英语每日一句

英语每日一句

今天的句子

Assuming you are reading this on a smartphone, you also owe a debt to Steve Jobs, who in 2006 asked Corning to make a very thin, strong screen for his new product, the iPhone. The result, Gorilla Glass, now dominates the market for mobile devices: Phones made with the fifth generation of this product can be dropped onto a rough surface from a height of five feet(selfie height) and survive 80 percent of the time.

词汇积累：

1. selfie 自拍
2. owe 归因于；归功于；起源于；
3. assuming 假设…假如

第一句
Assuming you are reading this on a smartphone, you also owe a debt to Steve Jobs, who in 2006 asked Corning to make a very thin, strong screen for his new product, the iPhone.

主干识别:
you also owe a debt to Steve Jobs
你同样需要感谢斯蒂芬乔布斯

切分成分：
1.Assuming you are reading this on a smartphone，（状语）
假设你正在一部智能手机上阅读下面的内；
2.who in 2006 asked Corning to make a very thin, strong screen for his new product, the iPhone.（who=Steve Jobs）
2006年，乔布斯要求康宁公司为他的新产品iPhone制造一款轻薄但坚固的屏幕。

第二句
The result, Gorilla Glass, now dominates the market for mobile devices: Phones made with the fifth generation of this product can be dropped onto a rough surface from a height of five feet(selfie height) and survive 80 percent of the time.
（为了行文的流畅，报纸的句子很多时候不是那么一板一眼，会省略一些并列部分，以及系动词等没有实际含义的语法词汇;）

主干识别：
Phones can be dropped onto a rough surface and survive 80 percent of the time.
Survive这个语境下表示：屏幕不碎

切分：
1.made with the fifth generation of this product后置定语
2.from a height of five feet(selifie height)状语

参考译文：这件事的结果是，大猩猩玻璃现在主导着移动设备市场。用第五代大猩猩玻璃做成屏幕的电话从五英尺的高度，也就是通常自拍的高度，跌落到地面时，屏幕不碎的几率高达80%