Beware people preaching that we live in special times. People __1__ G( P2 n0 H- X3 P4 w; |0 G
have preached that message before, and those listened sold their __2__* i8 ]. l V$ J& }! r
furniture and climbed up on rooftops to await for ascension, or __3__, K r! M7 H ?
built boats to float out the coming flood, or laced up their Nikes2 b7 _. s6 a" y6 ^6 ?! z- }! Z7 L
and poisoned themselves in some California Subdivision. These# S1 G8 O$ i0 s; z
prophets are the one with visions of the seven-headed beast, with a __4__
* k! w1 z6 V& A7 s5 Z( ~4 j5 t taste to the hairy shirt and the scourge, with twirling eyes. No, it’s __5__
; N' O* r" c, N, i) [% w4 } no use listening to them.
7 W D2 G9 y' R2 U* n2 T* {8 e" F5 W And yet, for all that, we may live in a special time. We may live in9 [! u. n" @8 v$ q2 [) _% E
the strangest, most thoroughly different moment since human being __6__( H' c5 H% V5 D
took up farming 10,000 years ago. Since then time has flowed at one __7__* v) h6 ^: v. s9 c" x
direction—toward more, which we have taken to be progress. At first
3 v1 f2 ]! q# a! p7 Z- W Tte momentum was gradual, almost imperceptible, checking by wars __8__
5 o, a' K3 `2 S2 O8 c' {. g and the Dark Ages and plagues and taboos; but in recent centuries it) ?4 u6 |4 C q1 ?" x
has accelerated, the curve of every graph steepens like the Himalayas __9__$ ]+ n6 [+ K, T$ G/ T& K
rising from the Asian steppe. We have climbed quite highly. __10__+ L% Z3 D4 B+ l& X( b
答案:
- o0 x2 ~3 i X8 Q 1.beware后加of
+ _) U- x* w: z; E* n beware of sb/sth为固定搭配,意思是“提防否认或者某物”。7 v; U4 h5 h/ `9 t+ K i
2.those后加who/that
; I4 H& h, Z8 g& X8 j3 n 这是一个定语从句,修饰those,意思是“那些听他们话的人”,who/that在定语从句中做主语,不能省略。
7 v8 Q- r0 P0 g1 |7 I8 B* o! ^ 3.去掉for 或者把await改为wait
$ C/ K5 @1 ]$ c" o, X% E “await”相当于“wait for”,都是等待的意思。
4 \) o' S- v9 ~' A: U8 @8 _/ I 4.将one改为ones
" u, V/ Y# U0 ^2 U! O N7 M 主语these prophets是复数。
" N8 }+ \3 j- P1 _( g- J 5.将to改为for
3 z9 u# J. X4 n( J" a Taste意思是“对……的品位”时,后面一般接介词for。
; T" [! Z, }& s/ P) q* U% ` 6.将being改为beings
+ [4 J& a- C4 l# V1 H2 q 7.将at改为in
0 G _; t: J7 l7 i derection前面通常与in 搭配。
# E3 K! T; K; r* Q1 z! W 8.将checking改为checked
& ^0 D- K6 I3 C: h, ]- {" x 现在分词表示主动,过去分词表示被动。这里是“被”战争等因素制约。
' x( e4 W5 Z; r, j+ A9 T* N 9.将steepens改为steepening
$ d8 O5 k4 X7 O$ T2 j4 { 这是一个独立主格,逻辑主语动作为主动。& w0 i+ G2 _$ J# Q3 Z
10.将highly改为high- v: N9 E8 u- @1 B' p t3 ]
highly为副词,相当于very,fairly,这里用形容词high。high既可以做形容词也可以做副词。 |