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1、 60. What was interesting was how quickly, by using relevant and local examples where possible, the pupils cottoned on to how the interplay of rights and responsibilities could affect their lives, and so became active and engaged participants in the classroom debates. 【分析】主语部分由what引导的名词性从句充当，was是谓语，

2、表语由how引导的从句充当，by using relevant and local examples where possible方式状语做插入语。去掉可以连接为What was interesting was how quickly the pupils cottoned on to how the interplay of rights and responsibilities could affect their lives, and so became active and engaged participants in the classroom debates。注意表语从句由and

3、 so连接了两个谓语cottoned on to和became active and engaged participants，并且cottoned on to后的宾语也由how引导的从句充当。【词汇】cottoned on to理解; engaged投入的【译文】 有意思的是，通过讲述可能发生在身边与自己息息相关的例子，学生们很快地理解了权利与责任间的相互作用是怎样影响他们的生活，然后更积极主动地参加课堂讨论。 59. It was refreshing, across the age groups of the children I met, to see how quickly they

4、 grasped the whole idea of human rights and how, with a little bit of prompting from their teachers and me, they saw how relevant they were to their daily lives.【分析】across the age groups of the children I met是插入语。去掉可以得到It was refreshing to see是主句，see后面的宾语是and连接的两个how引导的句子充当：how quickly they grasped

5、the whole idea of human rights and how。其中with a little bit of prompting from their teachers and me作插入语，也是句子的伴随状语。将插入语去除完整的句子是It was refreshing to see how quickly they grasped the whole idea of human rights and how they saw how relevant they were to their daily lives。第二个从句中，谓语say后仍然是由how引导的名词性从句how r

6、elevant they were to their daily lives充当宾语。【翻译难点】形式主语，通常是先翻译真正的主语，然后接上“., 这是.的”。Refreshing在此处理解为“让人高兴的”。【译文】看到我遇到的同年龄段孩子们那么迅速地领会人权的整体观念，并且在我和他们的老师只给了一点儿提示的情况下，认识到人权与他们的生活如何密切相关，这让人感到兴奋。 58. Adding a Bluetooth chip to a phone now costs very littlearound $2, down from $20 in 2001but allows the manufac

7、turer to increase the price of the handset by far more, and opens up a new market for high-margin accessories. 【分析】破折号之间是插入语，作上文costs very little的具体解释说明。以连词为切入点，得到Adding a Bluetooth chip to a phone是非谓语动词作主语，costsbut allows, and opens up是并列结构。【词汇】opens up a new market for开辟的市场；high-margin高利润；accessor

8、y配件，配饰【译文】在手机里添加一个蓝牙芯片的成本很低从2001年时的20美元下降到2美元左右但允许制造者提高远远高出这个的价格，并且打开一个高利润附件的市场。57. The trouble is, as soon as youve been given a clean bill of health youre back at your desk, facing the same situation that led to depression and compulsive behavior problems in the first place. 【分析】本句的最大难点是容易将逗号之间看成是

9、插入语。逗号前是is, 后面是facing，如果是插入语的话不可以将进行时态拆开。主干是一个主系表结构The trouble is，表语部分由从句充当。在表语从句中，包含as soon as引导的时间状语从句as soon as youve been given a clean bill of health，翻译为“一就”。youre back at your desk是主句。现在分词短语facing the same situation作youre back at your desk的伴随状语，关系代词that引导的定语从句that led to depression and compuls

10、ive behavior problems in the first place修饰先行词the same situation。【词汇】bill of health健康证明；compulsive behavior强迫性行为（compulsory course必修课）【译文】问题是，一旦你得到清楚的健康证明，你就得立刻回到你的办公桌，首先就要面对曾导致沮丧和强迫性行为问题同样的情形。56. In its 16 years of operation it has found the first convincing evidence for the existence of black holes

11、, made observations supporting the theory that the universes expansion is accelerating and confirmed that dark matter exists.【分析】句首In its 16 years of operation作时间状语，以and为切入点，得到主句it has found, madeand confirmed其中made后的宾语中，包含现在分词结构supporting the theory作后置定语，而其中that引导同位语从句that the universes expansion i

12、s accelerating解释说明theory的内容；而confirmed后的宾语由that引导的名词性从句that dark matter exists充当。【词汇】convincing evidence令人信服的证据; accelerate加速【译文】在它运行的16年中，首次发现了关于黑洞的令人信服的证据，很多观测都支持宇宙加速膨胀的理论并确认暗物质的存在。55. The trouble with that approach is that consumers tend to prefer devices that require simply plugging them in, wit

13、hout complicated setups of wireless channels, security, and other features common to home networks. 【分析】The trouble with that approach是主语，注意此处的that相当于the，不是引导从句。表语部分由that引导的名词性从句that consumers tend to prefer devices充当。device后是that引导的定语从句that require simply plugging them in,关系代词that在从句中作主语。逗号后的介词短语wi

14、thout complicated setups of wireless channels, security, and other features作从句中的状语，句末的形容词结构common to home networks后置作features的定语。【词汇】approach方法，方式；plug in插入；home network家庭网络【译文】这一方式的问题在于，消费者喜欢的装置通常是可以简单插入，不需要创立复杂的无线电频道、安全保护以及家庭网络所共有的其他特性。54. The teachers who took part in the program also told me of

15、their worries that they might be force-feeding their pupils information rather than stimulating the discussion necessary to ensure they grasped the importance to them of what they were being taught. 【分析】主语The teachers 后跟who引导的定语从句。also told me of their worries是谓语部分，their worries后跟that引导的名词性从句that th

16、ey might be force-feeding their pupils information rather than stimulating the discussion说明worries的具体内容。necessary to ensure是形容词结构修饰discussion。ensure后面的宾语是一个省略了引导词that的宾语从句they grasped the importance to them of，grasped的宾语the importance of what they were being taught。To them是插入语，“对他们”。【参考译文】参与节目的老师们还告诉我，他们担心自己可能是在向学生强行灌输知识与信息，而不是激励他们讨论，这些讨论非常必要，因为可以保证他们能掌握他们所学知识的要领。53. Women who live in areas of high air