n. 古尔德(姓氏)
n. United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
n. United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
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UNIT 5 Text A PRE-READING TASK Exercise 1 Before reading the passage, think over the question. Should a scientist be responsible for the results of his or her work? Why or why not? Now read the passag

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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, frequently mutates. That has allowed the virus to bypass the immune system and infect about 80 million people over the last 35 years. However, researchers say the rapid evolution of HIV actually may be reducing its ab

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Some people are worried that the more we learn about genetics, the closer well get to a day when we can choose all sorts of characteristics for our bab

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Lesson 128 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Instruction-following: How to Make a Proper English Tea Tea: 1. boil __________________ 2. __________________ (boiling water) 3. __________________ (1 teaspoon

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I have never encountered such s in a book by a professional, Fortey wrote later. 一位专业人员在书里竟然如此怒气冲冲,我可从来没有碰到过,福泰后来写道, The casual reader of The Crucible of Creation, unaware of the h

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Writing in the journal Evolution, Dawkins attacked Gould's assertions that evolution in the Cambrian was a different kind of process from today 道金斯在《进化》杂志上的文章里,攻击古尔德关于寒武纪的进化不同于今天的进

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Biologist Jonathan Losos and I have at least one thing in common - we were both blown away by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's 1989 book Wonderful Life. Gould saw evolution as being all about odd contingencies, acciden

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's some newly discovered artworks up for auction this weekend in Massachusetts. They're by Andy Warhol, who died more than three decades ago. We don't know how much the works are worth until they sell, but we do know their val

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Tuesday is Tax Day, and we're going to zero in on those tax questions dealing with health insurance. Health care reporter Julie Rovner will help us out with that in a few minutes. First, this reminder of why health care factor

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From the first there were a number of scientists who doubted the account that Steve Gould had presented, 从一开始,许多科学家就对斯蒂芬杰伊古尔德的陈说表示怀疑, however much they admired the manner of its delivery, Fortey

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【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料,致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高,致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。 精听建议: 先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争

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BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry edged Martin Gould 5-4 to set up a second-round clash with the Melbourne Machine Neil Robertson in the 2012 World Snooker China Open here on Monday. In the last frame, there were

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What was most surprising, however, was that there were so many body designs that had failed to make the cut, so to speak, and left no descendants. 然而,最令人吃惊的是,如此之多的体形,打个比方说,却缺少深度、没有留下

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The Burgess Shale included a range of disparity in anatomical designs never again equaled, 布尔吉斯页岩化石所包含的横剖面的花色范围是独一无一的, and not matched today by all the creatures in the world's oceans, Gould wrote

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