考研英语 长难句训练day74

例1：
In the years since Earth Day, 【something weird and wonderful has happened】: 【we ingenious humans figured out how to tread more lightly on our planet】, 【even as we become more numerous and prosperous over time. 】

1. weird and wonderful 奇妙
2. weird a.奇怪的，不寻常的
3. ingenious a.机智聪明
4. figured out 弄明白
5. tread v.踩踏；步行；行走n.步法；步态
6. numerous a.众多的；许多的
7. even as 即使
8. prosperous a.繁荣的；成功的；兴旺的
9. over time 随着时间的推移

In the years since Earth Day
自地球日以来的数年里
1.找主句的谓语动词：has happened
主句：
something weird and wonderful has happened
发生过奇妙的事情
2.
we ingenious humans figured out how to tread more lightly on our planet
机智的人类弄明白了如何在我们的行星上放轻脚步
3.
even as we become more numerous and become more prosperous over time.
随着时间的推移，即使我们人数变得更多，我们也能变得更加繁荣。

翻译：
自地球日以来的数年里，发生过奇妙的事情，机智的人类弄明白了如何在我们的行星上放慢脚步，随着时间的推移，即使我们人数边的更多，我们也能变得更加繁荣。





例2：
【This happy phenomenon is most advanced in the richest countries】, 【but it’s spreading around the world. 】

1. advanced a.成熟的
2. spread v.传播

1.找主句的谓语动词：is
主句：
This happy phenomenon is most advanced in the richest countries
在富饶的国家，这种令人欣喜的现象是最成熟的
2.
but it’s spreading around the world.
同时传播到了世界各地





例3：
【Almost nobody anticipated that it would happen】, 【（and even today very few people are aware） that the apparently unchallenged trade-off between human prosperity and the state of nature has been eased.】

1. trade-off 权衡
2. human prosperity 人类繁荣
3. the state of nature 大自然的状态
4. ease v.缓解，减轻 n.轻松，舒适
5. anticipated v.预期；期望；预料
6. apparently adv.显然，看似

1.找主句的谓语动词：anticipated
主句：
Almost nobody anticipated that it would happen
几乎没有人预料到它可能发生
2.
（and even today very few people are aware） that （the apparently unchallenged trade-off between human prosperity） and the state of nature has been eased.
即使今天，很少有人意识到，在人类繁荣和大自然的状态之间看似不可挑战的权衡已经被缓解。

翻译：
几乎没有人预料到它可能发生，即使今天，很少有人意识到，在人类繁荣和大自然的状态之间看似不可挑战的权衡已经被缓解。