第6章 红牙利爪的科学 Science Red in Tooth and Claw · 第7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 28 条句型 4 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(28)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| dinosaur | 恐龙。源自希腊语,意为“恐怖的蜥蜴”。 |
| coin the term | 创造/首创术语。指首次使用某个新词或短语。 |
| wreck | 废人/残废。此处比喻Buckland因疾病和失意变得身心俱疲。 |
| lunatic asylum | 精神病院/疯人院。19世纪对精神疾病治疗机构的称呼。 |
| obliterate | 彻底摧毁/抹去。指德国炸弹将Mantell的遗骸完全销毁。 |
| Blitz | 闪电战。德语Blitzkrieg的缩写,指二战中德国的猛烈轰炸。 |
| emigrate | 移居国外。强调“离开”祖国,与immigrate(迁入)相对。 |
| gooseberry | 醋栗。此处指猕猴桃的旧称 Chinese gooseberry。 |
| distinguished | 著名的,卓越的。此处指猕猴桃最终成为著名的水果。 |
| attain | 获得,达到。此处指官拜部长职位。 |
| specimen | 标本。此处指捐赠给博物馆的恐龙化石标本。 |
| arguably | 可以说,有理由认为。用于表达谨慎但有力的观点。 |
| trove | 宝藏,珍藏。常与 treasure 连用,指发现的贵重物品。 |
| excavate | 发掘,挖掘。特指考古或科学意义上的挖掘。 |
| pick up for | 在此语境下意为“挑选、审视并选择”(examine and choose),而非常见的“捡起”。 |
| orders | 生物分类学中的“目”(界门纲目科属种),此处指代各种古代生物类群。 |
| geological instant | 地质瞬间。指在极短的地质时间内产生并灭绝,强调时间之短促。 |
| turn one's mind to | 专心于、致力于(研究某问题)。turn their minds to the problem。 |
| give a whirl | 试一试、尝试一下。源自旋转(whirl),指尝试某种方法或想法。 |
| hopelessly adrift | 迷失方向、毫无头绪。字面指无舵漂浮,比喻思路混乱或计算无效。 |
| consult | 查阅(书籍、资料)。consult a book/text,指查找信息。 |
| the dawn of | ……的黎明/开端。此处指复杂生命在寒武纪刚开始出现的时刻。 |
| complicated business | 意为“复杂棘手的事”。business在此指需要处理的事务或情况,而非商业。 |
| intractable | 难处理的、顽固的。指问题难以解决或人难以管教、控制。 |
| bluff | 坦率的、直爽的。形容人性格直率、不虚伪,常指男性。 |
| irrefutable | 无可辩驳的、确凿的。前缀ir-表否定,refute意为反驳,合指无法被反驳的证据。 |
| alchemy | 炼金术。中世纪试图将普通金属转化为黄金的前科学实践,现代化学的雏形。 |
| spontaneous | 自发的、自然的。指未计划或组织,由自身或突然感觉引发的行为。 |
三、句型与语法点(4)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| comparative race | 比较/竞争。指Marsh和Cope之间激烈的化石发现竞赛。 |
| that started it all | 定语从句修饰 tooth。意为“引发这一切(恐龙研究热潮)的牙齿”。 |
| 倒装句结构 | Just when..., along came...。when引导时间状语从句,主句完全倒装,强调人物突然登场。 |
| not... after all | 终究并非、原来没有。用于修正之前的看法,表示经过重新评估发现并非如此。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 讲稿里提到 Caspar Wistar 错过了发现猛犸象的机会,为什么他明明看到了骨头却没意识到它的重要性,而 George Cuvier 却做到了?
2. Richard Owen 虽然发明了“恐龙”这个词,但讲稿说他“偷窃”了 Mantell 的发现,这具体是指什么事?
3. 文中提到了 emigrate 和 immigrate,这两个词看起来很像,到底该怎么区分它们的用法方向?
4. 为什么 Mantell 的脊椎化石被放在博物馆展出反而被描述为一种“侮辱”(insult),最后被炸弹炸毁对他来说为什么是“仁慈”(mercifully)?
5. 奇异果(Kiwifruit)其实原产于中国,为什么新西兰人后来要把它改名叫 Kiwi fruit?这和当时的政治背景有什么关系?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. The script says Caspar Wistar missed the chance to discover the mastodon. Why did he fail to realize the importance of the bones while George Cuvier succeeded?
2. Richard Owen coined the term 'dinosaur', but the script mentions he 'stole' Mantell's discoveries. What exactly did he do?
3. The text mentions 'emigrate' and 'immigrate'. They look similar, but how can I distinguish the direction of their usage?
4. Why was Mantell's spine fossil displayed in the museum considered an 'insult', and why was it 'mercifully' destroyed by a bomb?
