考研英语每日经典长难句分析 2018.10.16

· 长难句 ·

That was just about the moment that the universe was born. What the researchers found was at once both amazing and expected: the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—had discovered landmark evidence that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy).

· 词的处理 ·

Aeronautics / ˌeərəˈnɔ:tiks / n. 航空学

Administration / ədˌminiˈstreiʃn / n. 管理;管理局

landmark / ˈlændmɑ:k / n. 地标;里程碑

primeval / praiˈmi:vl / adj. 远古的，原始的

originate / əˈridʒineit / vi. 起源于

· 句子翻译分析 ·

That was just about the moment that the universe was born. What the researchers found was at once both amazing and expected: the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—had discovered landmark evidence that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy).

译：那大约就是宇宙形成的时候。研究人员的发现既令人惊讶，又在人们的意料之中：美国国家航空航天局的Cobe号宇宙背景探测器已经发现了划时代的证据，表明宇宙确实起源于最早的一次爆炸，人们称之为"大爆炸"(此理论认为宇宙起源于一大块能量的爆炸)。

1. 首句主干为“主系表”结构，即：that / was /just about the moment; that 引导定语从句，可译为“的”结构，即：那大约就是宇宙形成的时候。

2. 二句主干为“主从+系动词+表语”结构，即：what the researchers found/ was/ at once both amazing and expected: … 该句翻译时，顺序翻译即可：研究人员的发现既令人惊讶，又在人们的意料之中：……

3. “：”之后为“what the researchers found”的同位语从句，从句主干为“主谓宾”，即：the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—/had discovered /landmark evidence; 译为：美国国家航空航天局的Cobe号宇宙背景探测器已经发现了划时代的证据

4. that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion为同位语从句，解释evidence的内容，其中did +begin with 为强调谓语动词的强调结构。例如：如果你的男人跟你说“I did love you.”意思是“我过去确实爱过你。”

5. that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy) 为定语从句，修饰the primeval explosion.