GRE,GMAT,SAT經典長難句(47/50)

The history of global diversity can be summarized as follows : after the initial flowering of multicellular animals, there was a swift rise in the number of species in early Paleozoic times (between 600 and 430 million years ago) , then plateau-like stagnation for the remaining 200 million years of the Paleozoic era, and finally a slow but steady climb through the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras to diversity’s all-time high.

 

資料來源:GRE考古題

 


解析:

這篇主要重點放在如何畫出方程式在X-Y座標系上面的圖形,其實就是看考數學題,檢驗會不會畫圖

as follows後面有個冒號當作這個簡介的開端,就時間點上面可分為early Paleozoic the PaleozoicMesozoic and Cenozoic,有三組座標時間(paleo是古的字根,meso中的字根,ceno新的字根)。再來看到 after the initial flowering這只是在交代背景而已,再說after這是時間複詞,它所引導出來的副詞子句絕不是作者在探究的重點,因此時間段式

第一a swift rise in the number of species in early Paleozoic times (between 600 and 430 million years ago),快速攀升,在早P時代(600~430百萬年前)

第二 plateau-like stagnation for the remaining 200 million years of the Paleozoic era兩百年的停滯

第三 a slow but steady climb through the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras to diversity’s all-time high然後慢慢爬升,後面to diversity’s all-time high這裡有再詳細論述說爬到最高點就是這個時期了,就沒有再往上爬了,所以M&C時代應該是一個線性方程式,然後收尾的部分是一個趨近平行維持在最高點的的收尾。

翻譯:

The history of global diversity can be summarized as follows : after the initial flowering of multicellular animals, there was a swift rise in the number of species in early Paleozoic times (between 600 and 430 million years ago) , then plateau-like stagnation for the remaining 200 million years of the Paleozoic era, and finally a slow but steady climb through the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras to diversity’s all-time high.

全球多樣性的歷史中可以被總結如下:在多細胞生物爆發之後,我們看到有一個快速上升的物種增加趨勢發生在早期古生物時代時期,也就是介於六億年到四億三千萬年前的時期,接著類似高原平台的停滯水平趨勢在之後的古生物時期持續了兩億年,最後一個緩慢但穩定的攀升橫跨整個中生代和新生代時期,直到生物多樣性的最高點。

 

單字:

diversity (n.) 多樣=assortment / diversification  / dissimilarity / divergence / multiplicity / variance 

Summarize (v.) 總結=sum up / rehash / recap / compile / encapsulate / epitomize / outline 

 

 

以上個人筆記希望有幫助到大家,有誤再請指教!!


arrow
arrow

    老莊雜記 發表在 痞客邦 留言(0) 人氣()