万物简史:PART II CH 6势不两立的科学（5）
来源：沪江听写酷
2011-10-28 07:00
在那场争论的启发之下，居维叶于1796年在著作中表明了地球上格式化般的进化；杰斐逊不同意，组建了科考队，还请了个顾问——不是别人，正是那个错过第一个成为恐龙化石发现者的卡斯帕•威斯塔~~
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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~~~
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Hints:
Great Chain of Being
deceased
Caspar Wistar
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Inspired by the controversy, in 1796 Cuvier wrote a landmark paper, Note on the Species of Living and Fossil Elephants, in which he put forward for the first time a formal theory of extinctions. His belief was that from time to time the Earth experienced global catastrophes in which groups of creatures [-1-]. For religious people, including Cuvier himself, the idea raised uncomfortable [-2-] since it suggested an unaccountable casualness on the part of Providence. To what end would God create species only to wipe them out later? [---3---] Jefferson for one couldn’t [-4-] the thought that whole species would ever be permitted to vanish (or, come to that, to evolve). So [-5-] that there might be scientific and political value in sending a party to explore the interior of America beyond the Mississippi he leapt at the idea, hoping the intrepid adventurers would find herds of healthy mastodons and other [-6-] creatures grazing on the bounteous plains. Jefferson’s personal secretary and trusted friend Meriwether Lewis was chosen co-leader and chief naturalist for the expedition. [-7-]
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❤《万物简史》推出部落节目版，戳这里订阅:http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/6004/
450)=450">
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）
450)=450">
Hints:
Great Chain of Being
deceased
Caspar Wistar
450)=450">
Inspired by the controversy, in 1796 Cuvier wrote a landmark paper, Note on the Species of Living and Fossil Elephants, in which he put forward for the first time a formal theory of extinctions. His belief was that from time to time the Earth experienced global catastrophes in which groups of creatures [-1-]. For religious people, including Cuvier himself, the idea raised uncomfortable [-2-] since it suggested an unaccountable casualness on the part of Providence. To what end would God create species only to wipe them out later? [---3---] Jefferson for one couldn’t [-4-] the thought that whole species would ever be permitted to vanish (or, come to that, to evolve). So [-5-] that there might be scientific and political value in sending a party to explore the interior of America beyond the Mississippi he leapt at the idea, hoping the intrepid adventurers would find herds of healthy mastodons and other [-6-] creatures grazing on the bounteous plains. Jefferson’s personal secretary and trusted friend Meriwether Lewis was chosen co-leader and chief naturalist for the expedition. [-7-]
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were wiped out
implications
The notion was contrary to the belief in the Great Chain of Being, which held that the world was carefully ordered and that every living thing within it had a place and purpose, and always had and always would.
abide
when it was put to him
outsized
The person selected to advise him on what to look out for with regard to animals living and deceased was none other than Caspar Wistar.
在那场争论的启发之下，居维叶于1796年写了一篇具有划时代意义的论文《关于活着的象和变成化石的象的说明》。在这篇论文里，他第一次正式提出了绝种的理论。他认为，地球不时经历全球性的灾难；在此过程中，一批批的生物彻底死亡。对于宗教人士来说，包括居维叶本人，这种看法具有令人不快的含义，因为这意味着上帝是捉摸不定的，莫名其妙的。上帝创造了物种，然后又消灭这些物种，他究竟要干什么？这种看法跟"大生物链"的信念绝对相反。那种信念认为，世界是精心安排的，世界上的每种生物都有一定位置，都有一个目的，过去从来就有，将来也总是会有。杰斐逊无法接受这种看法：整个物种有朝一日会消亡（或者会到那种地步，会演变）。因此，当有人问他，派个考察队去密西西比河以里的美国内地进行考察有没有科学和政治价值的时候，他马上肯定了这个建议，希望勇敢的探险家们会发现一群群健康的乳齿象和别的超大动物在富饶的平原上吃草。杰斐逊的私人秘书和知心朋友梅里韦瑟•刘易斯被选定和威廉•克拉克一起担任领队，而且还是这次远征的首席博物学家。被选定来指点他该找什么活的动物和死的动物的不是别人，正是卡斯帕•威斯塔。
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