美国的蝴蝶
<p> 2015复习正是强化复习阶段，在考研英语中占了40分，所以考研英语阅读是英语科目中重要的一项。名师老师曾建议过考研生需要坚持每天泛读10-15分钟的英文原刊。强烈推荐了杂志《经济学人》.杂志中的文章也是考研英语的主要材料来源.希望考研考生认真阅读，快速提高考研英语阅读水平。 <span word="Butterflies">Butterflies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span> 美国的蝴蝶 <span word="To">To</span> <span word="marvel">marvel</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="things">things</span> 所有事都值得惊奇 <span word="A">A</span> <span word="splendid">splendid</span> <span word="twinning">twinning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="America">America</span> 自然科学与美利坚民族的完美结合 <span word="Butterfly">Butterfly</span> <span word="People">People</span>: <span word="An">An</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Encounter">Encounter</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="theBeauty">theBeauty</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span>.<span word="By">By</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Leach">Leach</span>. 蝴蝶客：美国与世界之美的相遇 <span word="BUTTERFLIES">BUTTERFLIES</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span>, <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="Walt">Walt</span> <span word="Whitman">Whitman</span>, <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="flit">flit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fro">fro</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="sorts">sorts</span>,<span word="white">white</span>, <span word="yellow">yellow</span>, <span word="brown">brown</span>, <span word="purple">purple</span>. <span word="Whitman">Whitman</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="colour">colour</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="merejournalist">merejournalist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="poet">poet</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="touch">touch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lepidopterophilia">lepidopterophilia</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="qualify">qualify</span> <span word="asone">asone</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Leach">Leach</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="Butterfly">Butterfly</span> <span word="People">People</span>. 蝴蝶、还是蝴蝶，沃尔特惠特曼写道，它们不停地来回飞过，各种各样的，有白的、黄的、棕色的还有紫色的。惠特曼对颜色是有判断力，但是仅仅作为一位知道点鳞翅类昆虫的记者和诗人，并不是威廉所称的蝴蝶客 <span word="True">True</span> <span word="butterfly">butterfly</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="serious">serious</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="enthusiasts">enthusiasts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="obsessives">obsessives</span> <span word="whotook">whotook</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unfettered">unfettered</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="undeveloped">undeveloped</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="afforded">afforded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="countrypressing">countrypressing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="frontier">frontier</span> <span word="westward">westward</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="artisans">artisans</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aesthetes">aesthetes</span>: <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="thatgradually">thatgradually</span> <span word="ceased">ceased</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="sciences">sciences</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mature">mature</span>. 真正的蝴蝶客远远严谨的多。他们狂热而迫切，年轻的国家正在向西部扩充领土，所以他们可以利用这种优势，自由使用未开发的土地。他们是手艺人兼审美家：这类所谓的科学家，随着自然科学发展得更加正式和成熟，这类科学家渐渐不存在了。 <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Leach">Leach</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="compelling">compelling</span> <span word="thesis">thesis</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> 19<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="uniquely">uniquely</span> <span word="hospitabletime">hospitabletime</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="collectors">collectors</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span>. <span word="Agricultural">Agricultural</span> <span word="toil">toil</span> <span word="andwestward">andwestward</span> <span word="expansion">expansion</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="droves">droves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="intimate">intimate</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="vastexpanses">vastexpanses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pristine">pristine</span> <span word="lands">lands</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> 19<span word="th">th</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span>, <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Leach">Leach</span> <span word="writesuncharitably">writesuncharitably</span> <span word="butprobably">butprobably</span> <span word="accuratelysaw">accuratelysaw</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="betorn">betorn</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="transformed">transformed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="money">money</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="muchuntouched">muchuntouched</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="rapacious">rapacious</span> <span word="miner">miner</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="builder">builder</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="lifecome">lifecome</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Americanstoday">Americanstoday</span>. 里奇先生的有趣命题是：19世纪的美国为蝴蝶爱好者，特别是收藏家提供了一个独一无二的热情好客的时代。农业耕作和西部扩张将大批的普通人与广袤无际的未开垦土地紧密联系在一起。大多数19世纪的美国人，里奇先生写道，视自然为可以从地下挖掘或从地上收割的，可以推倒盖房子或者卖钱的东西，他的评语尽管尖刻，却也许十分精准。可是因为有如此之多未开垦的土地，即使是最贪婪的财主和建设者也会在他一生中与大自然发生联系,这种联系无论从规模上、在形式上， 都是如今的美国人无法想象的。 <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="important">important</span>, <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="biology">biology</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="practised">practised</span> <span word="outof">outof</span> <span word="doors">doors</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="laboratory">laboratory</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aside">aside</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classification">classification</span> <span word="madness">madness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Linnaeus">Linnaeus</span>,<span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="formality">formality</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="titans">titans</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Charles">Charles</span> <span word="Darwin">Darwin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Alexandervon">Alexandervon</span> <span word="Humboldt">Humboldt</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Prussian">Prussian</span> <span word="aristocrat">aristocrat</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="masterwork">masterwork</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Cosmos">Cosmos</span>, <span word="began">began</span> <span