And the original question examined by Charles darwin-what is the mechanism that causes new species to evolve-has yet to be fully explained.
而被查尔斯·达尔文所检验的那个最本初的问题—是什么机制引发了新物种的进化—却尚未完全得到解答。
Darwin saw many new plants and animals.
达尔文看到了许多新的植物和动物。
Darwin wrote it all down in his notebooks.
达尔文将这一切写进他的笔记里。
This is a question that Darwin pondered for years.
这个问题也萦绕了达尔文多年。
I think Darwin would have been pleased. But not surprised.
我想，达尔文会为之高兴，但并不感到意外。
As asserted by Darwin, only the fittest can survive.
正如达尔文所言，物竞天择，适者生存。
Darwin lived in this room, on and off, for nearly five years.
达尔文就住在这里，断断续续，将近五年。
As a boy, Darwin liked to go for walks in the fields and forests.
小时候，达尔文喜欢在田野和森林里散步。
MY fellow primates, 200 years ago today, Charles Darwin was born.
灵长类同胞们，200年前的今天（1809年2月12日——译者注），查尔斯•达尔文诞生。
In South America, mysterious rocks weren't all that Darwin found.
达尔文在南美发现的并不只是奇怪的岩石。
Charles Darwin read widely and sought ideas from other fields of study.
查尔斯·达尔文广泛阅读，从各个领域吸收知识。
We naturally associate the name of Darwin with the doctrine of evolution.
我们自然而然地把达尔文的名字与进化论联系在一起。
Nor will the new work do anything to diminish the standing of Darwin himself.
新的研究一点也不会降低达尔文本人的名望。
Darwin was a keen observer, an accurate reporter, and an indefatigable collector.
达尔文是一位锐敏的观察家、准确的记录员、孜孜不倦的收藏者。
On 16 October Darwin left London for Plymouth to prepare for the start of the voyage.
10月16日，达尔文离开伦敦前往普利茅斯去为航行的出发做准备。
Yet, thinks Professor Catling, amid this wild desolation, Darwin began to hatch a plot.
卡特林教授认为，恰恰于此狂野荒凉中，达尔文突发奇谋。
Adrian Desmond and James Moore published a highly regarded biography of Darwin in 1991.
艾德里安·德斯蒙德和詹姆斯·摩尔在1991年出版了一部备受推崇的达尔文传记。
By 3 December the weather held promise and Darwin started sleeping onboard the Beagle again.
到12月3日，天气好转，达尔文又开始在贝格尔号上睡觉。
Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809.
查尔斯·达尔文和阿伯拉罕·林肯同年同日生：1809年2月12日。
As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth.
跟随着贝格尔号做环球航行，达尔文开始思考地球上生命的演变。
Darwin was a "born natural historian", who was well known for his theory of natural selection.
达尔文是一个“天生的博物学者”，以自然选择学说闻名于世。
Ever since Darwin, we've been familiar with the stupendous timespans of the evolutionary past.
自达尔文以来，我们已经熟悉了进化历史惊人的时间跨度。
Within a week Darwin was addicted to the subject and was ready to go off geologizing on his own.
不到一周，达尔文就迷上了这个科目，急于出发开始自己的地质学调查。
In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.
在达尔文的自传中，他极其谦逊地评价了自己的智力。
Darwin recognized that species contain vast amounts of variation, some of which could be inherited.
达尔文认识到物种含有大量的变异，其中一些能够遗传。
Back in England, Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution were busily uprooting the Garden of Eden.
这时在英国，查尔斯·达尔文及其进化论正忙于铲除伊甸园传说的影响。
By 1858, Darwin had spent more than 20 years studying plants and animals and thinking about evolution.
截至1858年，达尔文在研究动植物以及思考进化论方面已经花了二十多年的时光。
In short, Darwin gave us a framework for asking questions about the natural world, and about ourselves.
简而言之，达尔文为我们构建了一个框架，来询问有关自然界和人类自身的问题。
Archaeopteryx was discovered in 1861, two years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species.
“始祖鸟”在1861年被发现，即查尔斯·达尔文发表《物种起源》后两年。
The book was full of notes taken as Darwin recorded the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
该笔记本中包括了许多达尔文于1835年记录的关于加拉帕戈斯群岛独特野生动物的笔记。
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