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备战2021高考英语之长难句分析与写作(二十一)
一:长难句分析
长难句1:Sleep is the price we pay for learning.
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price:代价
长难句2:A team of researchers trained three Rhesus monkeys to associate 26 clearly different symbols consisting of numbers and selective letters with 0-25 drops of water or juice as a reward.
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selective:慎重选择的;精挑细选的
长难句3:After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination.
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note:注意
go for:选择
run a test: 做试验;进行试验(do, carry out, perform)
value:值;数值
perform a calculation:进行计算
长难句4:When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in value —sometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6.
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examine:调查;测验
closely:仔细地
长难句5:Modern technology is what we can’t live without.
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长难句6:Then they identified begging calls by analyzing the order and number of notes.
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note:单音,音调a singe sound of a particular length and pitch (how high or how low a sound is), made by the voice or a musical instrument
长难句7:This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key.
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apply pressure to sth: [认知词块] 用力按压某物
长难句8:The keyboard can determine people’s identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to — regardless of whether someone gets the password right.
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it’s connected to是省略了关系代词的定语从句,修饰先行词computer。
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determine: 确定;查明
by extension: 再则
give sb access to: 使某人使用……
长难句9:Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates.
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error rates: 错误率
二:新题型写作
阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
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