the Scopes trial
/ðə ˈskəʊps traɪəl/
/ðə ˈskəʊps traɪəl/
- a famous US court case in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. A teacher, John Scopes, was put on trial because he taught Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which was illegal under local law. The case was informally called the 'monkey trial'. The American Civil Liberties Union got Clarence Darrow to defend Scopes, and William Jennings Bryan helped to argue the case against him. Scopes was judged guilty but freed for technical reasons. The law was only changed in 1967.
Scopes审判：1925年在田纳西州代顿市发生的一起著名的美国法院案件。约翰·斯普林斯（John Scopes）老师因为接受查尔斯·达尔文（Charles Darwin）的进化论而受到审判，而进化论在当地法律上是非法的。此案被非正式地称为“猴子审判”。美国公民自由联盟要求克拉伦斯·达罗（Clarence Darrow）捍卫斯普斯（Scopes），威廉·詹宁斯·布赖恩（William Jennings Bryan）协助对他提起诉讼。Scopes被判有罪，但由于技术原因被释放。该法律直到1967年才更改。