Advanced English Book 1 Lesson 2 Translation

John? Si kops

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1925 On that hot day in July, when I was sitting in a crowded court, the crowd was buzzing. My defender is Clarence, a famous criminal defense lawyer? Heroes in the legal world. As the chief prosecutor, the eloquent speaker William? Jennings? Brian, who was nominated by the Democratic Party for the US presidential candidate three times, is also the leader of the Christian fundamentalist movement that led me to accept this trial.

A few weeks ago, I was just an unknown middle school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. Now, I am a party to a court trial that attracts worldwide attention. Kotri of Harvard University sat in the court to testify for me. More than a dozen well-known professors and scientists headed by Professor Mather. /kloc-more than 0/00 reporters and even some radio announcers were present, and they also wanted to broadcast the trial live for the first time. Just as we were waiting for the trial to begin, the legal hero put his arm around my shoulder with concern and said softly, "Don't worry, son, we will teach them a lesson."

Shortly after I arrived at Dayton Middle School as a science teacher and a football coach, this case suddenly fell on my head. For several years, conflicts between fundamentalists and modernists have been brewing. Fundamentalists insist on understanding the old testament strictly according to its literal meaning, while modernists accept Charles? Darwin's theory of evolution-all animals, including apes and humans, evolved from the same ancestor.

In Tennessee, fundamentalism is very strong, and the state legislature recently passed a decree prohibiting public teaching of "any theory that denies creationism advocated in the Bible". This new law is aimed at Darwin's theory of evolution. A man named George? Engineers in Lapland often argue with local people because they are against the law. In a debate, Rapaglia said that anyone who wants to teach biology can't help but talk about evolution. Because I teach biology, they asked me to testify.

"Rappleye is right," I said to them.

"So you broke the law," said one of them.

"All the other teachers also broke the law," I replied. "Hunter mentioned the theory of evolution in Basic Biology, which is the textbook we use."

So Lapria made a suggestion. "Let's submit this matter to the court for judgment," he said, "to test whether it is legal."

When I was formally charged on May 7, no one expected that my case would get bigger and bigger, and even become one of the most famous trial cases in American history. The American Civil Liberties Union announced that it would take my case to the Supreme Court of the United States if necessary, "to ensure that teachers will not be sent to prison for teaching the truth." Then Brian volunteered to help the state sue me. Famous lawyer Clarence? The legal hero immediately offered to defend me. Ironically, I didn't know the legal hero before this trial, but I did know Brian, who gave a speech at the university when I was in college. I admire him very much, although I don't agree with him.

By the time the trial started on July 10, our small town with a population of 1500 was as lively as a circus. Colorful flags are hung on the buildings on both sides of the street. On the street around the three-story red brick house of the court, many rickety vendors' shelves suddenly appeared, selling hot dogs, religious books and watermelons. Evangelists also set up tents in the street to preach to pedestrians. Nearby mountain residents, most of whom are fundamentalists, also rushed to the town to cheer for Brian and crack down on those "foreign pagans", including John, who specializes in drafting anti-evolution laws. Butler. Butler is a 49-year-old farmer. Before he was elected, he had never been outside his own county.

The Chief Justice's name is john rawls, and he is a man with a red face. He said loudly with a strong local accent, "I'm just an ordinary mountain judge." Brian looks old and paunchy. He is assisted by his son 1 85, who is also a lawyer, and Tom, a promising young attorney general of Tennessee. Stuart. Among my defenders, besides the 68-year-old shrewd and sophisticated legal hero, there is also the 43-year-old handsome and charming Dudley? Feld? Who is gentle, knowledgeable and especially proficient in law, Malone or Arthur? Garfield? Hess. In a trial where religion plays a key role, the legal hero is an agnostic, Malone is a Catholic and Hess is a Jew. My father also came from Kentucky to accompany me to face this trial.

The judge invited a local priest to preside over the prayer ceremony, and then the trial began. Of the 12 members of the jury, three have never read anything except the Bible, and one is completely illiterate. No wonder my dad scolded angrily, "What a fucking jury!"

After fulfilling the prescribed legal procedures, the legal hero stood up and began to speak. "My friend Mr. Attorney General just told us, John? Kops knows why he was taken to court, "said the legal hero slowly. "I also know why he was taken to court. That's because ignorance and prejudice are still rampant, and the combination of the two forms a powerful force. "

The legal heroes paced back and forth in the court like a furnace. "It was the teachers who were attacked today," he continued. "Tomorrow will be magazines, books and newspapers. Before long, the society will be the situation where people are enemies and sects are enemies, until our society strides back to moderns in the 16th century. At that time, whoever dares to bring wisdom, knowledge and culture to mankind will be burned alive by those ignorant paranoia. "

As soon as his voice fell, he heard a woman mutter loudly: "This damn heretic!" " "

The next day, the prosecution began to summon witnesses to testify in court. Two of my students testified in court. They smirked shyly at me and proved to the court that I had preached evolution to them, but added that they were not poisoned by it. A clever 14-year-old boy named Howard Morgan testified that I told them that people are mammals like cows, horses, dogs and cats.

"He didn't say that cats are exactly like people, did he?" Asked the legal hero.

"No, sir," said the child. "He said that people are capable of thinking." "I'm afraid it's not necessarily true," snorted the legal hero.

After the witness testified, Brian stood up and addressed the jury. The question is simple. He said, "Christians believe that people come from the sky, while evolutionists believe that people must have come down from the earth." The audience couldn't help giggling, and Brian became more and more excited. He waved a biology textbook in one hand and condemned the scientist who came to testify for me in Dayton.

