between ultimate causation and proximate causation.

把终极导因和引信导因区分开

the reason why something is there in the first place,

某事物在数百万年的历史中

the proportion of sickness and deaths is as great as any part of Truro.

疾病感染和死亡的数量和特鲁罗镇一样多

Ill-constructed houses with decomposing refuse,

充斥着腐烂垃圾的易让人得病的住宅

And then I want to take you through a little quick survey

然后我要给你们做个小调查

It's fascinating to understand how in the past,

理解过去很有意思

But what he's capturing is the logic,

但是他抓住了这其中的逻辑关系

Our genes have wired us up--

我们的基因

the theory can be tested and improved.

那这个理论可以被检验并改进

It marks incomparably the most epochal advance

它在人类的认知历史上

That's why you need--in these studies

所以在这些调查中

The solution to that particular problem was

解决这个问题的办法是