned 向别人提及提起即
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便是他的亲生儿子都向别人提及过他父亲那可悲的冷
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酷的心好
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现在我们再来讲讲这个 imperious 这个词的词源看
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过哈利波特系列的朋友可能会记得里边有一个夺魂咒
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叫 imperial it is one of the three unforgivable curses
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The purpose of this curse is to make someone do exactly
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what you want These pictures show instances of people
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under imperial curse 哈利波特里边提到的所有的咒语
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尽管都是作者 coined 都是作者生造出来的但是它都有
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一定的构词依据比如说这个 imperial 这个词在词典里
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边是查不到的是作者生造出来的但是它的词源是有的
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就是 imperial 这是拉丁文的词源意思就是命令由命令
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这个意思出发就形成了 imperial 这个夺魂咒的意思那
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就是如果对别人施以这个 imperial curse 你要他做什
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么他都听你的英语中有很多来源于这个 imperial 这个
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词根的其他的词汇比如说这个我们都很熟悉的
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emperor 皇帝 imperial 这个形容词是指皇家的比如说
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皇家园林 imperial garden 就是御花园 imperial palace
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皇宫这些意思都跟指挥命令是有相关的还有就是我们
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今天学的这个 imperialsimperials means giving
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orders and expecting to be obeyed 就是依止气势的
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专横的那种看更多的例子 Imperious Caesar,
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dead and turned to clay,
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said Melanie with a sad smile 这里说的 Imperious
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Caesar,
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就是不可一世的 She dismissed my opinion with an
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imperious wave of her hand Imperious,
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不由分说,不分青红皂白的 His
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undoubted gifts as an anatomistallowed him to get away
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with the most bare faced dishonesties to get away with
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means to do something wrong or illegalwith out being
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discovered or punishedbarefaced you can divide this
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word into two partsbare and faced it means having no
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covering over the face 跟这个词构词非常相似的是
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barefooted 意思是打赤脚的没有穿鞋的 barefaced
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dishonesty 指的是他在做这些不诚实的事情的时候脸
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上都是没有遮盖的也就是说他非常的不要脸他一点都
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不觉得不好意思
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欧文无疑是非常有天分的解剖学家也正因为如此他做
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出一些最无耻的欺诈伎俩的时候人能够逃脱惩罚没有
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受到惩罚 In 1857,
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the naturalist T.
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H.Huxley was living through a new edition of
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Churchill's Medical Directory when he noticed that
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Owen was enlisted as professor of comparative anatomy
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and physiology at the Government School of Mines,
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which rather surprised Huxley,
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as that was the position he held
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T.
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H.Huxley 就是我们著名的翻译家严复所翻译的天眼论
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的原作者 Leaving through 我们看一下这个 leave 这个
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词做名词的时候指的是书上的页子也可以指书里面的
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page 一页一页的书页那做动词指的就是随意的翻阅一
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页一页翻过去 Leaving through A new edition of
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Churchill's Medical Directory A new edition
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新版因为这个可能是每年都出一本新版,
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每年更新的。
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Directory is a book with lists of names,
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addresses or telephone numbers of specific persons or
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organizations.
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就是类似是名录或者说通讯录,
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企业名录这样的。
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Churchill's Medical Directory,
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丘吉尔一介名人录。
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我们可以看一下这个这是我们现在的 Medical
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