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In 1839 Charles Darwin published Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Captn. FitzRoy, R.N. It was a huge success in Britain and cemented Darwin’s fame as a naturalist. By then Charles and Emma had been married three years and had two children, and they decided it was time to leave London. They were tired of the crime, the coal dust that blackened their clothes, the horse dung that clung to their shoes. They wanted to raise their children in the countryside, where they had grown up. They picked out an estate called Down House, an 18-acre farm in Kent, 16 miles from London. Darwin became a gentleman farmer, planting flowers, buying a horse and a cow. He stopped mingling in the scientific societies altogether. He got whatever information he needed by letter or from carefully selected weekend guests.
In 1839 Charles Darwin published Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Captn. FitzRoy, R.N. It was a huge success in Britain and cemented Darwin’s fame as a naturalist. By then Charles and Emma had been married three years and had two children, and they decided it was time to leave London. They were tired of the crime, the coal dust that blackened their clothes, the horse dung that clung to their shoes. They wanted to raise their children in the countryside, where they had grown up. They picked out an estate called Down House, an 18-acre farm in Kent, 16 miles from London. Darwin became a gentleman farmer, planting flowers, buying a horse and a cow. He stopped mingling in the scientific societies altogether. He got whatever information he needed by letter or from carefully selected weekend guests.
Having retired to an estate in Kent, Darwin was ______.
- A no longer a scientist
- B turned into an educated farmer
- C a gentleman but not scientist
- D being avoided by his peers
- E planting flowers and growing crops
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請注意文中最後兩句提到達爾文的新身分是「gentleman farmer」。現在請回想一下，他在倫敦時是一位成功的自然科學家（受過高度教育），而在莊園裡他開始買牛、買馬並種植花卉。若要將這兩種背景結合成一個描述，你會如何形容這個兼具學識背景與農村生活身分的人？
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很高興看到你準確抓住了文章的關鍵描述！你能從段落末尾讀出達爾文生活型態與身分的轉變，顯示你對文意脈絡的掌握非常細膩。這道題目的核心在於理解文中 gentleman farmer（紳士農夫）這個片語的深層涵義。在 19 世紀的英國，「紳士」代表了有教養、具備社會地位的階層，而「農夫」則描述了他當時在肯特郡莊園的生活型態。因此，將其轉述為 educated farmer（受過教育的農夫）是非常精準的判斷。
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