2017年-2023年高考英语阅读真题长难句解析(355-356)讲义-2024届高考英语一轮复习

1、 长难句翻译 1. Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusk of mammoths. 2. What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. 2、 长难句翻译解析 1. Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusk of mammoths. 【语法详析】 本句的主干为 Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols。which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusk of mammoths 为定语从句，修饰先行词 dots, lines and symbols。 【词汇精讲】 symbol /ˈsɪmbl/ n. 象征，符号【形】symbolic 象征性的 engrave /ɪnˈɡreɪv/ v. 雕刻 ivory /ˈaɪvəri/ n. 象牙 tusk /tʌsk/ n. 长牙 mammoth /ˈmæməθ/ n. 猛犸象 White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures. 在西方文化中，白色一向象征纯洁。 Your wedding ring can be engraved with a personal inscription at no extra cost. 可以免费在你的婚戒上刻上你的题字。 They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is. 他们身处象牙塔中，并不真正了解毒品犯罪的危害有多大。 【参考译文】 历史学家一直对刻在墙上、骨头上以及猛犸象的象牙上的斑点、线条和符号感到困惑。 2. What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. 【语法详析】 本句的主干为 What a relief it was。1. when the boulders suddenly disappeared 为时间状语；2. giving way to a stretch of plain…作伴随状语，因give与其逻辑主语boulders存在主动关系，故用doing；3. where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes 作plain的定语从句。 【词汇精讲】 relief /rɪˈliːf/ n. 宽慰，缓解，救济【动】relieve 缓解 boulder /ˈbəʊldə(r) / n. 巨石 give way to 给…让路 【同】make way for stretch /stretʃ/ v. 伸展，延伸 n. 一段，一片【组】stretch oneself out 躺下，stretch the rules 通融 plain /pleɪn/ adj. 平的，清楚的，平凡的 n. 平原 obstacle /ˈɒbstəkl/ n. 障碍【近】hindrance, barrier clump /klʌmp/ n. 丛，簇 v. 聚集 Much to my relief the car was not damaged. 令我非常庆幸的是车并没有损坏。 A massive boulder blocked the entrance of the cave. 一块巨大的圆石堵住了山洞的入口。 Fields and hills stretched out as far as we could see. 放眼望去，田野山丘绵延不绝。 It