备战2021届高考英语之长难句分析与写作（二十四）

备战2021高考英语之长难句分析与写作（二十四） 一：长难句分析 长难句1：A study found that mental stimulation limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. 译文： 点拨： 注意effect与介词的搭配。 长难句2：If the air you’re breathing is clean — which it would be if you’re away from the smog of cities — then the air is filled with life-giving, energizing oxygen. 译文： 分析： 点拨： smog:雾霾 life-giving:提神的；赋予生命的 energizing: 充满活力的 长难句3：Hospital patients who see tree branches out their window are likely to recover at a faster rate than patients who see buildings or sky instead. 译文： 分析： 点拨： at a faster rate:以更快的速度 长难句4：Measles, which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine. 译文： 解析： 点拨： wipe sth out：消灭某物 by the universal use of ...：通过广泛使用…… 长难句5：Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten. 译文： 分析： 点拨： enter：入(学) 二：新题型写作 "Missy," I cried to my wife, "did you put the banana skin on my desk?" "No, honey, Meghan probably did," As I'd feared, she had missed my real purpose of the question which was to make it clear to her that she hadn't done her job: defend my desk against the invader--our naughty girl. I abandoned the conversation. I sat here at the desk, and stared at the screen. I waited patiently for ideas to come to me, exam questions for a test I would give my English students. My wife was off to a reunion somewhere, but I was not alone. Meghan, our 22-month-old daughter, kept me company. Yet her plans that day seemed to go against mine. She followed a daily routine that was both time-consuming and challenging. It included certain basic tasks: watching the fish, sweeping the carpet in her room, climbing up and down her bed. At first I could concentrate on designing my test paper. But I was soon sidetracked（分心的）． I had not counted on