Judith S. Weis, a biology professor who serves as ² president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is leading a nationwide effort to “defend，，the theory of evolution. Weis leads the effort in the face of what the institute views as opposition and indifference from school boards and government entities ³.

    The Institute believes that the teaching of evolution in Americais being diminished by the teaching of creationism as well as by an overall lack of teachingDarwin"s ⁴ theory in high school. "There"s nothing that requires schools to teach evolution. Sometimes teachers in high schools just leave it out ⁵ . However, from the point of view of biologists, evolution is the central theory of biology upon which everything is based," said Weis. "Unfortunately, teaching evolution has become a political issue in many parts of the country and AIBS, as a representative of biologists, wanted to be a major force speaking out in favor of its teaching." ⁶

    Weis said the institute is working together with the American Geological Institute and the National Association of Biology Teachers and its 80-plus member organizations ⁷ to address ⁸ the political and legislative threats to teaching evolution. In states challenging its teaching, the institute responds by sending letters to school boards and state legislatures, by providing testimony at public meetings and by notifying members and affiliated organizations. AIBS, with more than 80 member societies and 250,000 members, has established an e-mail system enabling scientists and teachers in each state, and member societies, to keep each other informed about threats to the teaching of evolution.

    Darwin"s theory of evolution holds that living things change and adapt to their environment and that present-day species (including human beings) are descended from earlier species through modification by natural selection. The theory has been accepted by scientists for nearly 100 years, Weis said, and has been refined, extended and strengthened over the years by findings in paleontology and developmental biology.

    Discoveries in genetics, molecular biology ⁹ and genomics — all of which provide significant benefits for human health — would not be possible without the underlying ¹⁰ knowledge of evolution. And, Weis adds, "modern molecular biology and genomics have increased our understanding of how evolution works." Nonetheless, evolution remains a politically, if not scientifically, controversial issue.

    Weis said that this year alone, seven states have had either local or statewide efforts to water down ¹¹ the teaching of evolution, or "balance" it with the teaching of creationism 一 a religious belief that different species were created separately by a higher power, such as God. "Rarely does anyone now use the word ‘creationism，，because that"s too obvious," Weis said. "The current terminology is ‘intelligent design.

词汇：

creationism /krii"eijenizam/ n.神仓论

legislature /"ledgisleitja/ n.立法机关

affiliated organization 附属机构

refine/n"fain/v.精炼，提纯;改进

paleontology [ˌpælɪɒn"tɒlədʒɪ] n.古生物学

genetics /dji"netiks/ n.遗传

genomics [dʒə"nəʊmɪks] n.基因学 terminology [ˌtɜ:mɪ"nɒlədʒɪ]   n.术语

注释：

1.the theory of evolution:进化论

2.serve as:担任

3. Weis leads the effort in the face of what the institute views as opposition and indifference fromschool boards and govemment entities.研究所看到了来自学校董事会和政府部门的反对和冷漠，尽管如此，Weis仍然带领大家为捍卫进化论而努力。in the face of:意为“despite the opposition of”（不管，不顾）。

entity：实体。business entity:企业单位，营业单位。

4.Darwin:达尔文(1809-1882)，英国博物学家，进化论创始人。

5. leave it out:忽略，遗漏

6.speak out in favor of its teaching:为进化论教育而疾呼speak out:大胆地说，大声地说in favor of:in support of支持；赞同

7. 80-plus member organizations:80多个会员组织。plus:超过的，略大的，例如：All the children here are 10 plus.这些孩子年龄都在10岁或10岁以上。Her mark was B plus。她的分数是B+。

8.address:意为“to deal with”（处理，解决，对付）。例如：to address the issue of terrorist attack:对付__的问题

9.molecular biology:分子生物学

10. underlying:意为“basic；fundamental”（基础的；基本的）。

11. water down:冲淡，掺水，打折扣

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A:Teaching of creationism diminishes teaching of evolution B:Teachers are not required to teach Darwin"s theory C:Teachers often leave out the teaching of evolution D:Darwin"s theory is denied as the central theory of biology

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