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SectionⅠ Startingout&Understandingideas
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AJourneyofDiscovery
Thecaptainoftheship,theBeagle,wantedsomeone [1]whowould
“profitbytheopportunityofvisitingdistantcountriesyetlittleknown”.The
person[2]whoansweredthecalwasnotthecaptainsfirstchoice.[3]Itwas
ayoungmanwhohadleftmedicalschoolwithout[4]completinghisdegree.
Whatsmore,hehadrecentlyreceivedaletterfromhisfather[5]predicting
thathewouldbe“adisgracetoyourselfandalyourfamily”.Despiteal
this,hisadventuresonthisshipwouldleadtooneofthemostimportantsci-
entificdiscoveriesofaltime.
[1]本句为who引导的定语从句,修饰先行词someone,并在从句中作
主语。
[2]本句为 who引导的定语从句,修饰先行词person,并在从句中作
主语。
[3]本句为强调句,强调的是ayoungman。
[4]本句中completinghisdegree是动名词作介词without宾语。
[5]本句中predicting...为现在分词作后置定语,修饰letter。
Theyoungmaninquestion,CharlesDarwin,wasageologistandnatu-
ralist,[6]fascinatedbyrocks,plantsandanimals.HeleftEnglandonthe
ship,theBeagle,in1831.Thejourneygavehimthechance[7]tostudyvari-
ouslivingthingsintheirnaturalenvironments.AfterDarwinhadspentsome
timeinSouthAmerica,hisroomontheshipwascrowdedwithsamplesofthe
plantsandanimals[8]hehadcolected.Ashestudiedthese,heaskedhimself
thequestion:howdiddifferentspeciescometoexist?
[6]本句中fascinated...为过去分词作后置定语,修饰CharlesDarwin。
[7]本句中tostudy...为不定式作后置定语,修饰chance。
[8]本句为定语从句,省略了作宾语的关系代词that或which,修饰先行
词samples。
[词汇检索]
①profitvt.受益于
②opportunityn.机会
③degreen.学位
④whatsmore另外
⑤predictvt.预料;预测
⑥despiteprep.尽管
⑦leadto导致
⑧scientificadj.科学的
⑨ofaltime有史以来
⑩inquestion讨论中的
naturalistn.自 然 主
义者
fascinatedadj.着迷的
livingthings生物
becrowdedwith充满
……的
atthesametime同时
besimilarto 与 ……
相似
adaptto适应
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Atthattime,peoplebelieved[9]thatalspecieshadappearedonEarth
atthesametime,andhadnotchangedsince.ButDarwinbegantothinkdif-
ferently.Henoticedthatsomespeciesofanimalswereverysimilartoeach
other.Maybeanimalsevolved[10]astheyadaptedtotheirchanginge