2018年6月英语四级阅读200篇:女性可更好地识别体味
"男性不需要如此的谨慎,他们有许许多多的精子,他们可以和许多女性生育后代。而一旦女性怀孕,她们需要经历9个月的忍耐。"
纳普博士说,有证据表明,体味同时也会发出一个人基因组成的信号。她强调,人类白细胞抗原基因就与免疫功能相关。
她表示,从进化的角度来说,女性若能和与自己基因组合不同的男性结合是很好的选择,因为那样他们的下一代很可能更健康。
句型讲解:
1. Researchers found it was difficult to mask underarm odour when a woman was doing the smelling, but quite easy to do so when it was a man.
本句是一个复合句。 found后面是省略了引导词的宾语从句,作found的宾语。其中it是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的不定式短语to mask underarm odour。后面两个when分别引导两个时间状语从句。
语法重点:宾语从句,时间状语从句
2. Dr Leslie Knapp, an expert in biological anthropology at the University of Cambridge, said there were good evolutionary reasons why a woman's ability to detect body odours should be more acute could literally be an effective way to sniff out a suitable mate.
本句是一个复合句。 an expert...Cambridge是Dr Leslie Knapp的同位语。 Said后面是省略了引导词的宾语从句,充当said的宾语。其中why引导限制性定语从句,修饰reasongs。 as引导原因状语从句
语法重点:同位语,宾语从句,定语从句,原因状语从句
3. She said in evolutionary terms it was desirable for a women to mate with a man whose genes were different from hers, as this was likely to produce more robust offspring.
本句是一个复合句,said后面是省略了引导词的宾语从句,充当said的宾语。其中it是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的不定式短语to mate with a man. whose引导定语从句,修饰man. as引导原因状语从句。
语法重点:宾语从句,形式主语,定语从句,原因状语从句