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1. Not knowing what the stars were, people in ancient times used their imaginations to create a world in the sky.
由于不知道星星是什么,古代的人们用他们的想象力创造了一个空中的世界。
People in ancient times didn’t know what the starts were, so they imagined that there was another world in the sky.
现在分词结构作原因状语, 置于句首
e.g. Believing the story, he kept on searching for further proof. 因为相信这个故事, 他继续寻找进一步的证据。
2. Our power to investigate and thus understand space changed dramatically when the first telescope was angled
at the night sky, increasing as it did the power of the
human eye and enabling us to understand that the
universe is far larger than was previously imaginable.
不定式短语作后置定语
when引导的时间状语从句
现在分词短语作状语
【翻译】
当第一台望远镜对准夜空时,我们探索进而理解太空的能力就发生了巨大的变化,它不仅增强了人类肉眼观测的能力,而且也让我们明白宇宙要比之前想象的大的多。
3. Soon, it was understood that the Sun was just one star among billions in the galaxy we call the Milky Way.
很快, 我们明白太阳只不过是银河系中数十亿颗恒星中的一颗。
it为形式主语,that引导的从句是真正的主语
Very quickly, people came to understand that the Sun was just one star among billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way.
4. Nothing in history has allowed us to see so much over such great distances, from enormous clouds of gas where stars are being born, to huge black holes, and even to new planets where we might conceivably find life.
它让我们史无前例地看到了如此遥远的景观 --- 从星体诞生的巨大气体云团, 到巨型黑洞, 甚至到可能会发现生命迹象的新行星。
定语从句
5. Not only that — it has also helped us to work out the age and nature of the universe, and discover the incredible fact that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing speed.
不仅如此,它还帮助我们计算出宇宙的年龄和性质,并发现宇宙正在以越来越快的速度膨胀这一令人难以置信的事实。
work out 计算, 估算; 理解, 弄懂; 锻炼身体, 做运动;
制定, 拟定, 定出; (情况等)发展, 进行
同位语从句
【运用】翻译下面句子。
1) Luckily, things have worked out well so far.
幸运的是,事情到目前为止进展顺利。
2) We must work out a plan as quickly as we can.
我们必须尽快制定出一个计划。
3) He keeps fit by working out for an hour every morning.
他通过每天早晨锻炼一小时来保持身体健康。
4) It took me five minutes to work out that question just now.
刚刚我花了五分钟时间解答那道题。
5) The map I got yesterday is wrong, so I can’t work out where we are now.
昨天我拿到的地图是错的,所以我没办法搞清楚我们现在在哪里。
6. To see even further into the universe, many countries are now engaged in building ever more advanced telescopes.
为了更深入地观察宇宙, 许多国家开始投入研发更先进的望远镜。
【归纳】
engage in (使) 从事; 参与
engage oneself in 使……参与; 使……忙于
be/become/get engaged in 从事; 忙于; 专注于
get engaged 订婚
be engaged to sb. 与某人订婚
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) Some of them were engaged _______ advanced studies.
= Some of them engaged __________ (they) in advanced studies.
2) The two governments have agreed to engage _______ a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the problem.
3) Jack was engaged ________ Anne and their wedding would be held soon.
in
themselves
in
to
7. The 500-metre dish of the “Eye of Heaven”, as it is known, is being used in the search for dark matter, thought to be composed of subatomic particles invisible to ordinary telescopes.
众所周知, 这个被称为“天眼”的500米口径巨盘用于探寻暗物质。暗物质被认为是由普通望远镜观测不到的亚原子粒子组成的。
【归纳】be composed of … 由……组成/构成
composer n. 作曲家
composition n. 作品;作文;成分
过去分词短语作定语
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named _________ (compose) of the year.
2) Mozart _______________________ (创作了他的最后一部歌剧) shortly before he died.
3) The audience who ___________________________________ (主要由年轻人组成) crowded the concert hall.
composed his last opera
was composed mostly of young people
composers
8. So much of the universe remains unexplored that we are still close to the start of this incredible journey of discovery.
宇宙中还有如此多的东西没有被探索过,所以我们对宇宙的发现之旅才仅仅是个开端。
so ... that / such ... that 引导结果状语从句
【常用结构】
so + 形容词 / 副词+ that从句
so + 形容词 + a / an + 可数名词单数 + that从句
so + many / much / few / little + 名词 + that从句
such + a(n) + 形容词 + 单数可数名词 + that从句
such + 形容词 + 不可数名词 + that从句
such...that, so...that
1) It’s ________ fine weather ________ we all want to have a picnic in the park.
2) The film is ________ interesting ________ I want to watch it again.
3) Linda is ________ a careless girl ________ she often makes some mistakes in her homework.
4) He played ________ well ________ everyone cheered for him at the end of the concert.
【运用】I. 选词语填空
so that
such that
so that
such that
II. 同义句转换
They are such difficult problems that nobody can work them out.
The problems ________ ________ _________ _________ nobody can work them out.
are so difficult that