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The Linnaean system is so well established that we can hardly imagine an alternative, 林奈分类系统的地位已经牢固确立，我们很难想像还能有别的体系来取而代之。 but before Linnaeus, systems of classification were often

万物简史 第517期:丰富多彩的生命(13)

This was an amazing disclosure. 这句话里包含着丰富的历史内容。 Joseph Banks was England's greatest botanist, and the Endeavour voyage that is the one on which Captain Cook charted the 1769 transit of Venus 约瑟夫班克斯是英国最伟

万物简史 第518期:丰富多彩的生命(14)

The intention originally was to use the binomial system for everything rocks, minerals, diseases, winds, whatever existed in nature. 他本打算把双名体系用于自然界中的一切，如岩石、矿物质、疾病、风等等。 Not everyone e

万物简史 第519期:丰富多彩的生命(15)

Genus (pluralgenera) and species had been employed by naturalists for over a hundred years before Linnaeus, 属和种，博物学家们在林奈之前已经使用了100多年； and order, class, and family in their biological senses all came into us

异类之不一样的成功启示录 第161期:法国乡下农民的生活

That's, at most, 1,000 hours a year of work. 那么他们每年花在工作上的时间最多不会超1000个小时。 When a Kung bushman was asked once why his people hadn't taken to agriculture, he looked puzzled and said, 当土著人被问及为什

小狐外传 第76期:诚实

Help is here! he said. 帮手在这！小狐说。 Not so fast, said the owner. Can you sell shoes? 哪有那么快，店主说。你会卖鞋吗？ Of course, I can, said Fox. 当然会了，小狐说。 Are you honest? said the owner. 你诚实吗？

小狐外传 第77期:卖鞋

You can't mean it, he said. 不是吧，小狐说， We may not have shoes that big. 我们可能没有那么大的鞋。 Those are the biggest feet! 这脚也太大了！ Well, I never! cried the lady. 好吧，我不买了！女士嚷道。 What se

小王子 第60期:星星在笑

What are you trying to say? 你说的是什么？ All men have the stars, he answered, but they are not the same things for different people. 人们眼里的星星并不都一样。 For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. 对旅行的人来说

小王子 第61期:沉默无言

I shall not leave you, I said. 我不离开你。我说。 I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. 我将会象是很痛苦的样子我有点象要死去似的。 It is like that. Do not come to see that. It is

精灵鼠小弟 第84期:绝望又难过的鼠小弟

Stuart looked at her in despair. 斯图亚特绝望地看了看她。 Did you ever see an Indian paddling along some quiet unspoiled river with a great big piece of rope dragging astern? he asked. 你曾经见过一艘船尾拖着绳子在宁静的水面

精灵鼠小弟 第85期:给汽车加油

Stuart slept under the canoe that night. 斯图亚特那天夜里睡在独木舟下。 He awakened at four to find that the rain had stopped. 四点钟醒来时他发现雨停了。 The day would break clear. 天已经晴了。 Already the birds were

扎拉图斯特拉如是说(MP3+中英字幕) 第5期:序言(5)

Verily, a polluted stream is man. 诚然，人生是一污秽底川流， One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. 要能涵纳这川流而不失其清洁，人必需成为大海。 Lo, I teach you the Superman: he is

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Fox knocked on Mrs. O'Hara's door. 小狐敲响了奥哈拉太太家的门。 It's about time, said Mrs. O'Hara. 总算是来了，奥哈拉太太说， I'm having a party. 我在开派对， And we're just dying for pizza. 大家都等着披萨呢。

小狐外传 第81期:露易丝

Like the wind, said Fox. 我快得像一阵风，小狐说。 Excellent, said the boss. 太好了，老板说， Take this pizza over to Mrs. O'Hara. 把这个披萨送到奥哈拉太太家， She has been waiting a long time. 她已经等了很久了。

小狐外传 第79期:迷路

Maybe he got lost, said Carmen. 也许他迷路了，卡门说。 Why don't you go inside and look for him? 你为什么不进去找找他呢？ I beg your pardon? said Fox. 你说什么？小狐说。 You aren't scared, are you? said Carmen. 你不会

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They limped into the yard. 他们一瘸一拐地走进大院。 The pellets under the skin of Boxer's leg smarted painfully. 鲍克瑟腿皮下的子弹使他疼痛难忍。 He saw ahead of him the heavy labor of rebuilding the windmill from the foun

动物农场Animal Farm 第8章(11)

A cry of lamentation went up. 一阵哀嚎油然而起。 Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse, and the animals walked on tiptoe. 庄主院门外铺着草甸，于是，动物们踮着蹄尖从那儿走过。 With tears in their eye

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Chapter Two Daniel Boone 第二章 丹尼尔布恩 Before 1803 most of America was a wilderness. There were no maps and no roads. 1803年前美国大多数地区是一片荒野，那里没有地图也没有路。 Daniel Boone was a famous explorer an

美国西部探险 第5期:艰难的西迁之旅

Chapter Four Let's Go West! 第四章 去西部！ After the Lewis and Clark expedition settlers, gold prospectors and trappers went to the West. 在刘易斯和克拉克探险队之后，移居者，淘金者和捕兽者也去了西部。 The Americ

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Chapter Five Life on the Frontier 第五章 边疆生活 When the settlers arrived at their destination they began to work. 当移居者抵达目的地时，他们开始工作。 They began to build a home and plant crops. 他们开始建造房屋，种