英闻天下——274 Remains of "Ape Woman" Returned to Mexico

 　　The remains¹ of a Mexican woman have now been buried in her home state of Sinaloa after 150 years at a research facility in Norway.

 

　　She had been on display since Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic² condition.

 

　　The move puts an end to an era in which human bodies were treated as collectible specimens³.

 

　　Jose Rios Estavillo is a spokesman with Sinaloa State Humans Rights Commission.

 

　　"This is an act of justice to the human being. This is an act of dignity towards a person, independently of her appearance, her race or gender⁴. We all are the same under the law."

 

　　With a hairy face and body, jutting⁵ jaw⁶ and other deformities, Julia Pastrana became known as "ape woman" after she was taken to the U.S by a showman back in 1854, at the age of 20.

 

　　Pastrana sang and danced for paying audiences, becoming a sensation who also toured Europe and Russia.

 

　　She then developed a fever related to complications from childbirth, and died along with her baby in Moscow in 1860.

 

　　Her remains ended up at the University of Oslo, Norway.

 

　　Her return home is in part thanks to a visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, who has campaigned for years for the return of her body.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

3 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

5 jutting   

v.（使）突出( jut的现在分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出

参考例句：

• The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff. 登山者在悬崖的岩棚上休息。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes. 那士兵看见丛林中有一枝枪伸出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。