欧文其貌不扬,脾气习性也冷酷傲慢,他是达尔文唯一讨厌的人,大概牛逼家都是孤独的吧(石头我的心稍微得到点安慰)。学术作假不是今天才有的事情。欧文冒充过赫胥黎的职位,抢过一起工作过的研究员的成果,还和皇后的牙医关于牙医的理论发生过激烈的争吵~~~

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书本的朗读语音很charming的磁性英音~~~大家可以好好学着模仿哦~~~!!
因为原著为美国人所写,单词采用美式拼法,不抄全文,也不用写序号。答完一空换行继续下一空作答。文中需听写单词或词组用[-No-]表示,句子用[---No---]表示。请边听写边理解文意,根据下面的TIPS训练听写。这样可以提高听力准确度,并为训练听译打下基础哦~~~


TIPS听写训练点:单词拼写,时态,单复数,连读,长难句(请边听边用符号先记下内容,然后自己回头组织语句,最后校对,不要逐字逐句听写)



Hints:
Charles Darwin
barefaced
Churchill's



Owen was not an attractive person, [-1-]. A photograph from his late middle years shows him as gaunt and sinister, like the villain in a Victorian melodrama, with long, lank hair and bulging eyes—a face to frighten babies. In [-2-] he was cold and imperious, and he was without scruple in the furtherance of his ambitions. [---3---] Even Owen's son (who soon after killed himself) referred to his father's "lamentable coldness of heart."

His undoubted gifts as an anatomist allowed him to get away with [-4-]. In 1857, the naturalist T. H. Huxley [-5-] a new edition of Churchill's Medical Directory when he noticed that Owen was listed as Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology at the Government School of Mines, which rather surprised Huxley as that was the position he held. [---6---] A fellow naturalist named Hugh Falconer, meanwhile, caught Owen taking credit for one of his discoveries. Others accused him of borrowing specimens, then denying he had done so. Owen even [-7-] the Queen's dentist over the [-8-] for a theory concerning the physiology of teeth.



in appearance or in temperament manner He was the only person Charles Darwin was ever known to hate. the most barefaced dishonesties was leafing through Upon inquiring how Churchill's had made such an elemental error, he was told that the information had been provided to them by Dr. Owen himself. fell into a bitter dispute with credit
欧文并不是个很有魅力的人,无论在外表上还是脾性上。在一张中年的照片上,他看上去又瘦削又阴险,长着又长又直的头发,眼睛向外鼓出,活像维多利亚时代情节剧里的坏蛋--有一张可以用来吓唬小孩子的脸。在举止方面,他又冷漠又傲慢,无所顾忌地实现他的雄心壮志。据知,查尔斯•达尔文惟一讨厌的人就是他。连欧文的儿子(他没过多久就自杀了)也提到他父亲的"可悲的冷酷之心"。   作为解剖学家,他的才华是毋庸置疑的,因此他能做出最不要脸的坏事而又不受人指责。1857年,博物学家T.H.赫胥黎在翻阅一本新版的《丘吉尔医学指南》时,突然注意到欧文被列为政府采矿学院的比较解剖学和生理学教授,他感到相当吃惊,因为这正是达尔文现在拥有的职位。当他询问这本指南怎么会犯这么低级的错误时,他被告知那个信息是欧文博士本人提供的。同时,有一位跟欧文一起工作的、名叫休•福尔克纳的博物学家当场揭穿欧文把他的一项发现归功于自己。别人还指责他盗用标本,后来又否认他这么干过。欧文甚至为了一个有关牙齿生理学理论的功劳与女王的牙科医生发生激烈的争吵。