reading #1 - @ielts_dr

© diyor s. (2024) t.me/ielts_dr reading practice #1 (by @ielts_dr) read the text below and answer questions. personality and appearance when charles darwin applied to be the “energetic young man” that robert fitzroy, the beagle’s captain, sought as his gentleman companion, he was almost let down by a woeful shortcoming that was as plain as the nose on his face. fitzroy believed in physiognomy—the idea that you can tell a person’s character from their appearance. as darwin’s daughter henrietta later recalled, fitzroy had “made up his mind that no man with such a nose could have energy”. this was hardly the case. fortunately, the rest of darwin’s visage compensated for his sluggardly proboscis: “his brow saved him.” the idea that …

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