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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin · B1 French story

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En 1831, un jeune Anglais nommé Charles Darwin est parti pour un long voyage autour du monde.In 1831 a young Englishman named Charles Darwin left on a long voyage around the world.

Aux îles Galápagos, il a remarqué que les oiseaux étaient différents sur chaque île.On the Galápagos Islands he noticed that the birds were different on each island.

Leurs becs semblaient adaptés à la nourriture de leur île.Their beaks seemed suited to the food of their island.

De retour en Angleterre, il a réfléchi à cette question pendant plus de vingt ans.Back in England he thought about this question for more than twenty years.

En 1859, il a enfin publié son livre sur l'origine des espèces.In 1859 he finally published his book on the origin of species.

Il y expliquait que tous les êtres vivants changent lentement.In it he explained that all living beings change slowly.

Beaucoup de gens ont été choqués, mais son idée a changé la science.Many people were shocked, but his idea changed science.

Words in this story

jeune
young
Anglais
Englishman
nommer
to name
être
to be
partir
to leave
long
long
voyage
journey; trip
autour
around
monde
world; people
île
island
avoir
to have; helper verb for the past (a pris: took)
remarquer
to notice
oiseau
bird
différent
different
bec
beak
sembler
to seem
adapté
suited
nourriture
food
retour
return
réfléchir
to think about
question
question
plus
more; plus tard = later
an
year
enfin
finally
publier
to publish
livre
book
origine
origin
espèce
species
expliquer
to explain
vivant
living
changer
to change
lentement
slowly
beaucoup
a lot; beaucoup de = lots of
gens
people
choquer
to shock
idée
idea
science
science

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