台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
Look closely and you'll see parts that aren't there because you need them but because your animal ancestors did. No longer serving their previous function but not costly enough to have disappeared, these remnants of our deep history only make sense within the framework of evolution by natural selection.
你仔细看看就会发现,有些毫无用处的身体部位是因应动物祖先的需求而存在的。虽然这些部位跟以往的功能不同,但也不至于完全消失。我们深厚历史下的这些遗迹在物竞天择的进化论下有迹可循。
学习重点:
1.ancestor 祖先
ancestor (n.) 祖先
ascending (adj.) 递增的
descendant (n.) 子孙、后裔
descending (adj.) 下降的
2.costly 贵重的、宝贵的
costly (adj.) 贵重的、宝贵的
cost (n.) 费用、成本
3.disappear 消失、突然离开
disappear (v.) 消失、突然离开
appear (v.) 出现
appearance (n.) 外表
4.remnant 残余
remnant (n.) 残余
revenant (n.) 归来的人
5.evolution 发展
evolution (n.) 发展
revolution (n.) 革命运动
6.selection 选择
selection (n.) 选择
election (n.) 选举