前几天有同学和石头反映《万物简史》题目出的太难了，石头听取大家的意见做了点改进，不过还是难易各半啊，有很简单的词语，主要还是从帖子中提到的几方面给大家练习啊~~~至于长句大家就挑战一下吧（主要是石头我自己很想练练长难句听写，嘿嘿，拉大家陪练了不好意思啊）。

今天的内容提要：为了争论如何把岩石按其形成的时期来进行分类，地质学家闹得很凶。爆粗口也在所不惜。在《泥盆纪大争论》一书里，马丁•J.S.鲁迪克极好而又有些沮丧地描述了这场争论~~~

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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,然后听写单词或词组(用[-No-]表示)以及句子(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:
Reverend Adam Sedgwick of Cambridge
Roderick Murchison
Cambrian
Silurian
expedient
Ordovician



Meanwhile, geology had a great deal of sorting out to do, and not all of it went smoothly. From the outset geologists tried to [-1-] rocks by the periods in which they were laid down, but there were often [-2-] disagreements about where to put the dividing lines—none more so than a long-running debate that became known as the Great Devonian Controversy. [---3---] The dispute [-4-] for years and grew extremely heated. “De la Beche is a dirty dog,” Murchison wrote to a friend in a [-5-] outburst.

Some [-6-] of the strength of feeling can be gained by glancing through the chapter titles of Martin J. S. Rudwick's excellent and somber account of the issue, The Great Devonian Controversy. These begin innocuously enough with headings such as “Arenas of Gentlemanly Debate” and “Unraveling the Greywacke,” but then [-7-] to “The Greywacke Defended and Attacked,” “Reproofs and Recriminations,” “The Spread of Ugly Rumors,” “Weaver Recants His Heresy,” “Putting a Provincial in His Place,” and (in case there was any doubt that this was war) “Murchison Opens the Rhineland Campaign.” [---8---]



categorize bitter The issue arose when the Reverend Adam Sedgwick of Cambridge claimed for the Cambrian period a layer of rock that Roderick Murchison believed belonged rightly to the Silurian. raged typical sense proceed on The fight was finally settled in 1879 with the simple expedient of coming up with a new period, the Ordovician, to be inserted between the two.
与此同时，地质学有大量的分类工作要做，这项工作不是什么都一帆风顺的。从一开始，地质学家就想把岩石按其形成的时期来进行分类，但在怎么划分时期的问题上经常发生激烈的争论--而且是一场旷日持久的争论，后来被称之为"泥盆纪大争论"。剑桥大学的亚当•塞奇威克断言有一层岩石是寒武纪的，而罗德里克•默奇森认为它完全属于志留纪，争论于是就发生了。争论持续了好多年，而且越来越激烈。"巴谢是个下流痞子。"默奇森在给一位朋友的信中气呼呼地说。 　　在《泥盆纪大争论》一书里，马丁•J.S.鲁迪克极好而又有些沮丧地描述了这场争论。只要瞥一眼该书各章的标题，就可以知道一点上述感情的强烈程度。开头几章的标题的语气倒还温和，比如《绅士们的辩论舞台》和《破译杂砂岩之谜》，但接着就是《捍卫杂砂岩与攻击杂砂岩》、《指摘与反驳》、《散布恶毒的谣言》、《韦弗撤回邪说》、《杀杀乡下人的气焰》（惟恐你还怀疑这不是一场战争）、《默奇森发起莱茵兰战役》等等。争论于1879年得以解决，办法很简单，在寒武纪和志留纪中间加一个时期：奥陶纪。