第6章 红牙利爪的科学 Science Red in Tooth and Claw · 第5讲S4
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 10 条句型 2 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(10)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| voted off | 投反对票使其出局。语境:赫胥黎通过投票将欧文赶出学会理事会。 |
| unexceptionable | 无可指摘的。由exceptionable(可反对的)加un-构成,区别于exceptional(非凡的)。 |
| driving force | 驱动力/推动力量。drive原意为鞭打驱赶,此处引申为促使事物发展的力量。 |
| Gothic Heap | 哥特式建筑群。Heap本意为堆,此处指代庞大的哥特式建筑综合体。 |
| testament | 见证/证明。testament to... 意为……的证明或见证,常指精神或成就的体现。 |
| educate | 教育。词源意为“引出”,强调知识的传授与技能的培养,区别于edification(启迪)。 |
| prospective | adj. 预期的,未来的。语境:prospective client 潜在客户。 |
| undergo | v. 经历,经受。语境:undergo a brief interview 接受简短面试。 |
| determine | v. 决定,查明。语境:to determine if... 以便确定是否…… |
| fit | adj. 合适的,胜任的。语境:fit to be admitted 有资格被录取/接纳。 |
三、句型与语法点(2)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| in which capacity | 在此职位上/身份下。capacity指职位,引导非限制性定语从句修饰head。 |
| the + adj. | 表示一类人。如the elite(精英阶层),the rich(富人),the poor(穷人)。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 讲稿里说欧文后半生的事业是'unexceptionable',这个词和咱们熟悉的'exceptional'(非凡的)长得太像了,到底啥意思?为啥国内译本会翻错呢?
2. 文中提到欧文是伦敦自然历史博物馆的'driving force',这里的drive不是开车的意思吧?它原本是指赶动物,那用在这儿具体指什么力量?
3. 讲稿对比了哥特式教堂和中国寺庙,说教堂拼命往高处建,寺庙则俯身拥抱大地。这种建筑风格的差异背后,反映了中西方在文化或信仰上啥不同?
4. 以前去大英博物馆参观还得写书面申请加面试,这门槛也太高了。为啥那时候博物馆只给'elite'(精英)阶层看,普通人连'prospective visitor'(潜在访客)都难当?
5. 老师提到'education'强调知识技能,而'edification'强调道德智慧启发。现在博物馆从只给精英看变成大众科普,这种转变对'education'和'edification'的影响有啥区别?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. The transcript says Owen's later work was 'unexceptionable', which looks a lot like 'exceptional' (extraordinary). What does it actually mean, and why did the Chinese translator get it wrong?
2. In the text, Owen is described as the 'driving force' behind the museum. I know 'drive' isn't about driving a car here; it originally refers to herding animals. What specific kind of force does it mean in this context?
3. The lecture contrasts Gothic churches, which build high to get closer to God, with Chinese temples that embrace the earth. What does this architectural difference reveal about cultural or religious differences between the East and West?
4. Visitors to the British Museum used to have to submit written applications and undergo interviews. Why was the museum so exclusive to the 'elite' class back then, making it so hard for ordinary people to even be 'prospective visitors'?
