20171031 长难句每日一句

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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

对明天最好的准备就是今天做到最好！

【昨日回顾】

This insight，so profound in its simplicity，opened up an entirely new way of perceiving and understanding human life. Implicit within Tylor’s definition is the concept that culture is learned，shared，and patterned behavior.

译文1： 这种洞察力以其简洁的形式和深刻的内涵，开创一条崭新的方式来认知和理解人类生活。文化是后天学到的、与他人分享的和形成固定模式的行为。泰勒关于文化的定义中暗示了这一概念。

译文2. 这一概念虽然简洁，但却含义深刻，它为认识和理解人类生活开创了一条崭新的道路。泰勒关于文化的定义暗示出这样一个概念，即文化是后天习得的、与他人共享的和形成固定模式的行为。

【今日长难句】

Thus, the anthropological concept of "culture," like the concept of "set" in mathematics, is an abstract concept which makes possible immense amounts of concrete research and understanding.

【句子分析】

1. 第一、句子可以拆分为四段：Thus, the anthropological concept of "culture," like the concept of "set" in mathematics, / is an abstract concept / which makes possible / immense amounts of concrete research and understanding.

2. 句子的结构是：1)主干为主系表，具体为：主语+插入语(like the concept of) +系表结构(is an abstract concept) + which引导的定语从句

2) immense amounts of concrete research and understanding是动词makes的宾语，possible是状语前置。

【词的处理】

the anthropological concept of "culture," 人类学中“文化”的概念

the concept of "set" in mathematics 数学中“集”的概念

an abstract concept 抽象概念

immense amounts of concrete research 大量的具体研究

make sth impossible 使得。。。成为可能（注：本句中make的宾语sth较长，固后置为: make impossible sth ...）

【完整的译文】

Thus, the anthropological concept of "culture," like the concept of "set" in mathematics, is an abstract concept which makes possible immense amounts of concrete research and understanding.

因此，人类学中“文化”的概念就像数学中“集”的概念一样，是一个抽象概念。它使大量的具体研究和认识成为可能。

【明日预告】

The relation of language and mind has interested philosophers for many centuries. The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse language could be.

昨日的写作表达

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英文中有很多谚语

表达“努力和回报”之间的联系

比如下面的这两个

Sow nothing, reap nothing.

春不播，秋不收。

No pains, no gains.