We're fairly good at judging people based on first impressions, thin slices of experience ranging from a glimpse of a photo to a five-minute interaction, and deliberation can be not only extraneous but intrusive.(2021年英语二阅读理解Text4)
语法点:同位语;后置定语;并列句
解析:
Step1:断长句
面对长难句,先将其变为独立的短句,以便理解。
①We're fairly good at judging people based on first impressions,
②thin slices of experience ranging from a glimpse of a photo to a five-minute interaction,
③and deliberation can be not only extraneous but intrusive.
依照断句原则——长度适中(5-10词)和结构完整(语义完整),将长句子切分成三个小短句,便于理解。
Step2:抓主干
除去修饰部分之后,整个长难句的主干为:
We're good at...,and deliberation can be not only ... but ...(主系表结构,并列句)
我们很擅长...,深究考量不仅会...而且会...
Step3:理结构
①主干为 We're good at...,based on first impressions为状语,译为基于第一印象去评判他人。
②thin slices of experience是first impressions的同位语,即第一印象是经验薄片。ranging from a glimpse of a photo to a five-minute interaction为后置定语,修饰说明thin slices of experience,译为看一眼照片或进行五分钟的交流都算是经验薄片。
③主干为deliberation can be not only ... but ...,主系表结构,译为深究考量不仅没什么必要而且可能会给他人造成干扰。
Step4:定句意
我们很擅长基于第一印象去评判他人,也就是所谓的经验薄片(看一眼照片或进行五分钟的交流都算是经验薄片),但这个时候深究考量不仅没什么必要而且可能会给他人造成干扰。
单词补充:
slice:薄片
impression:印象
deliberation:细想;考虑
extraneous:非必要的,无关的
intrusive:打扰的;侵扰的
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