Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior." W) y; z9 ?$ t( ~
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
! l U- T0 k) Z2 Z! V 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.; b( x# g# n+ ]0 h# }
Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long formative __8__period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence,+ e' u6 S6 f+ P6 @/ n
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.! r3 ?/ ^* u: @+ ~! }
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/ T( r: F, z0 O1 E: P1 b; _/ q) h 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。6 i! u) m7 J5 \# ~
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)。
; g m) `0 V- {, l H7 P. \: x7 D* z 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。2 f" | y& b: X R2 A
4 将look up at的up省略: Q8 [, f# h" O
5 将year变为复数. s7 c& ?# C: {
6 将if去掉- R8 Q) |; _0 z! R$ e
7 将co-operate 改为co-operated
$ V; N1 W$ e x$ \1 u0 ~4 q 8 将when改为after
8 C4 f( u4 R4 c |: Z, @! t 9将were改为was。该谓语动词的主语是Their improved intelligence,是单数。
( T3 K ^3 c# e% I6 [3 a9 l! ~# 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。 |