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1、TakeThisFishandLookatIt1ItwasmorethanfifteenyearsagothatIenteredthelaboratoryofProfessorAgassiz,andtoldhimIhadenrolledmynameintheScientificSchoolasastudentofnaturalhistory.Heaskedmeafewquestionsaboutmyobjectincoming,myantecedentsgenerally,themodeinwhichIaft
2、erwardsproposedtousetheknowledgeImightacquire,and,finally,whetherIwishedtostudyanyspecialbranch.TothelatterIrepliedthatwhileIwishedtobewellgroundedinalldepartmentsofzoology,Ipurposedtodevotemyselfespeciallytoinsects.把这条鱼拿去好好看看 我是在15余年前进入阿加西兹教授的实验室的，告诉他
3、我已在科学学院注册读博物学。他略略询问了我来此的目的、我大致的经历、以后准备如何运用所学知识，最后问我是否希望修习某一特别学科。对最后一个问题我回答说，我希望自己在动物学各个领域都具有一定的基础，但特别想研究昆虫。2"Whendoyouwishtobegin?"heasked. “你想什么时候开始呢？”他问。3"Now,"Ireplied. “就现在，”我回答说。4Thisseemedtopleasehim,andwithanenergetic"Verywell!"hereachedfro
4、mashelfahugejarofspecimensinyellowalcohol."Takethisfish,"hesaid,"andlookatit;wecallitahaemulon;byandbyIwillaskwhatyouhaveseen." 他听了显然挺高兴，劲头十足地说道“很好”，便从架子上取下一个黄色酒精里浸有标本的大罐。“把这条鱼拿去看看，”他说，“我们叫它石鲈。过一会儿我会问你都看到些什么。”5Withthatheleftme,butinamomentreturnedwithe
5、xplicitinstructionsastothecareoftheobjectentrustedtome. 说着他走了，但一会儿又回来跟我详细说明如何保管交给我的标本。6"Nomanisfittobeanaturalist,"saidhe,"whodoesnotknowhowtotakecareofspecimens." “一个人如果连怎样保护标本都不知道，”他说，“他就不配当博物学家。”7Iwastokeepthefishbeforemeinatintray,andoccasiona
6、llymoistenthesurfacewithalcoholfromthejar,alwaystakingcaretoreplacethestoppertightly.Thosewerenotthedaysofground-glassstoppersandelegantlyshapedexhibitionjars;alltheoldstudentswillrecallthehugenecklessglassbottleswiththeirleaky,wax-besmearedcorks,halfeatenb
7、yinsects,andbegrimedwithcellardust.Entomologywasacleanersciencethanichthyology,buttheexampleoftheProfessor,whohadunhesitatinglyplungedtothebottomofthejartoproducethefish,wasinfectious;andthoughthisalcoholhada"veryancientandfishlikesmell,"Ireallydarednotshow
8、anyaversionwithinthesesacredprecincts,andtreatedthealcoholasthoughitwerepurewater.StillIwasconsciousofapassingfeelingofdisappointment,forgazingatafishdidnotcommenditselftoanardententomologist.Myfriends
