今日事，今日毕：20171020 长难句

20171020 长难句每日一句

今日事，今日毕

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四六级考研复习中的困惑

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【昨日回顾】

For example，these tests do not compensate for gross social inequality，and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.

例如，这些测试并不能弥补/减少明显的社会不公；因此，它们不能说明一个物质条件差/贫穷的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。

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【今日长难句】

Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at their place in it. Humans are thoughtful and creative，possessed of insatiable curiosity.

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【基础词汇】

human beings 人类

wonder at 对…感到吃惊

thoughtful adj. 深思的；体贴的；关切的

creative adj. 创造性的

be possessed of 具有；拥有；占有

insatiable adj. 贪得无厌的；不知足的

curiosity n. 好奇，好奇心；珍品，

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【句子分析】

1. 首句主干：首句= 主谓宾= human beings +think about + their world / and +wonder at +their world.

2. 二句主干为主系表= humans +are + thoughtful and creative, possessed of insatiable curiosity.

3. 修饰成分：in all times and places 每时每刻；in it = in the world

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【参考译文】

Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at their place in it. Humans are thoughtful and creative，possessed of insatiable curiosity.

人类无时无地不在探究他们所居住的这个世界，并且惊叹于他们所处的地方。人类有思想、有创造性，而且具有难以满足的求知欲。

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【明日预告】

Furthermore，humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live，thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.