word="beingpublished">beingpublished</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1845, <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="indifferent">indifferent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="science">science</span>, <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Leachwrites">Leachwrites</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="prose">prose</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="excellent">excellent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="readable">readable</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="seemunscientific">seemunscientific</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="behalf">behalf</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="artistic">artistic</span> <span word="attractions">attractions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nature">nature</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="witha">witha</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="curiosity">curiosity</span> <span word="driven">driven</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="rapture">rapture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wonder">wonder</span>. <span word="Natural">Natural</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="thetrained">thetrained</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pedigreed">pedigreed</span> <span word="biologist">biologist</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passionate">passionate</span> <span word="amateur">amateur</span>: <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="naturalists">naturalists</span>, <span word="notbiologists">notbiologists</span>. 或许更重要的是，自然科学没有发展为生物学。它的研究在户外进行而不是在实验室，不像林奈繁杂的分类法，体系和形式是次要的。有关研究它的早期的泰斗，像查尔斯达尔文，以及亚历山大洪堡特，一位在1845年出版名著《大宇宙》的普鲁士贵族，似乎对划分科学与艺术的界线漠不关心，里奇先生写道。他们写的散文总是出色易懂，以至于对后人来说显得不科学，他们常常为了自然的艺术吸引力而写文章。他们引领了一种由狂喜和惊奇驱使的好奇感。自然科学不属于受过训练的正统生物学家，但却属于热情激昂的业余爱好者：他们是博物学家，而不是生物学家。 <span word="Butterfly">Butterfly</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="observing">observing</span>, <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arguing">arguing</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="Samuel">Samuel</span> <span word="Scudder">Scudder</span>,<span word="who">who</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="monarch">monarch</span> <span word="butterfly">butterfly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="magisterial">magisterial</span>, <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="volume">volume</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="aboutNorth">aboutNorth</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="raves">raves</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="lepidoptery">lepidoptery</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="champion">champion</span>, <span word="VladimirNabokov">VladimirNabokov</span>, 70 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="publication">publication</span>. <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Edwards">Edwards</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="greatgrandfather">greatgrandfather</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="renowned">renowned</span> <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span> <span word="theologian">theologian</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="wrotehis">wrotehis</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="volume">volume</span> <span word="doorstop">doorstop</span>. 蝴蝶客们从观察、思考和争论中学习。他们中包括萨缪尔斯卡德，他命名了黑脉金蝴蝶，写了一本关于北美蝴蝶的三卷的权威著作，这部书出版70年后令鳞翅类昆虫的文学巨匠弗拉基米尔纳博科夫惊叹不已。另一位是威廉亨利爱德华。他了不起的祖父是美国最有名望的普鲁士神学家，他最终写出了自己三卷鸿篇巨著。 <span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Leach">Leach</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="profiling">profiling</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Edwards">Edwards</span>, <span word="Scudder">Scudder</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="includingsolitary">includingsolitary</span>, <span word="taciturn">taciturn</span> <span word="Herman">Herman</span> <span word="Strecker">Strecker</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resentful">resentful</span>, <span word="bilious">bilious</span> <span word="Augustus">Augustus</span> <span word="Grote">Grote</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="theamateur">theamateur</span> <span word="giants">giants</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="broad">broad</span> <span word="shoulders">shoulders</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="biology">biology</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entomologyrests">entomologyrests</span>. 里奇先生最擅长介绍爱德华、斯卡德等等，包括沉默寡言的隐士斯特雷克和坏脾气的奥古斯塔斯格罗特。当代生物学和昆虫学正是站在这些业余研究巨匠宽阔的肩膀上。 词语解释 1.<span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> 继续 <span word="We">We</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="exposure">exposure</span>. 未来，我们还将继续减持。 <span word="So">So</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="kweichow">kweichow</span> <span word="moutai">moutai</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="duringthe">duringthe</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snake">snake</span>? 因此，贵州茅台在蛇年里还会继续苦苦挣扎吗? 2.<span word="take">take</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> 利用 <span word="Take">Take</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="advisers">advisers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="school">school</span>. 充分利用校内外的顾问资源。 <span word="How">How</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="support">support</span>? 你将如何利用他们支持的优势? 3.<span word="cease">cease</span> <span word="to">to</span> 停止 <span word="Can">Can</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="cease">cease</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="thee">thee</span>? 我能停止爱你吗? <span word="Eventually">Eventually</span>, <span word="globalisation">globalisation</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="cease">cease</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dirty">dirty</span> <span word="word">word</span>. 最终，全球化将不再是一个肮脏的词汇。 4.<span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> 为作准备;规定 <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="information">information</span>. 没有发现哪部法律规定了对政府信息的公开制度。 <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="egypt">egypt</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="islamists">islamists</span> <span word="refrain">refrain</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="scrapping">scrapping</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="treaty">treaty</span>, <span word="israel">israel</span> <span word="fears">fears</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="seekto">seekto</span> <span word="amend">amend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clauses">clauses</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="sinai">sinai</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="demilitarisation">demilitarisation</span>. 就算埃及的伊斯兰当政者没有废除戴维营和平协议，以色列依然害怕埃及将修改那些规定西奈半岛非军事化的条款。</p>
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