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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