每日長難句 31

原句：

Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn’t know for sure?

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單詞：

?argue v.?主張，認為；爭論，爭辯，爭吵

?doubter n. 懷疑者；抱懷疑態(tài)度的人?

?insist v. 堅持認為，強調(diào)

?know for sure 肯定知道，確切知道

分析長難句：

找謂語動詞：

Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn’t know for sure?

斷開長難句：

Do you remember all those years / when scientists argued / that smoking would kill us / but the doubters insisted / that we didn’t know for sure?

①主句：Do you remember all those years

②定語從句：when scientists argued

③賓語從句：that smoking would kill us

④定語從句：but the doubters insisted

⑤賓語從句：that we didn’t know for sure

??平行并列

• when定語從句中包含兩個表示觀點的句子構(gòu)成平行并列

??嵌套結(jié)構(gòu)

• 主句嵌套when定語從句
• when定語從句中兩方觀點分別嵌套一個定語從句

譯文：

你還記得那些年當科學家們提出吸煙會使我們死亡，而懷疑者們卻堅持認為我們無法對此得出定論的時候嗎？