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Should We Allow Curiosity to Kill the Cat

I have no doubt that the scientists went through a great deal of soul-searching before they killed the penguin.
我毫不怀疑, 在杀死企鹅之前科学家认真进行过仔细思考.
go through a great deal of soul-search: making a deep examination of one’s mind and conscience
Their work provided hard scientific proof for hypotheses about the way these flightless birds move in the Antarctic environment.
他们的研究工作为关于这种不会飞翔的鸟在南极环境中的运动方式的假设提供了确凿的科学证据.
hard scientific proof: firm, based on facts
It was good science, conducted on our behalf in the best traditions of the discipline for a sound motive---the advancement of human knowledge---but it makes me feel uneasy.
这是货真价实的科学研究,是代表我们依照其最优秀的传统,为了一个合理的目的——增进入类的知识——而进行的,但是这令我感到不安。
in the best traditions of : inherit features, etc. from sb. or from the past最好地继承了
---They are in the best traditions of plain living and hard work.他们继承了艰苦奋斗的好传统.
discipline: a branch of learning
sound: based on truth or good judgment
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