Having predicted in 1909 that he would "go out" with Halley's comet21 -which appeared in the year of his birth-he died the day after the comet's closest approach to Earth.
他曾在1909年预言自己会和哈雷彗星一起“离去”——这颗彗星曾在他出生那年出现过——在彗星达到其最接近地球点的第二天，马克·吐温去世了。
But in the bicentennial year of Darwin's birth Mr Dawkins fills a gap in his oeuvre by setting out the evidence that the “theory” of evolution is a fact—“as incontrovertible a fact as any in science”.
这些著作都是从进化论开始，但是在达尔文诞辰两百周年的时候，道金斯在他的著作中举出证据弥补了进化论一些空缺：进化论的原理的确是事实，在科学界不容争议的事实。
A year after his celebrated birth at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., panda cub Tai Shan appears on the cover of National Geographic with mother Mei Xiang.
熊猫宝宝泰山在华盛顿特区的史密斯国家动物园庆祝过一岁生日后，第二年就和妈妈美香登上了国家地理杂志封面。
Soon after Sam's birth on October 1 last year, the Esquibel's were told their son had only a 50-50 chance of survival after an MRI showed a microscopic tumour on his brain.
山姆出生于去年的10月1日。之后不久，埃斯奎贝尔夫妇就被告知，他们的儿子只有50%的生存希望，因为磁共振检查提示小山姆的大脑里有一个微型的肿瘤。
The fourth, Simha Flapan, died the year that his book on the birth of Israel was published.
第四位是SimhaFlapan，他死于其作在以色列出版那一年。
Such musings are not, of course, unprompted. This year, Amsterdam is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, and it is hard to escape his shadow.
当然，在此产生这类遐想并非出于自发，因为今年，在阿姆斯特丹举行了伦布兰特的400周年纪念日，因此很难脱离他的光环。
Such musings are not, of course, unprompted. This year, Amsterdam is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth, and it is hard to escape his shadow.
当然，在此产生这类遐想并非出于自发，因为今年，在阿姆斯特丹举行了伦布兰特的400周年纪念日，因此很难脱离他的光环。
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