对黑洞的力量又某种概念。
句子分析：该句的主要结构为imagine….and you ……事实上相当于if you imagine…, you will have some idea….. 这种句子结构在历年的考试中曾出现过。请记住：祈使句+ and + 陈述句= if引导的条件状语从句。如：Hurry up and you can catch the last train! 另外，该句还有两个定语成分reduced to the size of a marble和having the same mass and a stronger gravitational pull用来修饰the earth.前者为过去分词，而后者为现在分词。词组：
have some idea of sth对…有所了解
6. It is only recently that astronomers have begun specific research into black holes. (p3line13--14)
译：只是近来科学家才开始对黑洞进行具体的研究。
句子分析：本句的核心结构为it is…that的强调句型，强调时间状语only recently。词组：research into sth对…进行研究。
7. The most convincing evidence of black holes comes from research into binary star systems. (p4)
译：有关黑洞最有说服力的证据来自对双星体系的研究。
句子分析：该句主语evidence，谓语comes from；宾语research into binary star systems。
The most convincing是定语，修饰evidence.其中请注意convincing:令人信服的，通常修饰物的形容词多以-ing结尾；而修饰人的多以-ed结尾。如： I feel excited after hearing the surprising news.
8. Matter from the one which we can see is being pulled towards the companion star. (p4)
译：我们所看到的星球的物质正在被吸引到伴星去。
句子分析：主语matter; 谓语is being pulled，这是一个进行被动语态；towards the
companion star介词宾语；from the one which we can see定语。
9. On the other hand, scientists have suggested that very advanced technology could one day make use of the energy of black holes for mankind. (p5line4--6) 译：另一方面，科学家也提出有一天高科技会利用黑洞的力量为人类服务。
句子分析：请注意在本句中suggest不是建议的含义，是指出、指明的意思。advanced高级的、先进的；make use of sth利用…，该词组可以拓展成：make good use of 好好加以利用；make full use of充分加以利用。
10. They show us a world which operates in a totally different way from our own and they question our most basic experience of apace and time.(p5)
译：他们展示给我们一个不同于我们自己的世界运行方式的世界，并对我们最基本的时空经验提出了质疑。
句子分析：这个句子复杂在于：从which引导的很长的定语从句，特别注意;operate：v 操作；in a way以某种方式；be different from同…不同；question: v 质疑，询问Learn
new words and phrases
1. resolve: v 旋转，常见搭配关系为：resolve around sb/sth围绕…转。 She spends all of her time resolving around her family. The earth resolves around the sun. 2. solar: a 太阳的，日光的
solar energy太阳能；solar system太阳系；solar month阳历月 3. concerned: a 有关的、担心的
Her job is something concerned with computer. He is concerned about the result of the exam. 4. colored: a 有色的，对比；colorful: a 丰富多彩的 I like orange-colored coat. Everybody likes colorful life.
5. religion: n 宗教，religious: a 虔诚的； 请对比：region: n 地区；regional: a 地区的 6. circumstance: n 情况、境遇；
Under no circumstances can we waste time.
7. a great many = a number of = many很多，修饰复数名词。而a great deal of + u.n
A great many students are absent today. I have wasted a great deal of time. 8. above all: 首先、首要
After the war, he longed above all to see his wife and family. 9. as a rule: 通常、一般而言 As a rule, I only watch sports news.
Analyze the important sentences among the text:
1. First of all, let us consider the earth as a planet revolving around the sun. (p1)
译：首先，让我们把地球看作是围绕太阳运行的一颗行星。
句子分析：first of all首先，词组：consider sth as sth把…当作…，与之类似的词组还有：
look up sth as sth; review sth as sth; treat sth as sth…; revolving around the sun是现在分词短语作定语修饰a planet。
2. These nine planets, together with the sun, make up what is called our solar system. (p1)
译：这九大行星和太阳一起构成我们所说的太阳系。
句子分析：该句主语为：These nine planets；谓语是make up；what is called our solar system是宾语；together with the sun是状语，而并非句子主语。关
于该语法内容请见本讲后面的grammar---主谓一致。
3. How this wonderful system started and what kept it working with such wonderful accuracy is largely a mystery …… (p1)
译：这个奇妙的星系是怎样起源的？什么使它保持极其精确的运转，很大程度上现在还是一个谜。
句子分析：这也是一个主语很复杂的句子：How this wonderful system started and what kept it working with such wonderful accuracy是主语，它是一个主语从句。关于该语法内容请见本讲后面的grammar---主谓一致。
4. The total water area is about three times as large as the land area. (p4) 译：水域的总面积大约是陆地面积的三倍大。
句子分析：该句的核心句型是A + be + 倍数+ as + adj + as + B. e.g. The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific Ocean.
5. These currents are important because they affected the climate of the land areas close to where they flow and also because they carry large quantities of microscope animal and vegetable life which forms a large part of the food for fishes. (p5)
译：这些海洋之所以重要是因为他们影响着所流经区域的附近陆地的气候，也是因为它们携带大量的微生物，植物，而这些构成鱼类食品的一大部分。 句子分析：这是一个由because引导的主从复合句，其中close to where they flow是定语，修饰the land areas；词组：large quantities of + c.n/u.n; which forms a large part of the food for fishes是定语从句修饰animal and vegetable life。其中life是指生命，不可数名词。
6. The circumstances under which different people live make a difference between the way in which they live and the way in which we live, and it ought to be our business to try to understand those different circumstances so that
we can better understand people of other lands. (p8)
译：不同民族的生活环境造就了他们和我们极为不同的生活方式，我们应该做的是去了解他们不同的生活环境以便可以更好理解其他地区的人们。 句子分析：该句中的under which和in which又是介词+which的定语从句用法，修饰The circumstances和the way；so that引导的时目的状语从句。其中：make a diference;使…不同，产生差异；business 是指责任；
7. Above all, we should avoid deciding what we think about people different from ourselves without first having learned a great deal about them and the kind of lives they have to live.
译：其中很重要的实在没有对于与我们不同的人们和他们必须过的那种生活有大量的了解之前，我们应该避免对他们有先入为主的看法。
句子分析：Above all是状语，意思是最重要的，首先；we主语；should avoid谓语；deciding what we think about people different from ourselves宾语；without first…状语。different from ourselves是定语，修饰people; having learned动名词的完成时态，表示这个动作早于deciding发生。重要词组：above all; avoid doing; a great deal
8. It is true to say that the more we learn about other people, the better we understand their ideas and as a rule, the better we like those people themselves.
译：确实我们了解其他人越多，我们就越能理解他们的观点，通常我们就更喜欢那些人。
句子分析：该句的主要结构为：the more…the more…the better意思：越…就越…；如：
The longer you keep this wine, the better it tastes. The busier I am, the happier I am.
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