Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

许多年前,人们就知道植物和动物是由不同的物质组成的:植物是由三种元素组成的化学物质——碳、氢和氧;四种元素之一的动物,氮被添加到其他三种元素中。

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The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building.

你头骨中三磅重的器官——粉红色的果冻状——是一种外星的计算材料。它是由小型化的、自配置的部件组成的,它大大超过了我们所梦想的任何构建。

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

我不认为我们会拯救任何东西,如果我们到处谈论拯救植物和动物;我们必须把它转化为对我们有利的东西。

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

人也会犯错,因为动物很少或从不犯错,或者至少只有最聪明的动物才会犯错。

When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

总而言之,天气和爱情是我们永远无法确定的两个因素。

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

蜜蜂比其他动物更受尊敬,不是因为她劳动,而是因为她为别人劳动。

Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies.

身体不产生感觉,但是元素的复合物(感觉的复合物)构成了身体。

I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.

我从我的父亲那里学到了植物,他是一名草药医生和业余显微镜师。

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.

我从来都不是一个快速的作家,但是我非常小心和努力地写作。