摘要:There was a presentation looking at how it is that our brains, which were designed for operating in the savannah, can also be good
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#高级英语#
请先精读下面句子,翻译,再分析句型结构:
背景:人类大脑是不是有其局限性
There was a presentation looking at how it is that our brains, which were designed for operating in the savannah, can also be good at other things.
核心词汇:
presentation /ˌpreznˈteɪʃn/ n. 演示;提交;出示;颁发;(戏剧等的)上演,演出;授予;颁奖仪式;介绍会;展示会
savannah /səˈvænə/ n. (尤指非洲的)稀树草原
句型及句子成分分析:
这是一个简单句,包含there be句型+定语
1. 主句:there be句型(存现句)
There was a presentation
There:存在句引导词
was:系动词
a presentation:存在主语
2. 定语:
现在分词短语looking at……at other things.;
显然,There be句型在高级英语里,后置定语可能会相当复杂:
3. 宾语从句:(强调句)
how it is that...是look at的宾语从句;
it is …… that……,强调方式状语how:人类大脑是如何才能做到…
从句主语:our brains
从句谓语(系表):can also be good at other things
方式状语:how
4. 非限制性定语从句(主谓句型):
which …… savannah修饰从句主语our brains
参考译文:
有一个演讲探讨了这样一个问题:我们的大脑原本是为了适应热带草原环境而进化的,但它为何也能在其他方面表现出色。
来源:三生如来兮