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The work made Dalton famous—albeit in a low-key, English Quaker sort of way. In 1826, the French chemist P .J. Pelletier traveled to Manchester to meet the atomic hero. Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded1 to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street. According to the scientific historian E. J. Holmyard, a confused Pelletier, upon beholding2 the great man, stammered3:
1 astounded | |
v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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2 beholding | |
v.看,注视( behold的现在分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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3 stammered | |
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 coffin | |
n.棺材,灵柩 | |
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