5. Kiwifruit is originally from China. Why did New Zealanders change its name to Kiwifruit, and what was the political context behind it?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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Hello everyone,this is the last lesson of chapter 6,
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so we'll take some time to go over what we have covered in
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this chapter.首先,
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卡斯巴威斯特遇到一颗巨大的鸚鸣,
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却无法看到它的重要性。
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他只是同意它是一颗巨大的鸚鸣,
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但他没有看到它是从未曾被说明的动物,
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因此他失去了机会成为鸚鸣的发掘者。
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在那時候,
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有一個爭執在 Bouffont 和 Thomas Jefferson 之間。
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Bouffont,來自法國,
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認為新世界的動物在美國是弱小的。
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Thomas Jefferson,是一名美國人,
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很生氣,所以他尝试尝试找一些大猪的骨头给 Buff on
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展示,证明美国的猪也能够大又强壮。
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所以这大骨头被 C aspar Wister,
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也就是美国人的人,忽
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略了。
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George Scoville
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发现没有人在美国想要写一个专业的描述这个巨大的
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怪物。
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他写了一个专业的文章,
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称之为 Mastod on 如齿象。
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因此,他成为了它的正式发掘者。
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然后他也推广了逃亡的理论。
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他发现了地层。
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The first dinosaur ever discovered and named.
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But sadly he was not able to publish his paperbecause
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William Buckland also discovered a dinosaur and his
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paper was published.
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Richard Owen,also a British paleontologist.
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Then a huge iguanod on model was built in Palace Park and
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a famous dinner was held inside the iguanodon.
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But Mantell was not invited.
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The person at the head of the table was Richard Owen.
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Richard Owen coined the term Dinosauria in 1841.
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That is how the term dinosaur came about.
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Then Mantell was badly hurt in an accident.
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After that,Owen stole many of Mantell's discoveries.
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Owen was later removed from the councils of the
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Zoological and Royal Societies.但欧文做了一个我们
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都需要感到感激的事情。
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他建立了在邻居中的自然史博物馆,
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并将其让公众接触到。
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他让公众来到博物馆。
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然后,有两位美国地医生,
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Marsh 和 Cope。
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他们在比较的比赛中,but between them they increased
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the number of known dinosaur species in Americafrom 9
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to almost 150later Cope died in poverty as
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for the other players in this drama Owen died in 1892 a
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few years before Cope or Marshdrama 是戏剧的意思这些
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古生物学家们你真我都仿佛饰演了一场大戏那这场大
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戏中的其他人结局又是怎么样的呢?
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or train that has been damaged very badly,
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especially in a crash.
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We have seen this word in our lessons before.
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I remember showing you a picture of a shipwreck.
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Now,Buckland had become a wreck.
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It means he was badly ill.In a lunatic asylum,
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lunatic,
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we learned this word in lesson one.Lunatic means mad,
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疯子的,疯人的。
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asylum is an institution for the care of people with
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mental problems So a lunatic asylum is a mental
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hospital 就是疯人院 Bugland 最后疯了在
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一所疯人院里面度过他的余生整天嘴里边嘟嘟囔囔喋
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喋不休整个人不成人形这所疯人院呢 Not far from
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where Mantell had suffered his crippling accident
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离 Mantell 发生车祸的那个位置倒是不远
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文说过 Mantell 在那次的 accident 中受了伤他的脊柱
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都被扭曲了死后他的这个扭曲的脊柱居然被放在
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Hantelrian Museum 展出正好是由他的死对头欧文看管
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展出了一个世纪以后最后终于是 We're mercifully
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obliterated by a German bombmercifully obliterated
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to obliterate means to destroy completely
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最后被一枚德国的炸弹击中被摧毁了这对他来说反而
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是一种仁慈被仁慈的摧毁了因为他放在那里实际上是
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对 Mantel 的 insult 对他是一种侮辱
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那这个 Blizz
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Blizz is shortened from a German word that means
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lightning war 就是闪电战是德语闪电战的缩写英文就
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写作 Blizz The
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Blizz refers to the German bombing of
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Britainparticularly London during the Second World
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War 夜里夜半一年,德国炸弹击了英国城市、
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港口和工业区域。
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伦敦被炸毕每天晚上 11 个星期。
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一半的伦敦被毁了。
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在爆炸中,30,000 名市民被杀,
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更多人被认为受到严重伤害。
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What
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七、课堂练习(AI 生成)
1. 在学术写作中,如果你想表达“首次创造并使用某个新词或短语”,应该使用以下哪个英文短语?
A. pick up for
B. coin the term
C. give a whirl
D. turn one's mind to
答案:B · 根据板书,coin the term 意为创造/首创术语,指首次使用某个新词或短语。
2. 句子“Many scientists emigrate to the US for better research conditions.”中,emigrate 一词在此语境下的准确含义是?
A. 迁入国外
B. 移居国外
C. 彻底摧毁
D. 专心于
答案:B · 板书指出 emigrate 强调“离开”祖国移居国外,与 immigrate 相对。
3. 在考古发掘的语境中,研究人员“pick up for”合适的化石标本,这里的 pick up for 意为?
A. 捡起
B. 挑选、审视并选择
C. 发掘
D. 查阅
答案:B · 板书明确说明此处 pick up for 意为挑选、审视并选择,而非常见的“捡起”。
4. 句子“The theory was not correct after all.”中,not... after all 的语法功能和含义是?
A. 表示坚决否定
B. 表示终究并非、原来没有
C. 表示因果关系
D. 表示条件假设
答案:B · 板书指出 not... after all 用于修正之前的看法,表示经过重新评估发现终究并非如此。
5. 在法庭辩论中,如果证据是 irrefutable 的,意味着该证据具有怎样的特点?
A. 需要进一步验证
B. 无可辩驳的、确凿的
C. 自发的、自然的
D. 难处理的、顽固的
答案:B · 板书解释 irrefutable 前缀 ir-表否定,refute意为反驳,合指无法被反驳的无可辩驳的证据。