"The Bible," he shouted, "will not be driven out of this court by scholars and experts who have come from afar to testify. The purpose of these experts here is to prove that the theory of evolution, which advocates that human ancestors came from the jungle, goes hand in hand with the view that God created human beings in his own image and arranged them in this world in secret. "

When he finished his speech, his chin tilted high and his eyes shone, and immediately there was a burst of applause and shouts of "Amen" from the audience. But something seems to be missing. Brian's fiery passion when he swept the political arena like a prairie fire has disappeared. The audience seems to feel that their hero failed to give full play to his eloquence and beat the pagans out of the water.

Dudley? Feld? Malone jumped up to refute Brian. "Brian is not the only one who is qualified to defend the Bible," he said. "In our country, there are still some people who have devoted their lives to God and religion. On the other hand, Mr. Brian enthusiastically devoted most of his life to politics. " Brian took a sip of water from the cup, and Malone's voice became louder and louder. He called for academic freedom and accused Brian of deliberately provoking a deadly duel between science and religion.

"No one can fight the truth," he roared loudly. "Truth always wins-we are not afraid of this. The truth doesn't need Mr. Brian. Truth is eternal and immortal, and it does not need to be maintained by human strength! "

At the end of Malone's speech, the audience was silent, but then there was a storm of applause, which exceeded the applause just given to Brian. However, despite Malone's victory in the war of words with Brian, the judge decided not to allow the scientists present to testify for the defense.

During the break, we found that the streets and alleys of Modern Town were crowded with strangers, and there were some vendors selling goods in every corner. There is a shop sign that says: Darwin: That's right-it's inside. This is little Darwin's clothing store. Another contractor rented a window to show an ape. Some people paid money to watch the ape and wondered if they might have something to do with it.

"The poor beast covered his eyes with his hand and curled up in the corner," a reporter wrote. "I'm afraid it's true that apes are homologous."

h？ L. Ken, who was wearing shorts and blowing an electric fan, wrote some sarcastic telegrams. Because he called the local residents "hillbilly" in his article, people talked about expelling him from the town. Twenty-two operators must send a telegram of165,000 words every day to report the trial.

Due to the hot weather and fear that the floor of the old court would collapse because it could not bear the weight of the crowd, the trial continued under the shade of maple trees outside. More than 2000 people came to watch the trial. Some of them are sitting on long wooden benches, some are squatting on the grass, some are lying on the roof of a parked car, and some are craning their necks to look out of the window. Then the climax of the trial came. Due to the restriction of anti-evolutionary law, the prosecution has to insist that the Bible must be interpreted strictly literally. At this time, the legal hero suddenly showed his trump card and appointed Brian as the defense witness. The judge was also surprised. "We want him as a witness because he is an expert in Bible study," said the legal hero. "As an authority of Confucian classics, his reputation is universally recognized."

Brian is full of doubts. He doesn't know what medicine that scheming legal hero is selling, but he can't help but accept the challenge. For many years, he has been explaining the Bible and writing books around it. Even before the anti-evolution law was passed, he launched the anti-Darwinism movement in Tennessee. At this time, I saw him resolutely and boldly holding a banana fan, as if using it as a sword to retreat to the enemy and strode to the witness box.

In the calm tone of the legal hero, he admitted that he believed every word in the Bible, and the crowd outside gave him a warm answer from time to time with the warm cry of "Amen".

The hero of the legal circle opened Genesis and read: "This is the first day, and the night is coming and the morning is coming. Then he asked Brian if he believed that the sun was created on the fourth day, and Brian replied that he did.

"How can there be morning and night before the sun?" Asked the legal hero.

Brian wiped his bald head silently. There were gloomy laughter from the crowd, and even some devout Christians were laughing. The legal hero fiddled with his glasses and continued to ask questions. He asked Brian if he believed every word in the story about Eve was true, and Brian gave a positive answer.

"So you also believe that the story that God made all snakes crawl forever in order to punish the snakes that lured Eve is true?"

"I believe that's true."

"Well, do you know how snakes used to walk?"

The crowd watching the trial burst into laughter. Brian turned blue with anger. In a rage, he raised his voice and the fan in his hand kept shaking.

"My Lord," he said. "I will immediately answer all the questions of Mr. Hero in the legal field. I want to let the world know that this unbeliever is using the court in Tennessee to slander God ... "

"I object to this statement," shouted the legal hero. "I'm just testing your stupid idea. No knowledgeable Christian in the world will believe your idea. "

The judge rang the gavel to stop the noise, and immediately announced an adjournment and retrial the next day.

Brian stood there alone. When the audience squeezed past him to shake hands with the hero of the legal world, I felt sorry for this former hero.

At noon the next day, the jury was ordered to make a verdict on the case. The jurors retreated to a corner of the lawn and talked in a low voice for only nine minutes. As a result, the defendant was found guilty. I was fined one hundred dollars and paid the legal fees.

Dudley? Feld? Malone called the trial result a "victory failure" for me. Out of loyalty to their heroes who have lost their former glory, several southern newspapers called the trial result Brian's victory and cheered for it. But Brian himself died in Dayton only two days after the trial because of grief and overwork.

The school asked me to return to my original teaching post, but I declined. Several professors who have come to testify for me have won me a scholarship from the University of Chicago, so that I can continue my natural science research. Later, I became a geological expert in an oil company.

Not long ago, 37 years after that trial, I returned to Dayton for the first time. In my eyes, the scenery of the town remains the same, except for a William? Jennings? Brian University is located on a hillside overlooking the valley below.

Another drink? Other changes. Evolution can be taught openly in Tennessee, although the law that convicted me has not been abolished. Clarence wrote it. Legal heroes and Dudley? Feld? Malone's debate in Dayton Court was like a breeze blowing through American schools and legislatures, which was followed by a new atmosphere of growing freedom of thought and academic freedom.

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