【119】 每日一题 狄更斯——老夏考研

【题目】空缺只能的最佳词汇是 

[A] on.

[B] over.

[C] out.

[D] to.

【试题】

①I learned from an exhibit an from Dickens scholars that the nightmare of high school students was not just a Man of Science, but a committed and effective public health activist with a strong eye for general medicine as well. ②Dickens even left his mark on medical history. ③An exhibit in the museum tells the tale of “fat boy Joe”, a character in The Pickwick Papers. ④But it’s his influence on public health where Dickens’ legacy is perhaps most impressive. ⑤Dickens thought it imperative that people did things with medical knowledge, says Williams. ⑥At a time when society was divided into the rich and the underprivileged — he drew attention to working people laboring in dangerous factories and living in areas with few public protections in place. ⑦Dickens’ lasting legacy is not just literary — he left his mark _______ public health and medicine, and deserves the attention of anyone interested in the history of those fields.

【参考译文】

①I learned from an exhibit an from Dickens scholars that the nightmare of high school students was not just a Man of Science, but a committed and effective public health activist with a strong eye for general medicine as well. 我从一个展览和狄更斯研究学者那里了解到，这位令高中生头痛的大作家，不仅是位科学家，还是位坚定且有影响力的公共卫生活动家，在医学领域展现了自己敏锐的洞察力。②Dickens even left his mark on medical history. 狄更斯甚至在医学史上留下了浓重的一笔。③An exhibit in the museum tells the tale of “fat boy Joe”, a character in The Pickwick Papers. 博物馆中一个展览讲述了“胖男孩乔”的故事，乔出自狄更斯的小说匹克威克外传。④But it’s his influence on public health where Dickens’ legacy is perhaps most impressive. 但是狄更斯对公共卫生领域的影响，或许给世人留下了最为深刻的印象。⑤Dickens thought it imperative that people did things with medical knowledge, says Williams. 威廉姆斯说道，狄更斯认为人们必须掌握医学知识才能做事。⑥At a time when society was divided into the rich and the underprivileged — he drew attention to working people laboring in dangerous factories and living in areas with few public protections in place. 在社会被划分为富人和穷人的那个时代，狄更斯唤起了人们对工人阶层的注意，注意到他们在充斥着危险的工厂里劳作，在肮脏的区域生活。⑦Dickens’ lasting legacy is not just literary — he left his mark _______ public health and medicine, and deserves the attention of anyone interested in the history of those fields. 狄更斯的不朽影响不只在文学领域，他在公共卫生和医学领域也留下了功绩，值得对这些领域的历史感兴趣的人去关注。