时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(一)月


英语课

 Jeanne Baret was passionate 1 about science, so passionate that in the 1760s the French women disguised herself as a man. She hide her true identity to accompany her lover, Bach Philibert Commerson on the first friendship to sail around the world. At the time women weren't allowed on French navy vessels 2, and general sexes are prevented them from working in science. Commerson were sick fro part of the trip, and so  Baret accomplished 3 much of the field work on her own. Together, the two collected more than 6000 specimens 4, more than 70 species have been named for Commerson. He intended to name a species after  Baret , but he died before he could do so. Then last year, biologist Eric Tebay heard an interview with Boray biographer Glynis Ridley on NPR. The story inspired Tebay to name a species of vine from South America in her honer, Solenon  Baretia. It's leaves are of variable shape, as were the leaves of the species Commerson had intended to name for Baret. As  Baretia 's flowers are violet, yellow or white, an exhausted 5 species for an unusual woman, who made a mark on science without leaving her name, until now.



1 passionate
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
  • He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
  • He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。
2 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
4 specimens
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
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2-butanone
acetificator
acrimonious
actio exercitoria
administered price
alloyed rectifier
alternatine current systen
anomaloscopy
balloon seats
Barbiphen
be worth the trouble
bigs
blocked out time
Calderwood
canonical statistics
cephalosporae
childbearing age
chromatelopia
clearsach
Cloronaftina
comfort chart
concentrical
contemple
contingency forecast
corrugated iron sheet
cost and delivery period
cycloidal gear teeth
danicans
decaryi
Ecoutage
eejit
ensuing month
evi
expulsion order
extruded stock
eye masks
fcap., fcp.
fordun
frequency of sound
fresh marsh
genus Terrapene
Glengarriff grit
glenoid fossas
gliding joints
GRCC
halogenated polyarylates
Hayes transmission bridge
honey bun
Ides of March, the
laceration of uterus
Learning without thought is labor lost
leave something as security for a loan
Leptodermis handeliana
Levski
lock screen
madrass
metadescriptive
molten electrolyte cell
navyless
net capital export
net gain
nonsingular operator
norreticulin
oppignorates
oven-fresh
oxysome
Pancreaticocystoenterostomy
parametric fault
paratimomenus flavocapitatus
perturbed lattice
phillipines
plicator
population not in labor force
pot-net
Pseudomonas denitrificans
pyro-extraction
reliability evaluation report
Rossi process
satellite defense
seam density of coal reserve
Seric
shuttle wouns armature
spindle bolt
stevensite
stick-held dip net fishery
storage elements
strictive
suborbital tooth
sundolino
supersonic liquid carburizing
tender deck
territory risks
test even
tiringroom
tomarken
tree of knowledge
tri-continental
ungradual
ventri-dorsal
vertebral fused portions
Vysokaya Gora
Willment