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万物简史

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属类: 双语小说 【分类】双语小说 阅读:[19266]
万物简史 简介:这是一部有关现代科学发展史的既通俗易懂又引人入胜的书,作者用清晰明了、幽默风趣的笔法,将宇宙大爆炸到人类文明发展进程中所发生的繁多妙趣横生的故事一一收入笔下。
适合人群:中高级水平的英语学习者
作者:(英)比尔·布莱森

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所以,谢天谢地,有了原子。,

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So thank goodness for atoms.

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不过,有了原子,它们心甘情愿地聚集在一起,这只是你来到这个世界的部分条件。,

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But the fact that you have atoms and that theyassemble in such a willing manner is only part ofwhat got you here.,

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你现在在这个地方,生活在21世纪,聪明地知道有这回事,,

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"To be here now, alive in the 21st century and smartenough to know it,,

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你还必须是生物方面一连串极不寻常的好运气的受益者。,

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you also had to be the beneficiary of an extraordinary string of biological good fortune.,

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在地球上幸存下来,这是一件非常微妙的事。, ,

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Survival on Earth is a surprisingly tricky business.,

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自开天辟地以来,存在过上百上千亿物种,其中大多数--据认为是99.9%--已经不复存在。,

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Of the billions and billions of species of living thing that have existed since the dawn of time,most-99.99%-are no longer around.,

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你看,地球上的生命不仅是短暂的,而且是令人沮丧的脆弱的。,

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Life on Earth, you see, is not only brief but dismayingly tenuous.,

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我们产生于一颗行星,这颗行星善于创造生命,但又更善于毁灭生命,这是我们的存在的一个很有意思的特点。,

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It is a curious feature of our existence that we come from a planet that is very good atpromoting life but even better at extinguishing it.,

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地球上的普通物种只能延续大约400万年,,

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The average species on Earth lasts for only about 4 million years,,

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因此,若要在这里待上几十亿年,你不得不像制造你的原子那样变个不停。,

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so if you wish to be around for billions of years, you must be as fickle as the atoms that madeyou.,

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你要准备自己身上的一切都发生变化--形状、大小、颜色、物种属性等等--反复地发生变化。,

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You must be prepared to change everything about yourself-shape, size, color, speciesaffiliation, everything-and to do so repeatedly.,

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这说起来容易做起来难,因为变化的过程是无定规的。,

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That’s much easier said than done, because the process of change is random.,

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从\"细胞质的原始原子颗粒\",到有知觉、,

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"protoplasmal primordial atomic globule", as the Gilbert and Sullivan song put it,,

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能直立的现代人,要求你在特别长的时间里,以特别精确的方式,不断产生新的特点。,

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to sentient upright modern human has required you to mutate new traits over and over in aprecisely timely manner for an exceedingly long while.",,

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因此,在过去38亿年的不同时期里,你先是讨厌氧气,后又酷爱氧气,,

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So at various periods over the last 3.8 billion years you have abhorred oxygen and then dotedon it,,

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长过鳍、肢和漂亮的翅膀,生过蛋,用叉子般的舌头舔过空气,曾经长得油光光、毛茸茸,,

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grown fins and limbs and jaunty sails, laid eggs, flicked the air with a forked tongue, beensleek, been furry,,

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住过地下,住过树上,曾经大得像麋鹿,小得像老鼠,以及超过100万种别的东西。,

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lived underground, lived in trees, been as big as a deer and as small as a mouse, and a millionthings more.,

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这些都是必不可少的演变步骤,,

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The tiniest deviation from any of these evolutionary shifts,,

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只要发生哪怕最细微的一点偏差,你现在也许就会在舔食长在洞壁上的藻类,或者像海象那样懒洋洋地躺在哪个卵石海滩上,,

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and you might now be licking algae from cave walls or lolling walrus-like on some stony shore,

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或者用你头顶的鼻孔吐出空气,然后钻到18米的深处去吃一口美味的蚯蚓。

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or disgorging air through a blowhole in the top of your head before diving 60 feet for a mouthfulof delicious sandworms.",,

序号 英文/音标 中文解释 更多操作

goodness

[’ɡʊdnəs]

n.善良;美德;精华

atom

[’ætəm]

n.原子

beneficiary

[ˌbenɪ’fɪʃəri]

n.受惠者;受益人

tricky

[’trɪki]

adj.棘手的;狡猾的;巧妙的

dismay

[dɪs’meɪ]

n.沮丧;绝望

extinguish

[ɪk’stɪŋɡwɪʃ]

vt.熄灭;扑灭;消灭;使破灭;偿清

atomic

[ə’tɒmɪk]

adj.原子的

Gilbert

[’gɪlbət]

n.【电】吉伯(磁通量的单位)

upright

[’ʌpraɪt]

adj.直立的;垂直的;正直的

timely

[’taɪmli]

adj.及时的;适时的

abhor

[əb’hɔː(r)]

vt.憎恶;厌恶;痛恨

furry

[’fɜːri]

adj.毛皮的;盖着毛皮的;似毛皮的;有舌苔的;沙哑的

underground

[ˌʌndə’ɡraʊnd]

adj.地下的;秘密的

deviation

[ˌdiːvi’eɪʃn]

n.偏离;出轨;背弃

lick

[lɪk]

v.舔;轻拍;击败;掠过

alga

[’ælɡə]

n.海藻;水藻

loll

[lɒl]

v.懒洋洋地呆着、坐或站着(常指倚着某物);懒散地闲逛;伸出舌头

disgorge

[dɪs’ɡɔːdʒ]

v.吐出;流出;涌出;被迫交出;下客

dive

[daɪv]

n.潜水;跳水

delicious

[dɪ’lɪʃəs]

adj.美味的;可口的

blowhole

[’bləʊhəʊl]

n.喷水孔;通风孔;通气孔

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