内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however, the participants in the 70 decibels group – those exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop – significantly outperformed the other groups.
2. But since the results at 70 decibels were significant, the study also suggests that the right level of background noise – not too loud and not total silence – may actually improve one’s creative thinking ability.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however, the participants in the 70 decibels group – those exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop – significantly outperformed the other groups.
内容分析
首先,面对这个大长句子,能不能迅速找到重点所在?
The differences between most of the groups were statistically insignificant; however, the participants in the 70 decibels group – those exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop – significantly outperformed the other groups.
在你的眼中,能不能看到上面红字标出来的重点,同时忽略掉其它的内容?如果能做到,说明过去将近70天的长难句训练是有效的。
however前面的一句话忽略,是因为however是重点信息的标志,前面的就成了次要信息,而如果在这里设问,正确选项极大概率是对应however之后的信息。
两个破折号的插入语也可以忽略,是因为这部分内容就是对前面名词的解释,如果看不懂前面的内容,可以用破折号的部分作为参考,如果看得懂,那就无所谓了。
我们先来看这句话的重点信息。
……; however, the participants in the 70 decibels group …… significantly outperformed the other groups.
但是,70分贝组得参与者表现显著超过其它组
你会发现这就是一个非常没有难度的简单句,需要重点关注的就是三个核心词汇:participants、significantly、outperformed。
“participants 参与者”,来自动词“participate 参加”,名词形式“participation”,各位应该是非常熟悉的。在写作里,这个词属于必须灵活掌握使用方法的词汇。“participate in the activity 参加活动”、“active participation 积极参与”,都是写作里会用到的写法。此外,使用participant可以灵活替换各类活动的参与者,比如“player 选手”、“volunteer 志愿者”、“competitor 竞争对手”、“audience 观众”等等,非常好用。
“significantly 显著的”,来自形容词“significant 有意义的”,名词形式“significance”。各位在写作时总会用它来替换“meaningful 有意义的”,但是这个词建议各位关注它表示程度“非常、很”的用法,比如“significant difference 显著不同”,就是特别不一样、有很大差别的意思。我们在句子里看到的significantly,同样是这个用法。
三个词里最需要各位熟悉的就是outperformed这个词里“out-”前缀的含义。除了“向外”的意