加拉帕戈斯群岛

There is no doubt however over the age of Harriet -- who for more than a century was thought to be a male and named Harry -- and she is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

澳大利亚动物园负责人表示，这只加拉帕戈斯陆龟是在1835年时由科学家查尔斯·达尔文在加拉帕戈斯群岛发现的，当时它只有5岁。

There is no doubt however over the age of Harriet -- who for more than a century was thought to be a male and named Harry -- and she is recognised by Guinness World Records as the worlds oldest living chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

澳大利亚动物园负责人表示，这只加拉帕戈斯陆龟是在1835年时由科学家查尔斯·达尔文在加拉帕戈斯群岛发现的，当时它只有5岁。

The smallest foot fin is the suborder of animals fur seal Galapagos Islands.

最小的鳍脚亚目动物是加拉帕戈斯群岛海狗。

While the Galapagos Islands are amazing, the rest of the country has much to offer.

而加拉帕戈斯群岛是了不起的，其余的国家作出很大贡献。

A group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean west of the mainland of Ecuador.

加拉帕戈斯群岛：位于厄瓜多尔大陆西侧太平洋上的一组火山群岛。

Shortly before the voyage was over, he mulled over what he had seen on the Galápagos:"When I see these islands in sight of each other, and possessed of but a scanty stock of animals, tenanted by these birds, but slightly differing in structure and filling the same place in Nature, I must suspect they are only varieties … If there is the slightest foundation for these remarks the zoology of the will be well worth examining; for such facts would undermine the stability of Species."

在这次航行结束前不久，他仔细思考了在加拉帕戈斯群岛上看到景象：&那些岛屿相互毗邻，彼此可以看见，仅仅拥有少量的动物，栖息着一些结构略微不同并且在自然界中存在于相同的地方的鸟类，当我看到这些岛屿时，不由得猜想这些鸟类仅仅是一些变种……。即使这些观察有最少的基础，加拉帕戈斯群岛的生物学也将是完全值得考察的，因为这些事实将摧毁物种稳定的观念。&

The Galapagos Islands took their name from one of their famous residents, the Galapagos giant tortoise.

加拉帕戈斯群岛取名来自它著名的当地居民－加拉帕戈斯陆龟。

Any of 14 species of songbirds whose adaptation s to several ecological niches in the Gal pagos Islands and Cocos Island gave Charles Darwin evidence for his thesis that "species are not immutable."

新大陆燕雀科地雀属、树雀属和莺雀属等三属十四种鸣禽，被隔离在无竞争的加拉帕戈斯群岛和科科斯岛，在几个生态小生境中辐射适应，给达尔文的「物种不是不可改变的」理论提供了证据。

Any of 14 species of songbirds whose adaptations to several ecological niches in the Galpagos Islands and Cocos Island gave Charles Darwin evidence for his thesis that "species are not immutable."

新大陆燕雀科地雀属、树雀属和莺雀属等三属十四种鸣禽，被隔离在无竞争的加拉帕戈斯群岛和科科斯岛，在几个生态小生境中辐射适应，给达尔文的「物种不是不可改变的」理论提供了证据。

Any of 14 species of songbirds whose adaptations to several ecological niches in the Gal pagos Islands and Cocos Island gave Charles Darwin evidence for his thesis that "species are not immutable."

新大陆燕雀科地雀属、树雀属和莺雀属等三属十四种鸣禽，被隔离在无竞争的加拉帕戈斯群岛和科科斯岛，在几个生态小生境中辐射适应，给达尔文的「物种不是不可改变的」理论提供了证据。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。