4. Other experiments revealed slight variations in the size，number，arrangement，and interconnection of the nerve cells，but as far as psycho neural correlations were concerned，the obvious similarities of these sensory fields to each other seemed much more remarkable than any of the minute differences. （4 -）
盡管其他實(shí)驗(yàn)顯示在神經(jīng)細(xì)胞的大小、數(shù)量、排列和相互連接上有一些小的差異，但是就心理-神經(jīng)的關(guān)系而言，這些感官區(qū)域彼此之間的明顯的相似性看起來(lái)比起微小的差異更為令人注目。
難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語(yǔ)
解釋：在前后兩個(gè)分句之間有一個(gè)插入語(yǔ)as far as psychoneural correlations were concerned。在后面的分句中，主語(yǔ)the obvious similarities之后的、修飾主語(yǔ)的成分較長(zhǎng)、以至于有很多讀者看到相隔很遠(yuǎn)的more remarkable than時(shí)一下子反應(yīng)不過(guò)來(lái)是什么比后者更明顯。其簡(jiǎn)化形式應(yīng)為：similarities seemed more remarkable than differences。
意群訓(xùn)練：Other experiments revealed slight variations in the size, number, arrangement, and interconnection of the nerve cells, but as far as psychoneural correlations were concerned, the obvious similarities of these sensory fileds to each other seemed much more remarkable than any of the minute differences.
5. Although some experiments show that，as an object becomes familiar，its internal representation becomes more holistic and the recognition process correspondingly more parallel，the weight of evidence seems to support the serial hypothesis，at least for objects that are not notably simple and familiar. （4+）雖然某些實(shí)驗(yàn)表明，隨著一個(gè)物體變得熟悉起來(lái)，其內(nèi)心再現(xiàn)圖像亦更具整體感，辨認(rèn)過(guò)程相應(yīng)地更趨于平行，但證據(jù)的砝碼似乎在支持序列假設(shè)（serial hypothesis），至少是對(duì)于那些不甚簡(jiǎn)單、不甚熟悉的物體來(lái)說(shuō)。
難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語(yǔ)、省略
解釋：在Although引導(dǎo)的分句中，謂語(yǔ)shows后面跟著一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的賓語(yǔ)從句，從句中先出現(xiàn)一個(gè)插入語(yǔ)as an object becomes familiar,之后的內(nèi)容是由and 連接的兩套并列的主謂賓。其實(shí)and前后就是兩個(gè)句子，只不過(guò)作者省略了后面的句子中與前面相同的引導(dǎo)詞that和謂語(yǔ)become。
句子中有一個(gè)生詞holistic，其實(shí)即使不認(rèn)識(shí)，也能用合理化原則猜出它是后面serial的反義詞、parallel的同義詞，大約是統(tǒng)一、完整或同時(shí)的意思；其實(shí)只要能理解到其是與serial相反的意思即可。
意群訓(xùn)練：Although some experiments show that，as an object becomes familiar，its internal representation becomes more holistic and the recognition process correspondingly more parallel，the weight of evidence seems to support the serial hypothesis，at least for objects that are not notably simple and familiar.
6. In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement，historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. （3+） ◎在很大程度上，由于女權(quán)主義運(yùn)動(dòng)（feminist movement）的緣故，史學(xué)家近年來(lái)匯聚了大量的注意力，來(lái)更為準(zhǔn)確地確定婦女在各個(gè)歷史時(shí)期的地位。 Focus A on B;
難句類型：倒裝
解釋：focus A on B指把A集中于B，本句中介詞on的賓語(yǔ)determining/more accurately the status of women invarious periods中有一個(gè)小倒裝，正常語(yǔ)序應(yīng)該是determining the status of women in various periods more accurately。 ◎大寶意群訓(xùn)練：In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods.
7. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons , it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact –real Amazonian societies – but rather to offer “moral lessons” on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own society . (4)
如果我們先研究一下為什么古人會(huì)提到亞馬遜人，下面的一點(diǎn)就變得清晰了，那就是古希臘對(duì)于這種社會(huì)的廟睡不是太多的被用來(lái)表達(dá)觀察的歷史事實(shí)——真正的亞麻遜社會(huì)的——而是為了對(duì)于婦女在其社會(huì)中的統(tǒng)治的預(yù)期后果提供一種“道德教導(dǎo)”。
難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語(yǔ)、抽象詞
解釋：有兩個(gè)詞匯需要先解釋一下：something be meant to represent是use something to mean的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。mean在這里不是常用的"……的意思是"的意思，而是表示做某事所表達(dá)的目的、意圖，其英文釋義為：to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate。句中的結(jié)構(gòu)為：something be meant not so much to,,, but rather to, 實(shí)際上是把be meant to和not rather 的兩個(gè)固定搭配套在一起，意思是：不是為了...而是為了...
另外，suppose的意思很抽象，不容易理解。此詞既有據(jù)信、被認(rèn)為的意思，也有預(yù)期的意思，還有表示貶義的假想的被想當(dāng)然的意思。
本句的supposed用法極其特殊，在此處的意思，用以上任何一個(gè)釋義來(lái)理解居然都可以成立，既是在說(shuō)一個(gè)預(yù)期的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，又是在說(shuō)一個(gè)虛構(gòu)出來(lái)的、本來(lái)不存在的社會(huì)狀態(tài)，其用法類似于中文中的一語(yǔ)雙關(guān)，是文章作者自以為文筆精妙之處。意群訓(xùn)練：
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