復雜的賓語從句以及表語從句的拆分和理解 例58

例58　The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話是個典型的表語從句，句子的主干是The notion is that...，后面表語從句，表語從句的主語是people，動詞是have failed to detect，賓語是the massive changes，后面是定語從句which have happened in the ocean，后面是狀語從句because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于各種從句的連環(huán)相套，表語從句套定語從句，定語從句后面又套上狀語從句。

【核心詞匯】

the notion　意思就是說

massive changes　巨大變化

looking back　往回看

only a relatively short time　過去一小段時間

【參考譯文】意思就是說人們沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)海里發(fā)生的巨大變化，因為他們相對來說只看了過去一小段時間。