正是在厄瓜多尔海岸之外的加拉帕哥斯群岛上,达尔文发现了一些生物,这使他思考物种是如何发展和变化的。
It was on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador that Darwin found creatures that made him wonder about how species develop and change.
建筑师罗宾·帕丁顿的简历上有小黄瓜,剃刀(右),格拉斯哥的犰狳和黄瓜(上)。
Architect Robin Partington has the Gherkin, the Razor (right), the Armadillo in Glasgow, and the Cucumber (above) on his CV.
达尔文注意到,所有这些蜥蜴都和在南美发现的蜥蜴相似,但他们都很不一样,或者说改变了,从而使它们在加拉帕哥斯群岛的环境中生存下来。
Darwin noted that all these species were similar to those found in South America. But, they all had differences, or adaptations, that helped them survive in the environment of the Galapagos Islands.
又如,加拉帕哥斯群岛是非法打猎的一个主要目标,这个岛屿上很少有船只的着陆点与穿越火山岩地带的通道。
The Galapagos Islands, a prime target for unlicensed hunting, has few practicable landing spots for boats and passages through the volcanic-rock landscape.
旅游业在加拉帕哥斯群岛已经有很长的历史了。
阿德莱德是这里的首府,其它景点还包括阿德莱德山(Adelaide Hills)、澳洲的酒都巴罗萨谷(Barossa)、澳洲的“加拉帕哥斯群岛”袋鼠岛以及石灰岩海岸(Limestone Coast)。
The state is home to home to Adelaide, its capital; Adelaide Hills; Barossa – Australia’s wine capital; Kangaroo Island – Australia’s Galapagos; and Limestone Coast.
帕蒂·奥唐奈教授Paddyo'Donnell是格拉斯哥大学的一名社会心理学家,他被这个实验启发,已经就太空航行对个人及团体的心理所产生的作用进行了更早的研究。
Prof Paddy o 'donnell, a social psychologist at Glasgow University, is intrigued by the experiment, having studied earlier research into the effects on individual and group psychology of space travel.
在查尔斯·雷尼·麦金托什的格拉斯哥艺术学院旁边建造一座建筑,就像是在雅典卫城的帕提农神庙旁加建另一座庙宇一样富有挑战。
To build next to Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of art is like adding another temple to the Parthenon on the Acropolis.
但是有些生活在厄瓜多尔海岸附近加拉帕哥斯群岛的暖水域。
But some live near warm waters in the Galapagos Islands, near the coast of Ecuador.
空气和水温的上升可能已经对加拉帕哥斯的企鹅造成特别的伤害。
Rising air and water temperatures may have especially harmed Galapagos penguins.
想要帮助加拉帕哥斯群岛的游客可能想记住他们每人给群岛创收了三千美元。多三个游客的收入,换句话说,相当于一个移民的消耗。
Visitors to the islands who hope to help the Galapagos may want to bear in mind that every $3,000 more the islands earn—every three extra visitors, in other words—sucks in another migrant.
想要帮助加拉帕哥斯群岛的游客可能想记住他们每人给群岛创收了三千美元。多三个游客的收入,换句话说,相当于一个移民的消耗。
Visitors to the islands who hope to help the Galapagos may want to bear in mind that every $3,000 more the islands earn—every three extra visitors, in other words—sucks in another migrant.
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