Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior.
6 t% V) g3 ]5 g8 z* x) N+ ] 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
8 }4 [2 U; r$ U0 W4 N% T8 I5 U 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.
0 {- T2 B _' e$ J/ \# ? Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long formative __8__period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence,
/ d! l* O1 y* `1 O 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.
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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。
g6 F( ?# Z6 f+ U) W7 s3 Z 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)。- n7 i2 F; m# a1 T6 t
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。1 M0 F1 Q2 m. H3 \
4 将look up at的up省略
% e d& s( K0 N5 m 5 将year变为复数$ T3 ] a6 f. t7 f
6 将if去掉) j1 D: G j% p' ~! {4 q1 W
7 将co-operate 改为co-operated/ l: O8 x) t/ C1 r/ Z
8 将when改为after
) f) ]+ u" v2 k' y$ { 9将were改为was。该谓语动词的主语是Their improved intelligence,是单数。* W. D7 s3 o+ W' ]
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。 |