Darwin's Theory Of Evolution

Man, it’s been forever. Where have you been up to lately?

天哪，好久不见。你最近在忙什么？

I've been busy preparing for my exams. Not to mention all the term papers I've had to write.

我一直在忙着准备考试，更别提还得写那么多学期论文。

Same here. I’m up to my neck in work, but at least you got summer holidays after finals. Where are you headed now?

我也是。我工作忙得不可开交，但至少你考完试就有暑假了。你现在去哪？

I’m going to my Anthro(pology) class. We've been focusing on Darwin all term since it's the 200th anniversary of his birth or whatever. I'm sick and tired of Darwin, Darwin, Darwin!

我去上人类学课。因为今年是达尔文诞辰200周年什么的，我们整学期都在讲达尔文。我都烦透了达尔文，达尔文，达尔文！

What? Why? How can you not like Darwin? His work is turned thousands of years of ideas about creation on their head. The theory of evolution revolutionize the field of biology and anthropology!

什么？为什么？你怎么能不喜欢达尔文呢？他的工作颠覆了几千年来关于创世的思想。进化论彻底革新了生物学和人类学领域！

I don’t like him. His theory of human evolution and natural selection is full of holes. It's not as solid as you make it out to be.

我就是不喜欢他。他的人类进化论和自然选择理论漏洞百出，并不像你说的那么可靠。

Say that again and you'll make enemies of half of the academy, not to mention your professors. Furthermore, the explaination proposed by Darwin about the origin of the species and the process of natural selection constitutes a grand step towards coherent understanding of the world and it's very beginnings.

你再说一遍，你会得罪半个学术界，更别提你的教授们了。而且，达尔文关于物种起源和自然选择过程的解释，是迈向连贯理解世界及其起源的一大步。

I'm not minimizing his huge contributions to science. It's just that his theory reminds me of the conundrum of the Chicken and the Egg.

我并不是在贬低他对科学的巨大贡献。只是他的理论让我想起了“先有鸡还是先有蛋”这个难题。

What are you talking about?

你在说什么？

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is a classic logical problem and I think it applies to Darwin's theory. How did the very first living organism come to be?

是先有鸡还是先有蛋？这是个经典的逻辑问题，我认为它适用于达尔文的理论。第一个生物到底是怎么出现的？

Interesting. I think that question is better suited for my philosophy class. In the meantime, how about we settle this... with a due!

有意思。我觉得这个问题更适合我的哲学课。与此同时，不如我们……用决斗来解决这个问题！