【结构】方括号所标示的“because Reagan was doing then…”是原因状语从句。圆括号所标示的“what Bush is doing now’’用做“was doing”的宾语从句。圆括号所标示的“which seeks…fossil fuels”用做“big oil”的后置定语从句。
【释义】今天的布什与当年的里根,所作所为如出一辙,那就是为石油大亨的利益服务,他们要从化石燃料中榨干最后一滴利润。因此,替代能源的发展依然受阻。
③A decentralized energy future will be far better for an economy[that wants to float all boats(not just yachts)] while not having SO many energy eggs in one basket.
【结构】方括号所标示的“that wants to float all boats…”用做“economy”的后置定语从句。用“while”引导的现在分词短语“while not havin9...basket”起补充说明作用。
【释义】能源多样化,意味着不把很多鸡蛋放在一个篮子里。能源多样化的未来对于承载着各类航船(不仅仅游艇)的经济来说更加有利。
④[That nuclear might belong in the mix right now]is only due tO the climate predicament[we are in because of our past sins].
【结构】方括号所标示的“That nuclear might belong in the mix right now”用做主语从句。方括号所标示的“we are in…sins”用做“predicament”的后置定语从句。
【释义】由于过去的过失,我们如今生活在气候困境之中。就因为这个原因,现在对核能的应用依然顾虑重重。
⑤[If undertaken at all],it should only be a bridge(a“necessary evil”)tO a future[powered instead by many forms of safe,clean energy sources].
【结构】方括号所标示的“If undertaken at all”相当于“If it is undertaken at all”,用做条件状语从句。方括号所标示的过去分词短语“powered instead by…sources”用做“future”的后置定语。
【释义】如果真应用核能,那也只能是通向未来的一座桥(不可避免的邪恶)而已。未来的能源形式应该多种多样,既安全又清洁。
⑥Nuclear has far too many problems,not the least of which is its waste,(which will only become a bigger prob— lem<if its use proliferates>)].
【结构】方括号所标示的“not the least of which is its waste,…”用做“problems”的后置定语从句。圆括号所标示的“which will only become a bigger problem...”用做“waste”的后置定语从句;尖方括号所标示的“if its use pr0— liferates”是其中的条件状语从句。
【释义】应用核能问题极多。其中一个严重问题就是产生的核废物。如果广泛使用核能,这个问题只会变得更加严重。
答案注释
1.根据第一段第一句“The notion that we might need nuclear energy tO stave off global warming makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time”,对于使用核能减缓全球变暖的观念,作者既感到高兴又感到悲哀,可知,作者对 该观念持怀疑态度。所以,选项B应为答案。
2.根据第一段前两句中的“The notion that we might need nuclear energy to stave off global warming makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.It is a self-fulfilling prophecy…”(其中,“It”指“The notion that we…warming”)可知,选项A应为答案。
3.根据第二段第一句中的“Alternatives are hampered today because Reagan was doing then what Bush is doing now:serving the interests of big oil,…”可知,选项D应为答案。
4.根据第三段最后一句“If undertaken at all,it should only be a bridge(a‘necessary evil’)tO a future powered in— stead by many forms of safe,clean energy sources”可知,选项C应为答案。
5.根据第三段第二句“It will enrich the few and further hamper progress for renewables”可知,选项D应为答案。
超纲词汇
stave off vt.避开,挡住,阻止
hamper vt.妨碍,牵制
decentralized adj.分散的
yaeht n.游艇,快艇
predicament n.困境,境遇
spur vt.鞭策,刺激,激励
quadruple vi.成为四倍
grid n.高压输电网
