考研英语：翻译真题解析十三

The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.

【词汇突破】 detect :检测,侦查 massive:巨大的,大规模的(写作中可用到的替换词)

【主干识别】The notion is that 加表语从句

【其他成分】people have failed to detect the massive changes 表语从句(表语从句是对主语的阐释。);which have happened in the ocean 定语从句,修饰为changes;because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past原因状语从句。

【微观解析】句子的主干是The notion is that+表语从句,而定语从句则是修饰表语从句中的一个词,因此在理解翻译时需要注意主次关系。对于fail这一类带有否定意味的词可直接作为not来理解。relatively 修饰short .

【难点揭秘】原句中的从句较多,需要有层次的去理解,

意思就是说人们没有发现海里发生的巨大变化,因为他们只看了过去相对较短的一段时间。

【翻译点拨】对于The notion is的处理可以是 意思是说…,或者,人们认为……