【英语翻译OnDecember27,1831,theH.M.S.Beagle,leftPlymouth,Englandonajourneythatwastolastfiveyears.ThemajoraimofthevoyagewastostudythecoastoftheSouthAmerica,butifCharlesDarwinhadnotbeenaboard,fewpeoplewouldnowrem】

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　　OnDecember27,1831,theH.M.S.Beagle,leftPlymouth,Englandonajourneythatwastolastfiveyears.ThemajoraimofthevoyagewastostudythecoastoftheSouthAmerica,butifCharlesDarwinhadnotbeenaboard,fewpeoplewouldnowrememberthatvoyage.[2]TodaywethinkofDarwinasabrilliantscientificthinker,but________thathewaschosenasamemberoftheBeagle’screw.HehadfailedasastudentofmedicineatEdinburghandhadstudiedatCambridgeUniversitytobecomeaclergyman（牧师）andthendecidednotto.Infact,atCambridgehehadspentmoretimereadingbooksonplantsandanimalsthanstudying.ItwasafriendwhosuggestedthathebegivenajobasnaturalistaboardtheBeatle.IfDarwinhadnotenjoyedaprivateincome,hewouldnothavegoneonthevoyageashereceivednopaymentforthejob.Hewentoutofsimplescientificcuriosityandforwantofanythingelsetodo.

　　[3]Atthebeginningofthejourney,whichhadbeencalledthe―mostfamousofthegreatvoyagesofscientificdiscovery‖,Darwinhadnothoughtsofevolutionandonlyunclearthoughtsofitwhenitfinished.ButthefiveyearsgaveDarwin,whohadextraordinarypowersofobservation,auniqueopportunitytoseeanddiscover.Hecollectedrocks,plants,animalsandfossilsanddiscoveredsevennewspeciesofanimals–allinSouthAmerica.Healsomadenotesofhisobservationsandclassifiedandlistedwhathehadcollectedwithgreatcare.Surprisingly,henevermadeanotherscientifictripabroad.

　　[4]Attheendofthevoyage,the27-year-oldDarwinhadabigenoughstoreofinformationtogettheideaswhichatlast,almostthirtyyearslater,ledtoTheOriginofSpecies.Oftendescribedas―themostimportantbookofthe19thcentury‖,thatbookwastochangeforeverman‘sconsiderationsabouthisorigins

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