John-Scopes

JohnScopes----AuthorofTheTrialThatRockedTheworld张明月200940044(1900-1970)ContentTheScopestrial2TheScopesUFOphoto4HisEarlyyears31Didheteachtheevolution?33HisEarlyyears•JohnScopeswasbornonFridayAugust3,1900inPaducah(帕迪尤卡),Kentucky(肯塔基州).HewasthefifthchildofThomasandMaryScopes.•In1911,shortlyafterJohnhadturned11yearsold,thefamilymovedtoDanville(丹维尔),Illinois(伊利诺伊州).•In1916theymovedtoSalem(萨利姆),insouthernIllinoisHisEarlyyears•AftergraduatingfromSalem’sclassof1919,ScopesgotalawdegreefromtheUniversityofKentuckyin1924andmovedtoDayton,Tennessee.Herehelandedajob(找到工作)asfootballcoachandsubstituteteacheratRhea(雷亚)CountyHighSchool,whentheprincipalresignedsuddenly.TheScopestrial•JohnThomasScopeswastriedin(受审)acaseknownastheScopesTrial.HewaschargedonMay5,1925forviolatingTennessee'sButlerAct,whichprohibitedtheteachingofevolution（进化论）inTennesseeschools.TheScopestrial•TheScopestrialbeganonFridayJuly10,1925insweltering(闷热的)heat.•ThecaseendedonJuly21,1925,withaguiltyverdict(判决书),andScopeswasfined$100.TheScopestrial•Afterthetrial,ScopesmovedtoChicago,gotamaster’sdegreeingeology,andthentookajobasapetroleum(石油)engineerinVenezuela(委内瑞拉).•“Aman’sfate,”hewroteinhisbookCenteroftheStorm《风暴中心》,“isoftenstrangerthananythingtheimaginationmayproduce.”•HistrailwasadaptedintoamovieInherittheWind《继承之风》,in1960DidScopesteachevolution?•ScopesadmittedteachingfromthetextbookCivicBiology,andsaidhehadplannedtoteachthechapteronevolution.However,onthedayhehadplannedtoteachevolutiontothebiologyclass,hefeltill,andcouldnotrecallteachingtheclassthatchapter.ButhedidrememberteachingevolutioninhisgeneralscienceclassinApril,andtwoofhisstudentscorroborated(证实)this.TheScopesUFOphoto•AphotographofJohnScopestakeninJune1925—justweeksbeforehistrial—appearedontheNewYorkUniversitywebsitein2005.ItfeaturedaUFOintheskybehindScopes.ButitprovedthattheUFOwasnotintheoriginalphoto.tobecontinued…Thanks!