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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-dapsone
abrupt change of ship section
air force communication station
alexander vis
amerasians
anterior ethmoidal sinuses
big-born
bond interest expense
Brunner's yellow
bursated exostosis
chiropters
control supply voltmeter
copehans
Cruzeiro do Nordeste
cutter spindle sleeve
decalitres
devotist
dichloroethane
Discocylina
Dollo's rule
early warning system
ecornutum
evolutionary developmental psychology
exchange transaction
exposure (dose) rate
fixed asset accounting
flip the script
fool's mate
freezebank
genus spirulas
gov
hawser-laid ropes
head visible on vulval gapping
hobbyist
homogeneous texture
immunolocalises
imperception
impersonators
infringement of the rights of patentee
jackrod
kyffins
latching cam
locus control region
long-gun washed tool
Magellan jacket
metaphrast
milkstone remover
monitoring point
monolithic bar
Myoporum bontioides
naking down
nuclear reticulum
numeric field descriptor
obliquinervis
open-loop system
organo metallic compound
phonorecord
pi-bond
play both sides against the middle
pottery
Prunus sieboldii
pulse code modulation telemetry ststem
qualmishly
quarter sessions
quick mode
Ray Charles
recognition lag
redmen
reductive ammonolysis
remeeting
rocket bullet
Roman Inquisition
roughing pump
rubrification
separation nozzle
shovels in
sportsboats
st. matthew the apostles
stability theory of flow
stato-acoustic nerve
steel protection coaming
stockowner
submarine seismograph
submerged soils
suffulted pupil
superduty refractory
taa-
thermal paste
thermodynamic study
third-youngest
total capacity of spray tank
tummels
unbandage
uncommitted analog array
underwater survillance
unit sample
unpoliticly
usuriously
venae genus
water microorganism
Zubtsovskiy Rayon