中考英语-长难句分析详解+译文
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refu to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.
词汇突破：
1. psychologist 心理学家；
2. earworm 耳朵虫；
3. clearly 显然；
4. outside of our control 我们无法控制;
5. without permission 未经许可；
6. refu 拒绝；
7. mind 头脑，思想；
拆分句子:
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control.
本句话拆分后：
1. To a psychologist；
2. the most interesting thing about earworms is that …；
3. they show a part of our mind；
4. that is clearly outside of our control；that指代的是a part of our mind;
参考译文：
对心理学家来说，关于“耳朵虫”的最有趣的地方是：它们证明我们头脑的一部分明显是不
受我们控制的。“耳朵虫”未经允许就来了；我们让它们离开时，它们却拒绝了。它们是寄生虫，住在我们头脑的一部分之中。
Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just nding in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it wor). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task.
词汇突破：
1. inner ear 内耳；
2. infect 感染；
3. under control 处于控制之下；
4. instruction 命令，指示;
5. shut up 闭嘴；
6. is unlikely to 不大可能；
7. be of much help 很有帮助；
8. employ 使用，运用；雇用；
9. task 工作，任务；
拆分句子:
This is a part not under our control, so just nding in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it wor).
本句话拆分后：
1. This is a part not under our control；
2. so just nding in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help；
3. and (nding in instructions to "shut up") has been shown to make it wor；
参考译文：
我们的内耳已经被“耳朵虫”感染。这是不受我们控制的部分，所以仅仅发出“闭嘴”的指令不太可能有很大帮助，并且会让事情更糟糕。更好的方法是：让内耳去做其他的事情。
A study shows that obesity (肥胖）rates in Arkansas have stopped increasing since 2004. But not everyone supports schools in reporting students’ BMIs. Some parents have complained their kids worry that they are being “graded” on their weight, although Dr. Joe Thompson, who helped plan the BMI program, gave the explanation at the start of the program, “Just like a school check for vision or hearing, this is a way to rai awareness (意识）about a health risk. ’’
词汇突破：
1. rate 速度，比率；
2. stop increasing 停止增长；
3. support 支持；
4. complain 抱怨；
5. grade 分等级，评分；
6. explanation 解释；由动词explain变化而来；
7. check 检查；
8. vision 视力，视觉；
9. rai awareness 提高意识；
10. health risk 健康风险；
拆分句子:
Some parents have complained their kids worry that they are being “graded” on their weight, although Dr. Joe Thompson, who helped plan the BMI program, gave the explanation at the start of the program, “Just like a school check for vision or hearing, this is a way to rai awareness (意识）about a health risk. ’’
