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长难句分析
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1. In 2000,Paul Crutzen, a Dutch scientist, argued that it was time to bring down the curtain on the Holocene--the current geological time period which has lasted for the past 12,000 years or so and ring in a new one, the Anthropocene or Human Age, to show the impact of human beings have on Earth.
curtain n.窗帘;幕布 the Holocene:全新世(时代) geological a.地质学的
ring in 庆祝.......的开始 the Anthropocene 人类世
2000年,荷兰科学家保罗·克鲁岑(Paul Crutzen)认为,现在是时候结束全新世了——目前的地质时期,持续了过去12000年左右,开始一个新的时期,人类世或人类时代,以显示人类对地球的影响。
2. The idea quickly caught on. On July 11, 2016, the Anthropocene Working Group(AWG) suggested that a precise feature, which could mark the Anthropocene's beginning, should be identified. On July 11, 2023, it voted that the sediments(沉积物)in Crawford Lake in Canada could meet most of the requirements.
catch on 流行起来
这个想法很快就流行起来了。2016年7月11日,人类世工作组(AWG)建议,应该确定一个可以标志人类世开始的精确特征。2023年7月11日,它投票认为加拿大克劳福德湖的沉积物可以满足大部分要求。
3. The beginning of the Holocene was marked by a natural warming of the climate and the melting(融化) of the world's ice sheets. The idea behind the Anthropocene is that human activity since the 1950s has disturbed the planet just as the natural forces have done during the Holocene. For example, human beings have sharply increased the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in the past 70 years, to its highest level in around 3 million years.
ice sheets 冰盖
全新世开始的标志是气候的自然变暖和世界冰盖的融化。人类世背后的想法是,自20世纪50年代以来,人类活动扰乱了地球,就像自然力量在全新世期间所做的那样。例如,在过去的70年里,人类急剧增加了大气中的二氧化碳浓度,达到了大约300万年来的最高水平。
4. They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves, which were a key stop along the Silk Road throughout China’s ancient history. By sharing so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to promote even wider interest around the world in China’s ancient history, culture, and traditions.
digital adj.数字的;数码的 cultural relics 文物
他们正在记录和收集来自莫高窟文物的数字图像, 莫高窟是中国古代历史上丝绸之路的一个重要站点。这些科学家和研究者在网络上分享了大量(有关莫高窟的)电子照片, 希望在世界范围内促使人们对中国古代历史和文化习俗产生更广泛的兴趣。
5. In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms.(2015年高考英语浙江卷)
在一个倾向于用金钱来衡量一切的社会里,我们从小就学会用金钱来考虑我们所做决定的成本。
6. 【大湾区A篇小标题3最后一句】But her outsider view allows the author of Remains of the Day,now a Nobel Prize winner,to explore what makes people irreplaceable.
outsider n.局外人
但她的局外人视角让《Remains of the Day》的作者,现在的诺贝尔奖得主,去探索是什么让人不可替代。
7. 【大湾区D篇最后一句】However, it's important to note that brain training, like diet and exercise, is unlikely to have identical effects on every individual.
然而,重要的是要注意,大脑训练,就像饮食和运动一样,不可能对每个人都有相同的影响。
8. They discovered that the upper and lower front teeth of ancient human adults were aligned (对齐), making it hard to produce labiodentals(唇音), which are formed by touching the lower lip to the upper teeth. (2022一卷)
他们发现,古代成年人的上门牙和下门牙是对齐的,(这)使得他们很难发出唇音,(而)唇音是通过下唇接触上牙齿形成的。
9. To achieve this,the half of the brain that's still awake sends the sleeping manatee to the surface to get some air.
manatee n. 海牛
为了达到这个目的,仍然清醒的那一半大脑会把睡着的海牛送到水面上呼吸一些空气。
10. While the question is still open to debate,there is evidence suggesting that short-term working memory training can benefit high-functioning individuals, such as college students.
high-functioning :高功能的
虽然这个问题仍有争议,但有证据表明,短期工作记忆训练对高功能个体(如大学生)有益。
11. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater.
这些(研究成果)包括:在叶片上印制传感器来显示是否缺水的植物,以及能够检测出地下水中有害化学物质的植物。
12. The guide dog being denied boarding is just the tip of the iceberg, compared to the various difficulties faced by the country’s visually impaired population every day when they leave their home.
the tip of the iceberg:冰山一角
visually impaired population :视障人士
导盲犬被拒绝登机(只是冰山一角),与该国视障人士每天离开家时面临的各种困难相比,这只是冰山一角。
13. A person is thought to develop a habit in the course of pursuing goals by beginning to associate certain cues (刺激) with behavioural responses that help meet the goal.(2023年北京卷阅读表达)
人们认为,一个人在追求目标的过程中,通过开始将某些特定的刺激与有助于实现目标的行为反应联系起来,从而养成一种习惯。
14. The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals.(2023年新高考I卷阅读理解D篇)
这项研究的关键发现是,当人群被进一步分成更小的组,(并)允许进行讨论时,这些小组的平均结果比同样数量的独立个体的平均结果更准确。
15. In part one, I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism(数字极简主义), starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people’s digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.(2023年新高考I卷阅读理解C篇)
在第一部分中,我描述了数字极简主义的哲学基础,首先分析了使许多人的数字生活越来越难以忍受的力量(因素),然后再详细讨论了数字极简主义哲学。
16. The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it’s right for you.(2023年新高考I卷阅读理解C篇)
make the case for sth :说明某物的情况
本书的目的是说明数字极简主义,包括详细探索它有何要求,以及为什么有效,然后教你如何应用这种哲学,如果你确定适合自己。
17. The Caribbean Taino, the Australian Aboriginals, the African people of Benin and the Incas, all of whom appear in this book, can speak to us now of their past achievements most powerfully through the objects they made: a history told through things gives them back a voice.(2023年全国乙卷阅读理解D篇)
speak to sb of sth:谈论,提及...
加勒比海的泰诺人、澳大利亚的土著人、非洲的贝宁人以及印加人,所有这些人都出现在这本书中,他们现在都可以通过他们制造的物品最有力地向我们讲述他们过去的成就:通过物品讲述的历史让他们得到了重新发声的机会。
18. Even though Britain has a reputation for less-than-impressive cuisine, it is producing more top class chefs who appear frequently on our television screens and whose recipe books frequently top the best seller lists.(2023年全国乙卷阅读理解C篇)
cuisine: 菜肴
尽管英国的菜肴有个不怎么样的名声,但越来越多的顶级厨师来自英国,他们经常出现在我们的电视屏幕上,他们的食谱经常在畅销书排行榜上名列前茅。
19. It’s thanks to these TV chefs rather than any advertising campaign that Britons are turning away from meat-and-two-veg and ready-made meals and becoming more adventurous in their cooking habits.(2023年全国乙卷阅读理解C篇)
Britons 英国人 meat-and-two-veg :一荤两素的
正是由于这些电视大厨而不是任何广告活动,英国人正在远离一荤两素和预制菜,他们的烹饪习惯变得更加大胆。
20. Rather than setting plans in stone, I’ve learned that sometimes I need to take the opportunities that are offered, even if they don’t sound perfect at the time, and make the most of them.(2023年北京卷阅读理解B篇)
set...in stone:板上钉钉
我明白了有时需要去抓住出现的机会,并充分利用它们,而不是一成不变地按计划做,即使这些机会当时听起来并不完美。