Melina Kunar of the University of Warwick, and Todd Horowitz of Harvard Medical School ran a seriets of experimenis in which two groups of volunteers had to pay attention and retipond to a series of moving tasks on a computer screen that were reckoned equivalent in difficulty to driving.
華威大學(xué)的梅利娜·庫娜和哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院的托德·霍羅威茨做了一系列試驗,他們讓兩組志愿者注意電腦屏幕上的一系列移動任務(wù)并作出反應(yīng),這些任務(wù)被認為與開車的難度相當。
六級詞匯講解:
本句的主干是Melina Kunar…and Todd Horowitz…ran…experiments…。其中,in which two groups ofvolunteers…to driving屬于“介詞+關(guān)系代詞”引導(dǎo)的定語從句,修飾先行詞experiments,該從句中又包含一個that引導(dǎo)的定語從句,修飾先行詞moving tasks.
reckon意為“認為”,此外它還含有“考慮;估計”之意。如:
I have to reckon the cost before I book the tickets.
我得先算一下費用,然后再訂票。
equivalent意為“相等的;相當?shù)摹。如?/P>
This qualification is equivalent to a degree.
這個資格證書相當于學(xué)位證。
六級考點歸納:
由“介詞+關(guān)系代詞”引出的定語從句須注意以下幾個問題:米關(guān)系代詞which和whom在定語從句中作介詞的賓語時,介詞可放在關(guān)系代詞之前,也可放在該定語從句中的動詞之后(此時,which可用that代替,whom可用who或that代替。在口語和非正式文體中,關(guān)系代詞可以省略)。如:
I'm looking for afriend with whom I can chat on msn.
我在尋找一個能和我用msn聊天的朋友。
此句可以改為:I'm looking for afriend (who/whom/that) I can chat on msn with.
關(guān)系代詞that在定語從句中作介詞的賓語時,介詞只能放在從句中de相關(guān)動詞之后,不可放在that前面,但that可省略。如:
The position (that) she applied for is very attractive.
她申請的那個職位很有吸引力。(√)
The position for that she applied is very attractive.(x)在由“代詞+ of+關(guān)系代詞”結(jié)構(gòu)引導(dǎo)的定語從句中,先行詞指“人”時用whom,指“物”時用whicho如:
There are 50 students in my class, most ofwhom are girls.
我們班上有50個學(xué)生,其中大多數(shù)是女孩。
He has a large coUection ofbooks, many ofwhich are written in English.
他藏書很多,大部分是英文書。