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进化
Evolution
The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code more than one amino acid. However one would certainly expect such triplets to be in a minority.
这个观察的意义尚不清楚，但它提出了一个不幸的可能性，模棱两可的三胞胎;也就是说，三胞胎可以编码不止一个氨基酸。然而，人们肯定会认为这样的三胞胎只占少数。
But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths.
但事实上，当你试图在电脑上建立模型时你会发现，由于物质的结构和化学键是所有生物体的基础，进化并不是随机的。它会倾向于遵循特定的路径。
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
麻疹和结核病是由牛的疾病演变而来，流感是由猪的疾病演变而来，天花可能是由骆驼的疾病演变而来。美洲本土的驯养动物种类很少，人类可以从这些动物身上获得这种疾病。
As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.
结果，遗传学家将进化简单地描述为种群中基因频率的变化，完全忽略了进化由两种同时存在但又截然不同的适应和多样化现象组成的事实。
Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked.
尽管达尔文能够说服世界上大部分人，现代眼睛可以从一个简单得多的结构中逐渐产生，但他甚至没有试图解释，作为他的出发点的那个简单的光敏点实际上是如何工作的。
In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and a consequent differentiation of these two great provinces into their separate departments.
另一方面，在动物世界中，进化过程的特征是动物和营养功能的逐步区分，并因此将这两个大省分化为各自的部门。
Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature to create new forms, I am willing to be per-suaded that He chose not to do so and instead employed secondary natural causes like random mutation and natural selection.
虽然我坚持认为上帝一直都有直接干预自然创造新形式的能力，但我愿意相信，他选择不这样做，而是采用了随机突变和自然选择等次生自然原因。
Darwin based his theory on generalizations that were strictly empirical. You can go out and see that organisms do vary, that variations are inherited, and that every organism is capable of increasing its numbers in sufficiently favorable circumstances.
达尔文的理论是建立在严格经验主义的概括基础上的。你可以走出去，看到生物体确实在变化，变异是遗传的，每一个生物体都有能力在足够有利的环境下增加自己的数量。
The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them.
人类的思想总是在人类身体的陪伴下进化的，在成为人类之前，动物的身体也是如此。精神和身体的错综复杂的联系一定超出了我们的想象，因为在我们看来，我们特别不能观察它们。
At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God.
在他进化的某个阶段，人类自己已经能够掌握更高层次的事物，这使他超越了死亡的野兽，并使他至少在远处能够看到上帝之城闪闪发光的塔。
This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.
这实际上是一个非常重要的原则，即科学正在学习像进化论这样的大型系统，而未来学家正在学习预测人类社会:仅仅因为未来的情景是可信的，并不意味着我们可以从这里到达那里。
Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place.
然而，进化生物学家并不满足于解释变异是如何在一定范围内发生的。他们渴望回答一个更广泛的问题，那就是像鸟、花和人类这样复杂的生物体是如何产生的。
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The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.
描述宇宙进化最生动、最深刻的方式无疑是追溯爱的进化。
So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course.
因此，我们不能倒退，我们只能沿着进化的轨迹前进，把我们对自己和存在的想法调整到那个方向。
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
然而，我们必须承认，在我看来，这个人的所有高尚品质……他的身体上仍然带有他卑微出身的不可磨灭的印记。
But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way.
但在我的乐器发展过程中，我意识到我不能演奏出仅仅是吉他手或管风琴手才能演奏的东西——我需要在很大程度上接受这一点。
Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.
爱是一种神圣的能量储备;它就像精神进化的血液。
The universe evolved from something and nothing, and has most of these elemental dual pair until now.
宇宙从无到有进化而来，直到现在，宇宙中大部分元素都是对偶的。