Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior.
3 {1 _* m/ a# r* G. A Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised __1__hunting pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football
! F; h9 d+ m- D; O8 g5 @, `% T and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he scores a goal, __2__enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey. __3__To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a million __4__year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival depended on success __5__in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even if their __6__bodies, became radically changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group __7__attackers.
% O9 o7 w) w1 O, @ B; _ Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long formative __8__period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence,
0 {3 ^& Y- ~4 T J9 ?( T! d so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new use—that of penning, __9__controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on the farms,awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of farming were no longer __10__essential for survival.$ K) Z4 t* m ]* [! b
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3 b! f: Q! D: s( r5 G( l* r 1 将viewing改为viewed。非谓语动词view和句子的主语是逻辑动宾关系。9 c" Y0 S5 a7 X9 f
2 将inaccurate改为accurate。如果真的目标不准确,也就不可能进球了(he scores a goal)。
$ N! P: o$ n; x, M) [( R8 i/ G: Q' d 3 在enjoys前面加he。由于前面if his aim is accurate and he scores a goal 是条件状语从句,因此可见这里是主句,主句的主语he是不可以省略的。, a& Z" o& \' J4 u' D7 B* X* u
4 将look up at的up省略
2 h6 g6 D0 w' `; s+ B/ c 5 将year变为复数
1 i' x. g' f* r/ M# F! D# o 6 将if去掉
8 L$ H9 A$ Y7 V! q1 Y2 C. J 7 将co-operate 改为co-operated
: M+ k3 @1 S4 u& `3 C+ Q 8 将when改为after# m0 z7 S' _! g9 t8 z7 C
9将were改为was。该谓语动词的主语是Their improved intelligence,是单数。
5 M$ D: q: Z1 ~" i 10 将farming改为hunting。纵观全文,在从事种植业后,“狩猎”而不是“农耕”的危险和不确定性对人们的生存已经不再那么重要了。 |