例225 Our knowledge of social systems, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be overturned by new discoveries that have altered the process of producing what people are urgently demanding.
【結構分析】這句話的主干是Our knowledge of social systems is not likely to be overturned by new discoveries,其中主語和動詞中間加入插入語while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate,句子的賓語是new discoveries后面加上定語從句that have altered the process of producing...,定語從句里面套有賓語從句what people are urgently demanding。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于插入語的恰當使用,而且是個很好的被動語態(tài),而且里面有定語從句加上賓語從句。
【核心詞匯】
our knowledge of 我們對……的了解
extremely inaccurate 極度不準確
overturn 推翻
new discoveries 新的發(fā)明
alter 改變
the process of producing 生產過程
【參考譯文】我們的社會體系雖然很多方面是極度錯誤的,但是我們這種社會體系的認識不能這些新技術推翻,這些新技術改變人們所急需產品的生產過程。