1、Unit 5 readingA Journey of Discovery发现之旅发现之旅 The captain of the ship, the Beagle, wanted someone who would “profit by the opportunity of visiting distant countries yet little known”. The person who answered the call was not the captains first choice. 贝格尔号的船长想要招募这样一名船员，这名船员将能“借此机会访问遥远而鲜为人知的国家并从中受益”。然
2、而来应聘的人并不是船长心中的理想人选。 Who 为定语从句中的关系代词。 Profit n. 利润；收益；利润；收益；vi. 得益；获利得益；获利vt. 有益于有益于 There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present. 现在卖报纸利润很少。 I want to know the net profit. 我想知道净收益。 We profit from the work of the specialist. 我们从专家的工作中得到益处。 He learned to profit by his mistakes. 他学会了从自己
3、的错误中获益。 Taking these courses profited him. 选修这些课程对他有好处。 answer the call 响应号召响应号召 answer the door 开门开门,应门应门 answer sbs expectations 符合某人的期望符合某人的期望 the answer to sth 的正确答案的正确答案 /的解决办法的解决办法（或应对之策）（或应对之策） It was a young man who had left medical school without completing his degree. Whats more, he had re
4、cently received a letter from his father predicting that he would be “a disgrace to yourself and all your family”. 这个年轻人从医学院肄业，并且在他刚收到父亲的来信，信中预言他将会成为“自己和全家人的耻辱”。 It waswho/that 强调句 complete his degree 完成学位 Predicting -doing做状语 Despite all this, his adventures on this ship would lead to one of the mo
5、st important scientific discoveries of all time. 尽管如此，他的这次乘船探险之旅将带来有史以来最重要的一项科学发现。 Despite prep.尽管 Despite old age, she is still learning to drive. 尽管年事已高,她还在学开车。 Despite all our efforts we still lost the game. 尽管我们尽了全力，我们还是输掉了比赛。 lead to 导致=result in =cause =contribute to of all time.有史以来的 The youn
6、g man in question, Charles Darwin, was a geologist and naturalist, fascinated by rocks, plants and animals. He left England on the ship, the Beagle, in 1831. The journey gave him the chance to study various living things in their natural environments. 我们提到的这个年轻人就是地质学家和博物学家查尔斯达尔文，他对岩石和动植物有着浓厚的兴趣。1831
7、年，他搭乘贝格尔号从英格兰启程。这次旅程给了他研究自然环境中各种生物的契机。 in question讨论中的；考虑中的讨论中的；考虑中的 Fascinate v使着迷，使 . 入迷，使.陶醉， Her beauty fascinated every boy. 她的美貌使所有的男孩子都着了迷。 She was fascinated at the spectacle of a rocket launching. 她被发射火箭的壮观场面强烈地吸引住了。 fascination n.入迷；魅力；令人着迷的事物 He had a fascination for submarines and joined
8、 this branch of the service. 他对潜水艇很痴迷，所以加入了这个兵种。 The art teacher looked at him with fascination. 美术老师出神地看着他。 The fascination of discovery has never left him. 他一直迷恋发现的魅力。 His only oddity was a fascination with computer games. 他唯一的怪癖就是迷恋计算机游戏。 After Darwin had spent some time in South America, his roo
9、m on the ship was crowded with samples of the plants and animals he had collected. As he studied these, he asked himself the question: how did different species come to exist? 在南美洲度过一段时间后，他的船舱里堆满了收集到的动植物样本。当他研究这些样本时，他产生了疑问：这些不同的物种是如何产生的? be crowded with 充满 The streets of the area were crowded with v
10、isitors. 这个地区的大街上挤满了参观的人群。 Exist v存在存在 Fairies dont exist. 仙女是不存在的。 Sharks exist in the Pacific. 鲨鱼生活在太平洋。 People need food to exist. 人们需要食品才能活着。 At that time, people believed that all species had appeared on Earth at the same time, and had not changed since. But Darwin began to think differently. H
11、e noticed that some species of animals were very similar to each other. 当时，人们认为所有的物种都是同时出现在地球上的，并从此再无变化。但达尔文开始有了不同的想法。他注意到，有些不同物种的动物彼此间很相似。 Appear 出现；露面;形成；产生；好像；似乎 on Earth 在地球上/究竟 be similar to 和.相似 Maybe animals evolved as they adapted to their changing environments? It was just an idea, but enou
