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The year of 2009 will bring an avalanche of books, lectures, television prog

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问题     The year of 2009 will bring an avalanche of books, lectures, television programs and articles on Charles Darwin. (II-1) It is 200 years since he was born and 150 years since he was pushed to publish his On the Origin of Species earlier than he intended by the arrival of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, the naturalist who, independently, had the same theory of natural selection that Darwin had supposed all his own.
    Since Darwin wasn’t alone in thinking up the theory of natural selection or in assembling evidence in support of evolution, are we right to make such a song and dance of his anniversary? The short answer is "yes" . (II-2) On the Origin of Species is the most important biology book yet written and Darwin has done as much as anyone, including Copernicus, Newton, Marx and Freud, to change how we see ourselves.
    Why does Darwinian worldview matters more than ever? Above all, Darwin decenters humanity. In this he completes the work that Copernicus and Galileo began. We are not the centre of the universe. The universe existed long before we came on the scene. (II-3) This decentering does not, of course, mean that we matter any the less. Rather, it helps us to appreciate that we do not sit in a distinct category from the rest of creation. The great apes that are heading towards extinction in the wildness and are still used in some countries for medical research really are our relatives. [br] (Ⅱ一1)
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答案 Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago and 50 years later he was urged to publish a book On the Origin of Species which was earlier than he planned．Because the naturalist Aflred Russel Wallace who was out of any institution wrote him a letter，telling Darwin that he had a similar conclusion on Darwin’s deduction of the origin of species．
解析 原句句子大意：200年前出生的达尔文发表《物种起源》一书，至今已有150年，比他原先计划的时间要早。Alfred Russel Wallace这位独立于任何机构的自然学家给他写了封信，信中提到他的观点与达尔文有关自然选择的理论相同。be pushed to“迫于……而做某事”可换成be urged to；independently(独立于任何机构的)可换成out of any institution，had the same theory of natural selection(在物种选择方面有同样的理论)可换成had a similar conclusion on Darwin’s the origin of species．
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