在職博士英語長難句訓(xùn)練題及解析6
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1.The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of thosehypotheses that dare not speak its name.
【分析】復(fù)合句。主句主干為The idea is one of those hypotheses。第一個that引導(dǎo)同位語從句補(bǔ)充說明idea,第二個that引導(dǎo)定語從句修飾hypotheses。
【譯文】有一種觀點認(rèn)為,某些民族的智商可能要高于其他民族,這種觀點是一種不敢冠之以名的假設(shè)。
【點撥】dare not speak its name為一個固定結(jié)構(gòu),意為"不敢說出名"、"不敢冠之以名"、"無法說出口"。
2.He helped popularize the idea that some diseasesnot previously thought to have a bacterial causewere actually infections, which aroused muchcontroversy when was first suggested.
【分析】多重復(fù)合句。主句主干是He helped popularizethe idea。that...infections為 idea的同位語從句,其中not previously...cause作diseases的后置定語;which引導(dǎo)的非限定性定語從句修飾the idea;when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句,其中代詞it也指代the idea。
【譯文】他曾經(jīng)使一種觀點廣為人知,即某些以前被認(rèn)為不是由細(xì)菌導(dǎo)致的疾病實際上也是傳染病,這一觀點在首次提出時就引起了很多爭議。
【點撥】1) arouse (not little/much/a lot of)controversy意為"引起(不少)爭議"。2) suggest意為"提出"。
3.ogether with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only suggeats thatone group of huamanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that hasbrought this about.
【分析】多重復(fù)合句。主句主干為he is publishing a paper。which引導(dǎo)定語從句修飾paper;該從句中又包含not only...but also...連接的并列句。在 not only分句中,that引導(dǎo)賓語從句,作suggest的賓語;在but分句中that引導(dǎo)定語從句,修飾process。
【譯文】他攜手其他兩位科學(xué)家一起發(fā)表了一篇論文,其中不僅表明有一個人類族群比其他族群更聰明,而且還解釋了導(dǎo)致這一結(jié)果的過程。
【點撥】bring about意為"引起;帶來"。
4.This group generally do well in IQ test, scoring 12-15 points above the mean value of 100, and havecontributed disproportinately to the intellectual, andcultural life of the West, as the careers of their elites,including several world-renowned scientists, affirm.
【分析】復(fù)合句。主句主干為This group do well in IQtest and have contributed to the life。現(xiàn)在分詞短語scoring...作伴隨狀語;as引導(dǎo)狀語從句。
【譯文】這一人群在高智商測試中普遍得分較高,(得分)比平均值高出12至15分;就像他們中的一些精英人士(包括一些享譽(yù)世界的科學(xué)家)的事業(yè)所證實的那樣,這一群人對于西方學(xué)術(shù)和文化生活做出了(同他們?nèi)丝跀?shù)量)極不成比例的貢獻(xiàn)。
【點撥】mean作動詞時意為"意味;意欲";作形容詞時,常意為"小氣的,吝嗇的",在本句中意為"平均的"。
5.His argumet is that the unusual history of these people has subjected them to uniqueevolutionary pressures that have resulted in this paradoxical state of affairs.
【分析】多重復(fù)合句。主句主干為His argumet is...。第一個that引導(dǎo)表語從句,第二個that引導(dǎo)定語從句,修飾pressure。
【譯文】他的觀點是:這些人非同尋常的經(jīng)理使其承受了獨特的進(jìn)化壓力,從而形成了這一看似矛盾的狀況。
【點撥】result in意為"導(dǎo)致了...";需注意它與result from的區(qū)別,后者意為"由...引起的,起因于"。
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