讲解

回顾

几个谓语就是几件事，有六个谓语。

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say the Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

生词

• obscure adj. 模糊不清的；晦涩难懂的，费解的
• whereas conj. 然而，但是；虽然，尽管
• Supreme Court  最高法院
• regulatory authority  管理权，管辖权
• nuclear power  核能
• precedent-setting adj. 开创先例的，开创先河的

解析

1. 找谓语动词：are/has ruled/do have/say/will offer/extend
2. 断开：通过通过标点、连接词whereas/that/how和分析主谓断开
   1. 【主句】句1：The legal issues in the case are obscure:
   2. 句2：whereas the Supreme Court has ruled
   3. 【宾从】句3：that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power,
   4. 句4：legal scholars say
   5. 【宾从】句5：the Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of
   6. 【宾从】句6：how far those powers extend.
3. 语法重点：
   1. 判断长难句中包含了几件事：根据谓语动词的数量（are, has ruled, do have, say, will offer, extend共 6个谓语动词），可以判断出长难句中包含了6件事，可以断成6段。
   2. 断开长难句：通过标点、连接词和分析主谓3种办法断开长难句。
4. 翻译：此案件中的法律问题模糊不清：虽然最高法院已经判定各州对核能确实具有某些管理权，但法律学者说，Vermont州案件将会对检验“州政府的权利究竟有多大”提供一个先例。

预习

As a discovery claim works its way through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.

生词

• confrontation n. 对抗，冲突；战斗，战役

解析

1. 找谓语动词：works/transforms
2. 断开：逗号
   1. 【主句】句1：As a discovery claim works its way through the community,
   2. 句2：the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.
3. 核心：一个发现，这个发现改变了另一个发现。
4. 翻译：
   1. 随着一个发现公布在社区，相互影响和对抗在分享和竞争信念关于科学和技术设计传播一个独立的发现到社区的可靠的发现。
   2. 随着一项发现声明在科学界的传播，有关科学和技术的共同和相互竞争的信念之间的相互作用和对抗，将个人的发现声明转变为科学界可信的发现。