【71】亲子鉴定原来是这么回事

今天的文章选自于《大众科学》，话题与亲子鉴定的来源有关。今天的文章，请细细品味作者的态度。

【题目】Towards the chief legacy of Albert Abrams, the author’s attitude can be best said to be that of ______   

[A] contempt.

[B]affirmation.

[C] irony.

[D] puzzlement.

【试题】

①Albert Abrams cast a shadow over future, more legitimate methods of kinship*assessment. ②Yet Abrams’s most significant and longest lasting legacy was arguably just the opposite: to introduce into American public consciousness the idea that paternity*could be known and that modern medical science was the way to know it. ③Abrams was not the first to make such a claim, but for several years in the 1920s, he offered a particularly compelling version of this story. ④It is one of the many ironies of this consummate* snake oil salesman that his chief legacy was to create a closer association between the quest for the father and medical science.

【参考译文】

①Albert Abrams cast a shadow over future, more legitimate methods of kinship assessment. 阿尔伯特·艾布拉姆斯给未来更合理的亲属关系评估方法蒙上了阴影。

②Yet Abrams’s most significant and longest lasting legacy was arguably just the opposite: to introduce into American public consciousness the idea that paternity* could be known and that modern medical science was the way to know it. 然而，艾布拉姆斯最重要、最持久的遗产却可能恰恰相反：他向美国公众意识灌输了这种观念：父系是可以认知的而且现代医学正是了解父系的途径。

③Abrams was not the first to make such a claim, but for several years in the 1920s, he offered a particularly compelling version of this story. 艾布拉姆斯并不是第一个提出这种观点的人，但在20世纪20年代，他提出了一个特别引人注目的版本。

④It is one of the many ironies of this consummate* snake oil salesman that his chief legacy was to create a closer association between the quest for the father and medical science. 这位完美的蛇油推销员的众多讽刺之一是，他的主要遗产是在对父亲的追求和医学科学之间建立了更紧密的联系。

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【71】亲子鉴定原来是这么回事

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