新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第38課 最早的日歷 (3)

　　He has to deduce what hecan from the few scanty clues available. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shedinteresting light on the history of early man.

　　Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent ofagriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something aboutthe seasons.

　　7.He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.

　　他們必須根據(jù)現(xiàn)有的不充分的線索進(jìn)行推理。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:what引導(dǎo)賓語從句，說明deduce的內(nèi)容。

　　8.Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of earlyman.

　　即使看起來微不足道的遺物，也可能揭示人類早期歷史的一些有趣的內(nèi)容。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:shed的本意是“使…流出”，在本句中引申為“揭示”，相當(dāng)于reveal。

　　語言點2:shed light on的意思是“揭示…方面的事情，把…弄清楚”。

　　9.Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the adventof agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something aboutthe seasons.

　　歷史學(xué)家迄今認(rèn)為日歷是隨農(nóng)業(yè)的問世而出現(xiàn)的，因為當(dāng)時人們面臨著了解四季的實際需要。

　　語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:up to now放在句首，后面謂語的時態(tài)一定是現(xiàn)在完成時，這是約定俗成的語法要求。That引導(dǎo)賓語從句，交代assumed的內(nèi)容。For引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，說明歷史學(xué)家為什么會這么認(rèn)為。

　　語言點2:come into being是固定搭配，意為“產(chǎn)生，出現(xiàn)”。