交作业啦！

第一组：

A句：The complementary coastlines and certain geological features that seem to span the ocean are reminders of where the two continents were once joined. 

该你背B句了！

第二组：

A句：We define such sold media as owned media whose traffic is so strong that other organizations place their content or e-commerce engines within that environment. 

该你背B句了！

第三组：

A句：Rested in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea’s peak rises above the bulk of our planet’s dense atmosphere, where conditions allow telescopes to obtain images of unsurpassed clarity. 

该你背B句了！

（答案在文末）

昨天的答疑思考题答案：

Few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.

思考题：

什么最有可能摧毁诚信！

答案：

a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands

（这是一个带主语的动名词短语。）

“一个公司让敏感的个人数据落入坏人之手。”

今天的句子：

人工智能会在什么程度上挑战人类的主导地位？人类的历史和文化会因之终结么？基辛格博士在大西洋月刊撰长文书写了自己对这些问题的思考。技术对个体的影响是显而易见的，我们为了逃避令人不安的孤独，狂欢在社交媒体的观点海洋之中，失去了自省和沉思的机会。而创造力的本质即为“走一条无人走过的孤独的路”。技术对政治的影响则更为突出。超强的技术使关注小团体成为可能，因而打破了我们原来对优先事项的共识，政府的精力开始被导向特定的目标或小范围的不公，也就是“抓小放大”。如果我们只是被动地任由被技术发展牵着鼻子走，那么人类意识的未来岌岌可危。

第一句：

AI developers, as inexperienced in politics and philosophy as I am in technology, should ask themselves some of the questions I have raised here in order to build answers into their engineering efforts.

词汇突破：

developer 开发者

inexperienced 无经验的

Philosophy 哲学

主干识别：

AI developers should ask themselves some of the questions. 

人工智能开发者应当问自己一些问题。

成分切分：

1.as inexperienced in politics and philosophy as I am in technology 

在政治和哲学方面就跟我在技术方面一样外行

2.（that）I have raised here 定语从句；

3.in order to build answers into their engineering efforts 

目的状语；以便在技术工作中植入答案

参考译文：

人工智能开发者在政治和哲学方面就跟我在技术方面一样外行。他们应当问自己一些我在本文中提出的问题，以便在技术工作中植入答案。

第二句：

The U.S. government should consider a presidential commission of eminent thinkers to help develop a national vision.

词汇突破：

presidential 总统的

commission 委员会

vision 视觉；愿景

eminent：杰出的

主干识别：

the US government should consider a presidential commission of eminent thinkers 

美国政府应该考虑组建总统级的杰出思想家委员会

成分切分：

to help develop a national vision 目的状语；帮助发展一个国家愿景

参考译文：

美国政府应该考虑组建总统级的杰出思想家委员会，帮助发展一个国家愿景。

第三句：

前半句

This much is certain:

（much 表示强调 ）

参考译文：有一点毋庸置疑：

后半句：

If we do not start this effort soon, before long we shall discover that we started too late.

before long= soon

主干识别：

 before long we shall discover...那么很快就会发现......

成分切分：

1.If we do not start this effort soon 

条件状语从句；如果我们不尽快开始这项工作

2.that we started too late 宾语从句；发现什么，发现自己开始得太晚

参考译文：

如果我们不尽快开始这项工作，那么很快就会发现自己开始得太晚。

思考题一：

Outstanding thinkers should be organized to develop a national plan for this matter.

outstanding=eminent;

national plan= national vision

完美替换！

True. 

思考题二:

The efforts should be started as early as possible.

完美替换！

True.

思考题答案：

第一组：

A句：The complementary coastlines and certain geological features that seem to span the ocean are reminders of where the two continents were once joined. 

B句：That Africa and South America were once joined can be deduced from the fact that 

they have been found to share certain geological features. 

A句：相互补充的海岸线和某些似乎横跨海洋的地质特征提醒着人们，这两个大陆曾经是连接在一起的。

B句： 非洲和南美洲曾经是连在一起的，这个结论可以从下面这个事实中推导出来：非洲和南美洲有某些共同的地质特征

第二组：

A句：We define such sold media as owned media whose traffic is so strong that other organizations place their content or e-commerce engines within that environment. 

B句：According to the passage, sold media feature strong user traffic.

A句：我们将此类出售媒体定义为这样的自有媒体，其流量如此强劲，以至于其他组织将其内容或电子商务引擎置于该环境中。

B句：根据文章可以得知，出售媒体的特点就是用户量非常大。

第三组：

A句：Rested in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea’s peak rises above the bulk of our planet’s dense atmosphere, where conditions allow telescopes to obtain images of unsurpassed clarity. 

B句：Mauna Kea is deemed as an ideal astronomical site due to its geographical features.

A句：莫纳克亚山座落在太平洋上，其山峰高耸入云，越过地表厚重的空气，这样的的（地理）条件使得望远镜可以获得无与伦比的清晰图像。（不畏浮云遮望眼）

B句：由于其地理特征，莫纳克亚被认为是一个理想的天文景点

明天的句子:

（王子结婚和这个句子有什么关系，明天告诉大家。）

Over the past 20 years home ownership in Britain has plummeted among young adults, who have had to pay more toward pensions while bearing the brunt of weak wage growth since the financial crisis. Young people today are also likely to spend a high proportion of their income on rent, making it harder to save for a home deposit.

判断题：

The home ownership in Britain has increased among young adults despite of the weak wage.