新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第38課 最早的日歷 (1)

　　The first calendar 最早的日歷

　　Future historians will be in a unique positionwhen they come to record the history of ourown times. They will hardly know which facts toselect from the great mass of evidence thatsteadily accumulates. What is more, they will nothave to rely solely on the written word.

　　1.Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history ofour own times.

　　未來的歷史學家在寫我們這一段歷史的時候會別具一格。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:when引導時間狀語從句，從句中的of our own times充當history的后置定語。

　　語言點2:come to do的意思是“要做”。

　　2.They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence thatsteadily accumulates.

　　對于逐漸積累起來的龐大材料，他們幾乎不知道選取哪些好。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:which引導賓語從句，交代know的內容。That引導定語從句，修飾evidence。

　　語言點2:hardly know可直譯“幾乎不知道”。

　　3.What is more, they will not have to rely solely on the written word.

　　而且，也不必完全依賴文字材料。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:what is more為承上啟下的過渡語。

　　語言點2:rely on的意思是“依靠，依賴”，相當于depend on。