復(fù)雜的賓語(yǔ)從句以及表語(yǔ)從句的拆分和理解 例58

例58　The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話是個(gè)典型的表語(yǔ)從句，句子的主干是The notion is that...，后面表語(yǔ)從句，表語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)是people，動(dòng)詞是have failed to detect，賓語(yǔ)是the massive changes，后面是定語(yǔ)從句which have happened in the ocean，后面是狀語(yǔ)從句because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于各種從句的連環(huán)相套，表語(yǔ)從句套定語(yǔ)從句，定語(yǔ)從句后面又套上狀語(yǔ)從句。

【核心詞匯】

the notion　意思就是說(shuō)

massive changes　巨大變化

looking back　往回看

only a relatively short time　過(guò)去一小段時(shí)間

【參考譯文】意思就是說(shuō)人們沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)海里發(fā)生的巨大變化，因?yàn)樗麄兿鄬?duì)來(lái)說(shuō)只看了過(guò)去一小段時(shí)間。