5. It turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may have led to misleading interpretations of what happened.
【分析】复合句,句子主干为 It turns out that..., It 作形式主语,真正的主语是 that 引导的主语从句,其主干为...way...may have led to misleading interpretations,其中 of conducting the experiments 是 way 的后置定语,of what happened 是 interpretations 的后置定语。从句中使用了“may+have+done”结构,表示对发生过的事情的推测,意思是“可能已经”或“也许已经”。
【译文】这表明也许是实验所采取的独特方式造成了对所发生事情的误解。
【点拨】peculiar 意为“特有的,独具的”时,其后常跟介词 to。本句中意为“独特的,特殊的”。
【临摹】十年后的今天,这些特殊的生存本领被证明是优秀企业家的技能。
6. When work started again on Monday, output duly rose compared with the Saturday and continued to rise for the next couple of days.
【分析】复合句。句子主干为 output duly rose...and continued to rise。句首 when 引导时间状语从句。主句中含有表比较意义的短语 compared with...,在句中作状语。for the next couple of days 为时间状语。
【译文】当星期一复工时,产出与上星期六相比会适当地有所增加,并且会在接下来的几天内持续增加。
临摹答案
5. A decade later it turns out that these peculiar survival traits are skills for not being too bright.