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Test 4 Reading Passage 2:The Nature and Aims of Archaeology

1.第2段第4行:

However far from reality such portrayals are,they capture the essential truth that archaeology is an exciting quest—the quest for knowledge about ourselves and our past.

译文:尽管这些描述与事实差距甚远,它们却抓住了事实的本质,即考古学就是对我们自己和我们过去的激动人心的探索。

单词与词组

portrayal n.描绘

archaeology n.考古学

语法

A.however far from reality...是让步状语从句。

B.that引导同位语从句,对truth的内容进行解释说明。

2.第4段第1行:

Anthropology,at its broadest,is the study of humanity—our physical characteristics as animals and our unique non-biological characteristics that we call culture.

译文:人类学在最广义的范围上讲是研究人类的科学,包括作为动物的身体特性和人所特有的我们称为文化的非生物特性。

单词与词组

anthropology n.人类学

语法

A.插入语at its broadest作状语。

B.that we call culture为定语从句,修饰characteristics。

3.第7段第1行:

Nevertheless,one of the most important tasks for the archaeologist today is to know how to interpret material culture in human terms.

译文:然而,当今考古学家最重要的任务之一就是了解如何解释人类的物质文化。

单词与词组

interpret v.解释

语法

A.不定式短语to know...在本句中作表语。

B.how to...为疑问词+不定式的结构,作know的宾语。

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