5. You mentioned that 'education' focuses on knowledge and skills, while 'edification' emphasizes moral and intellectual enlightenment. How does the shift from an elite-only museum to a public one impact 'education' versus 'edification'?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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Eventually Huxley managed to do to Owen what Owen had
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done to so many others,
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he had him voted off the councils of the zoological and
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royal societies,
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到最后赫什利终于得以以其人之道还治其人之身,
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he had him voted off the councils,
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voted off 就是前文所说的 blackboard,
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投反对票。
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他通过投反对票的方式把欧文从动物学会和皇家学会
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的理事会中赶了出去
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对欧文的最后一项惩罚最后一项侮辱便是赫西里成为
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了新一任的皇家医学院的亨特教授
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这个亨特教授类似于我之前跟大家提过的 Luc asian
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Professor
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卢卡斯教授是一个时期只有一个人担任的
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The Royal College of Surgeons 这个机构已经出现过很
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多次了这是英联邦国家设立的专业的机构跟普通意义
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上的大学或者学院是有所不同的
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它的功能是制定外科医师的培训制度课程体系设置外
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科医师资格考试开展学术交流等
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欧文再也没有做什么重要的研究
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但他职业生涯的后面一半奉献给了一项无可指摘的事
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业
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他之前做的很多事情都是让人可以指摘也就是让人批
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评的但是这件事你却没有什么可说的 For which we can
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all be grateful 而且对他所做的这些事我们现在都可
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以感到感激我们现在再仔细地看一下这个词大家一定
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会先注意到这里面的 except 我们对这个词很熟悉它是
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借词 The office is open every day except Sundays 除了是
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这个意思它的形容词可能也有一些朋友会知道
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exceptional it means unusually good for
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exampleexceptional memory 非凡的记忆力非同寻常的
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但是
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except 另外一个意思作为动词这个意思知道的人就很
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少因为这个意思很少见在词典里边它会写着一个 rare
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指的是罕见它的
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意思是反对比如 counsel Accepted to the court's
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ruling 律师反对法院的裁决而这个 accept 它相应的形
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容词是 exceptionable 大家仔细看一下不是
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exceptional 而是 exceptionable It means open to
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objection or debate 可以让人提出反对意见的可以供
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人辩论的可以让人去批评去反对的那
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现在这个 unexceptionable 就是由这个 exceptionable
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前面加了 un 形成的因此它的意思是无可指摘的
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我特意看了一下我们国内出版的中文译本这个地方它
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是翻译成了非同寻常可见译者就把这个词看错了它看
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成了 exceptional in
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1856 he became head of the natural history section of
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the British Museum in which capacity he became the
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driving forcebehind the creation of London's natural
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history museumsection 是部分的意思 British Museum
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非常大分为好几个 section 其中一个是 natural
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history section 而他就是负责人 in which
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capacitycapacity means position or job He became the
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driving force behind the creation of London's Natural
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History Museumdriving force
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大家看到这个 driving 一定马上想到驾驶其实这里这
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个 driving 并不是驾驶车辆的意思 drive
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它原始的意思是指站在动物的后面拿鞭子或者树枝抽
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打动物把它往前面赶
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让它们往前走所以这里的 driving force 可以理解为是
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驱动力推动力量
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1856 年,欧文成了英国博物馆的自然历史部的负责人
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在这个职位上,
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他成了伦敦自然历史博物馆建馆的主要的推动力量
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The Grand and Beloved Gothic Heap in South Kensington
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Opened in 1880,
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is almost entirely a testament to his vision Beloved 是
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受众人喜爱的 Gothic 是建筑风格,
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歌特式的 Heap 本来指的是一堆的东西因为这是一个建
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筑群所以叫 Gothic Heap 也就是哥特式建筑群
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Vision 这个词我们之前有见过是视野这里是一个隐身
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意也就是它的远见它的广阔的视野它的眼光博
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物馆于 1880 年建成这座坐落在伦敦的南肯新顿区的哥
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特式建筑群即受世人所喜爱这几乎是欧文远大眼光的
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见证
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我们现在再介绍一下 Gothic 这是什么样的一种建筑风
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格
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这就是欧文所建立的那个自然历史博物馆的外观哥特
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式建筑流行于欧洲的中世纪主要是一些教堂采用这样
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的风格
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到文艺复兴的时候就慢慢消失了但是到 19 世纪又重新
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兴起前面说的那个博物馆就是 19 世纪的哥特式建筑
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那哥特式建筑有几个特点一就是高塔经常都有许多这
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样的高塔
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还有是尖拱这个尖拱是相对于圆拱的也就是这个拱门
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不是圆形的而是尖尖的那这种形状使得整座建筑视觉
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上看起来更高一些外观上还有一个特点就是这种
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镂空的石头雕花像这里都可以看出来一般是在玻璃上
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有这种镂空的石头雕花那为了把这个塔建得更高他们
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还会有一些这种护拱这个
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支撑使得塔可以建得更高一些这是外观里边看呢是这
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样的
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一个特点就是肋骨形状的穹顶还有就是花窗玻璃
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彩色玻璃这上面往往都画着圣经的故事我们再看看哥
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特式的教堂是多么的高大雄伟你看人就这么小把哥特
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式教堂跟中国的寺庙加以对比我觉得很有意思
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因为哥特式教堂是拼命地往高处建拼命地建得越高越
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好努力地往高处觉得越往高处就离上帝越近离天堂越
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近
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