四级阅读基本功长难句过关(第三十一期)英语四级考试
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Clearly,protecting will come only through coordinated international efforts to control human population, stabilize the composition of the atmosphere, and preserve intact Earth s complex web of life.
When first given to individuals,animals, and places they were chosen carefully with a hope of endowing whatever was named with some sort of magic.
If you think as much of others as of yourself, you will not make any of these mistakes.
要点:to control....,stabilize...,and preserve...为三个并列的动词不定式,修饰efforts."stabilize"和 preserve"两词前省略"to"
译文:很清楚,保护只有通过国际间的合作努力才能实现,通过这些努力来控制人口,稳定大气结构,使地球上复杂的生物网完好无损.
要点:when引导的时间状语从句中,主语是"they",即句子中的"names",谓语动词是"were given",为了避免重复,与主句中相同的部分省略了.whatever引导的从句作动名词endowing的宾语.
译文:当首次给人,动物和地方取名时,总要非常谨慎地进行选择,希望不管取的名字叫什么,都能为其赋予某种魔力.
要点:句中as much ....as连接的平行结构有两个: think of others和(think) of yourself.在连词as后面省略了与前半句相同的部分think.全句应为: If you think of others as much as you think of yourself....
译文:如果你像关心自己那样去关心别人,你就不会犯这些错误中的任何一种