12、gh to inspire Darwin to look for more evidence. 也许动物为了适应不断变化的环境会逐渐进化？虽然这只是一个设想，但足够激励达尔文去寻求更多证据。 evolve (from) 从.进化 adapt to 调整适应 inspire sb to do 激励某人去做 When the Beagle reached the Galpagos Islands in 1835, Darwin saw a variety of new species, but it was the birds that interested him the most. 1835年
13、，当贝格尔号抵达加拉帕戈斯群岛时，达尔文发现了各种各样的新物种，但最令他感兴趣的是鸟类。 a variety of 各种各样的各种各样的 it was the birds that .强调句强调句 Interest n.兴趣兴趣; 爱好爱好; 利息利息; 利益利益; v.使感兴趣使感兴趣 Darwin noticed that there was a difference between the finches on each of the islands. It seemed their beaks had evolved according to what food was availab
14、le on that particular island. 达尔文注意到，在群岛中的每一个小岛上，雀鸟之间有所不同。它们的喙似乎是根据所在岛屿上可觅得的食物进化而来的。 It seem that /as if . It seems that she is happy. 她似乎很高兴。 It seems that he is lying.看来他在撒谎。 It seems as if it were autumn. 现在仿佛是秋天似的。 It seems as if it were spring already. 似乎春天已经来了。 available adj. 可利用的；可得到的；有空的；有可利
15、用的；可得到的；有空的；有效的；效的； Do you have a room available? 你们有空房间吗？ The swimming pool is available only in summer. 这个游泳池只在夏天开放。 This film ticket is no longer available. 这张电影票不再有效。 The round trip ticket is available for two months. 返程票两个月有效。 Darwin suspected that the finches had evolved from a common ancestor
16、, which had arrived on the islands a long time before. Over time, it had slowly evolved into many new species. And that was the answer to how new species of plants and animals came to exist: they evolved from earlier ancestors. 达尔文猜想这些雀鸟是由共同的祖先进化而来的。很久以前，雀鸟的祖先来到这片群岛，随着时间的推移，慢慢进化成许多新的种类。于是，关于动植物的新种类是
17、如何产生的这个问题就有了答案：它们是从早期的祖先进化而来的。 It was a completely new ideaa theory of evolution. Darwin explained this theory in his book, On the Origin of Species. It was not published until 1859 and immediately caused a storm. 这是一个全新的观点进化论。达尔文在他的物种起源一书中解释了这一理论。这本书直到1859年才出版，出版后立即引起轰动。 We did not get off the bus
18、until it stopped. not.until的强调句结构的强调句结构 强调句结构：强调句结构：It is / was not until+从句从句/表时间的词表时间的词+that+主句主句 It was not until midnight that it stopped raining. It was not until he came to China that he realized the great change in recent decades. It was not until after Friday that I got his reply. 倒装句结构：倒装句结
19、构：Not until+从句从句+倒转的主句（主倒倒转的主句（主倒从不倒）从不倒） not until 引起的时间状语置于句首时，句子的主谓应部分倒装。 Not until 1998 did he return to his hometown. 直到 1998 年他才回到家乡. Not until Father came back did we begin to have supper last night. 昨晚直到父亲回来,我们才开始吃晚饭. Many people refused to believe that living things, including humans, had e
20、volved from lower forms of life. They were shocked. But Darwins scientific studies were so convincing that more and more people started to believe his theory. 很多人拒绝相信包括人类在内的所有生命都是从更低级的生命形式进化而来的。他们对此感到震惊。然而达尔文的科学研究很有说服力，越来越多的人开始接受他的理论。 refuse to do 拒绝做拒绝做 Convincing有说服力的有说服力的 He sounded very convinci
21、ng. 他的话听起来很有说服力。 convince sb/sth of sth使(某人)认识到或相信 persuade (sb) to believe the truth of (sth) We were able to convince the students of the need for wider reading. 我们能让学生们认识到广泛阅读的必要性。 These experiences served to convince me of the drugs harmful effects. 这些经历使我深知这种药物的有害作用。 S+ n./pron. Whos going to c
22、onvince him?谁去说服他呢? S+ n./pron. +that-clause He convinced everybody that he was honest.他使所有的人都相信他是诚实的。 S+ n./pron. +to- v We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.我们说服了安妮乘火车而不乘飞机去。 I think you will help me convince my father to leave.我认为你能帮我说服我父亲离开。 Today, On the Origin of Species is regarded as one of the most important works ever written. It has changed ideas about life on Earth forever. And it all began with the journey on the Beagle. 如今，物种起源被认为是迄今为止最重要的著作之一。它彻底地改变了人类对于地球上生命的认识。而这一切都开始于贝格尔号的探索之旅。
