《Monkey Trial猴子审判.ppt》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《Monkey Trial猴子审判.ppt（13页珍藏版）》请在三一文库上搜索。
1、The Trial That Rocked the Worldpara. 26-28,罗美欢 潘思娴,When the court adjourned, we found Daytons streets swarming with strangers. adjourn v. close a session or meeting for the day or for a time 休会，闭 会；延期swarm v. be filled or crowded; teem with充满， 被挤满(常与with连用),para. 26,Hawkerscried their wares on every
2、 corner. One shop announced: DARWIN IS RIGHT INSIDE. (This was J. R. Darwins everything to Wear Store.),hawker n. a person who hawks goods in the street; peddle；huckster(沿街叫卖的)小贩,rhetorical device,DARWIN IS RIGHT - INSIDE : (pun) The author or the shop owner plays on the different meanings of the wo
3、rds. Darwin can refer to the English naturalist or to the shop owner, while right can mean correct or directly. So when one pauses before the dash, the sign means Darwin (the naturalist) is correct; yet when you read out the whole sign in one breath, it means the shop owner is directly inside.,One e
4、ntrepreneur rented a shop window to display an ape. entrepreneur n. a person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of the profit 企业家 ape n. any of a family of large，tailless monkeys that can stand and walk in an almost erect position 猿,Spectators paid to ga
5、ze at it and ponder whether they might be related.,gaze v. look steadily for a period of time 凝视 ponder v. weigh mentally; think deeply about; consider carefully 默想；深思；考虑,paraphrase,rhetorical device,people had to pay in order to have a look at the ape and consider carefully whether they and the ape
6、s could have a common ancestor.,para. 27 The poor brute cowered in a corner with his hands over his eyes,a reporter noted, afraid it might be true. cower v. shrink and tremble，as from someones anger，threats，or blow (因别人发怒、威胁或打击而)畏缩；发抖，哆嗦,rhetorical device,ridicule,The reporter wrote in an assumingly
7、 sympathetically way for the ape, bue the intention was to ridicule the foolishness of the fundamentalists. Even the ape shrank in fear when it realized that it might share the same ancestry with those irrational human beings.,H. L. Mencken wrote sulphurous dispatches sitting in his Pants with a tan
8、 blowing on him, and there was talk of running him out of town for referring to the local citizenry as yokels . sulphurous adj. violently emotional；heated；fiery 异常 激 动 的；激烈的；暴怒的 dispatch n. a news story sent to a newspaper, radio station, etcas by a special reporter or news agency (特派记者或新闻社发给报社、电台 的
9、)(新闻)电讯，电文，通讯 yokel n. a person living in a rural area；rustic；country bumpkin 贬乡巴佬，土包子,para. 28,Twenty-two telegraphists were sending out 165,000 words a day on the trial. telegraphist n. someone who transmits messages by telegraph 报务员,休庭期间，我们发现戴顿镇的街头巷尾到处挤满了陌生人，每个角落里都有一些小商小贩在叫卖货物。有家商店的招牌上写道：达尔文：没错就在里面。(这是小达尔文的服装店。)还有一个承包商租了一个商店橱窗来展出一只猿猴。有些人便花钱去观看这只猿猴，并思量着自己是否可能与它有什么渊源。 “这只可怜的畜牲双手捂住眼睛，蜷缩在一个角落里，”一位记者这样写道，“生怕人猿同源是真的。” H L 门肯穿着短裤，一边吹着电扇，一边写出了一些含辛辣讽刺意味的电讯文稿。由于他在文中将当地居民称作“乡巴佬”，因此人们议论着要将他驱逐出镇。二十二个报务员每天要拍发十六万五千字的报道这场庭审的电文。,Thank you!,