讲解

回顾

One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.

生词

• astonishing adj. 使人吃惊的，惊人的
• revelation n. 揭发，暴露，泄露
• go on 继续进行，发生
• inquire v. 打听，询问；查问

解析

1. 找谓语动词：was/knew/went/thought/inquired/arrived
2. 断开：通过标点符号逗号，以及连接词how/what/how/that/how 来断开长难句
   1. 【主句】句1：One of the astonishing revelations was
   2. 【宾从】句2：how little Rebekah Brooks knew of
   3. 【并列一】句3：what went on in her newsroom,
   4. 【二】句4：how little she thought to ask and the fact
   5. 【三】句5：that she never inquired
   6. 【宾从】句6：how the stories arrived.
3. 重点：
   1. 平行并列：通过and和前面的逗号，找到两个how表语从句和the fact名词（后接从句）构成平行并列结构。
   2. 嵌套：第一个how表语从句中嵌套what（介宾）宾语从句。the fact后that引出的同位语从句中嵌套how（动宾）宾语从句。
4. 翻译：其中揭露的惊人真相之一是丽贝卡•布鲁克斯对于其新闻编辑室中所发生的事竟几乎毫不知情，她几乎没想过要去问，而且事实上她从未询问过这些新闻报道的题材到底是怎么来的。

预习

Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.

生词

• refuge n. 庇护，避难

解析

1. 找谓语动词：measured/is/were/were/found/is
2. 断开：逗号，逗号，while/what
   1. 【主句】句1：Researchers measured people’s cortisol,
   2. 【定从】句2：which is a stress marker,
   3. 【时间】句3：while they were at work and
   4. 【时间】句4：while they were at home and found it higher at
   5. 【宾从】句5：what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
3. 四个从句，句2非限定从，while当他们工作时，时间状从，句4同理，句5，at what ，介宾宾语从句。
4. 翻译：研究人员测量了人们在工作和在家时的皮质醇，这是一种压力标志，发现在应该是避难所的地方，皮质醇含量更高。