29. Boas felt that the culture of any society must be understood as the result of a unique history and not as one of many cultures belonging to a broader evolutionary stage or type of culture. 【分析】复合句。句子主干是Boas felt that。t

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语长难句讲解

episode n.插曲,片段 equal a.相等的;胜任的 n.同辈 vt.比得上 equality n.同等,平等;等式 equation n.方程式 equip vt.装备,配备 equipment n.设备,器材 equivalent a.相等的;等价的 n.同等物,等价物 era

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Sexual selection and evolution 性选择与进化 My pretty maid 美丽的雌性 A glamorous raiment sometimes helps a female bird as much as it helps a male 华丽的外表有时给雌性的益处和雄性一样多 HOW the peacock got his tail is on

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JUDY WOODRUFF: As Vice President Biden said earlier, innovations in genetics could be crucial to finding cures for diseases like cancer. One of the most significant developments in this field is the newly discovered ability to modify the very genes i

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谈到视角,很多同学可能会问,当我谈论视角的时候,我在说什么。看以下GRE考试中的一句话: The large number of physiological and behavioral similarities between birds and mammals, which have separate evolutionary h

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE英语

TED与动画师安德鲁帕克合作,描绘了丹尼斯达顿对美这一概念所持的激进的理论--艺术、音乐和其他美的事物,不仅仅只是主观感受,而是深深植根于人类天性与进化起源的核心部分。

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Biologists say that as apes evolved into humans, their faces took on fighting features such as thicker jaws and foreheads. 生物学家们认为,当类人猿进化成人类时,为了适应打斗,他们的下颌和额头变得更厚实。 The ch

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Differing roles in prehistoric times have evolved into differing shopping styles, the researchers believe. 相关研究专家坚信,由于男女在史前时代的分工不同,导致了他们不同的购物方式。 While women spent their days ga

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Apple Inc. unveiled its new water- and dust-resistant iPhone 7 and a new version of its Apple Watch with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event on Wednesday, and said a Super Mario game was coming to the new phone and Pokemon Go would feat

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Which species would take over the world if humans went extinct? 如果人类灭绝了,哪类物种会统治世界? 来自Quora的网友总结: Well it won't be fecking dolphins, that's for sure. Because: 当然,那TM肯定不可能是海豚。因

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电视机的进化 Television -- the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth -- is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and

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他们经常因为太过自信甚至自负而遭到指责,然而成就最高的人往往是那些过高估计自身能力的人。 研究人员认为他们现在已经首度发现为什么人类会有过度乐观的心理。 电脑操纵的模拟实验

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hey are regularly accused of being too confident even cocky but the highest achievers are more often than not those who over-rate their ability。 Now researchers believe they have discovered, for the first time, why humans have a false sense of opti

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hey are regularly accused of being too confident even cocky but the highest achievers are more often than not those who over-rate their ability。 Now researchers believe they have discovered, for the first time, why humans have a false sense of opti

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For most of that time of life on Earth, living organisms have been relatively simple -- single cells. 地球的大多数时间,生物体多是以简单的单细胞存在的。 But they had great diversity, and, inside, great complexity. 但是它们是

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Human evolution 人类的进化 You look familiar 你,似曾相识 Another piece of humanitys family tree is fitted into place 确定另一支人类谱系 THE opening scene of Mel Brookss film History of the World: Part One dispenses with human ori

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Men find thinner women attractive because they associate their body shape with youth, fertility and a lower risk of disease. 男人们总觉得纤瘦的女性迷人,这是因为男性把体型和年轻、生育能力还有患病风险低联系在一起

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Most people feel guilty after gossiping about a friend or colleague. 多数人总会在聊完朋友或同事八卦后感到愧疚。 But scientists have found that crafty chats - dubbed gossip theory - are what makes us human, and may even help us li

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Deceitful and despicable is one description that wronged wives could apply to their cheating husbands。 欺诈和卑鄙是受害妻子描述出轨丈夫的词汇。 Plain stupid is another. For scientists have concluded that men who sleep around are

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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web. He received a knighthood from the British Queen for his efforts (so he is called Sir). He is director of W3C, which looks after the Webs development. A leading B

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