1、整体分析:本句为复合句,两个从句。从句 1 用了比较结构。1. Thats bad news for the environment- and our wallets 为主句。2. as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newerones that do the same things 为从句,做原因状语从句。同时,从句套有 that do the same things 句做 the newer ones 的定语从句。重点词汇environment 环境,外界; 周围,围绕; 工作平台; 环境wallets 皮
2、夹; 钱夹( wallet 的名词复数 ); 塑料夹 outdated 过时的,旧式的,落伍的,不流行的; 使过时(outdate 的过去式和过去分词)devices 设备; 手段; 装置( device 的名词复数 ); 花招; 计划consume 消耗,消费; 耗尽,毁灭; 吃光,喝光; 烧毁energy 精力; 活力; 能量; 精神原句 2To figure out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technolo
3、gy in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life - from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device.参考译文为了弄清楚这些设备的使用功率,纽约罗彻斯特理工学院的CallieBabbitt 和她的同事们追踪了每个产品的环境成本从开采矿物到停止使用设备。本句为简单句。,主句中 at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York 为 Callie
4、 Babbitt and her colleagues 的定语,for each product throughout its life 为 the environmental costs 的定语。破折 号 后 from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using thedevice 对 throughout its life 进行解释说明。1.To figure out how much power these devices are using 为目的状语。2 句 中 at the Rochester Institute of Tec
5、hnology in New York 为 Callie Babbitt and her colleagues 的定语,for each product throughout its life 为 the environmental costs 的定语。破折号后 from when its mineralsare 。3.Callie Babbitt and her colleagues tracked the environmental costs为主干。figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出; 弄明白tracked 跟踪( track 的过去式和过去分词 ); 跟踪摄影; 留下足迹;
6、追随environmental costs 环境费用mined 在中开采,开采( mine 的过去式和过去分词 ); 在中下 布雷; 以地雷水雷炸毁stop using 废而不用原句 3They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.他们发现在平板电脑上取代电视和台式电脑观看更多的按需娱乐可以减少 44%的能源消耗。本句为复合句,从句主语修饰部分较长。1. They fo
7、und 为从句,用了被动句式。2. that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%. 为从句。more on-demand entertainment ,on tablets instead of TVs and desktopcomputers 都是 viewing 的定语。entertainment 娱乐节目; 娱乐,消遣; 招待,款待viewing 注视,检视,观察tablets 药片( tablet 的名词复数 ); 简; 碑; 一块肥皂instead of 代替, 而不是, 而不用desktop 桌面energy consumption 能耗; 能量动力消耗
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