Day 9

英文重现

Apart from navigation,though,a sea nomad's knowledge of the ocean is scientific in its detail,yet the nomad's gaze is very far from being a scientist's gaze.For one thing,it tends to be holistic,whereas the impression given by today's scientists is one of extreme specialization.

——SAT 2009年1月题，Section 3

解析

1.第一句中的“though”是副词性的，表示与上一句之间的转折关系，这是“though”唯一不同于“although”的特殊用法。“though”在作连词使用时，与“although”是完全相同的。

2.“be far from”意思是“一点也不，远非，几乎相反”，强调两个事物间的差异巨大。

3.“specialization”的意思中暗含“比较具体的事物”（分专业时往往分得很细，每个学科分支都能构成一个专业），与前面的“holistic”是相对的，所以在这里翻译成“分门别类的深入性”。

4.“for one thing”常常和“for another”一起使用，表示“一方面……，另一方面……”，可以用在写作中分别引出两个分论点。

词意辨析

参考翻译

然而，除了航海之外，海上游牧民对海洋的了解在细节方面还是很具有科学性的，但是游牧民看待事物的角度却与科学家们截然不同。首先，游牧民倾向于从整体上把握，而如今的科学家给人的印象却是他们有极高分门别类的深入性。

实战演练

Sea nomads have always been serious navigators.For years,the Bajau have sailed the waters by using the stars,birds,sea conditions,and smells to orient themselves.Recent research concludes that humans,like many other species,have a built-in sense of direction,no matter how atrophied it may have become from disuse.Apart from navigation,though,a sea nomad's knowledge of the ocean is scientific in its detail,yet the nomad's gaze is very far from being a scientist's gaze.For one thing,it tends to be holistic,whereas the impression given by today's scientists is one of extreme specialization.

It can be inferred from the sentence in lines“For …extreme specialization”that the sea nomads'knowledge of the ocean is most similar to which of the following?

(A)Pilots who use flight simulation to master the technical complexity of modern aircraft.

(B)Zoologists who observe how animals function when placed in unfamiliar habitats.

(C)Ecologists who view humans and the environment as part of a single system.

(D)Environmentalists who monitor the activities of wildlife by employing tracking devices.

(E)Geologists who can accurately predict when a volcanic eruption will occur.

答案：C

答案解析

该题属于SAT中典型的类比型题目，首先需要弄清楚题目中例子的特征，才能做对题。题目中例子是“sea nomads'knowledge of the ocean”，原文中提到它的特征有两处，一个是“scientific in its detail”，一个是“tends to be holistic”，更重要的是在转折词“yet”之后的后者，做题时要注重句子之间的逻辑关系。选项C提到的“把人类及整个环境看做是单一系统中的一部分”和“holistic”（整体性的）是对应的，因此正确，其他选项的意思依次是：

(A)通过模拟飞行熟悉当代飞行复杂技巧的飞行员

(B)观察处于陌生环境中的动物表现行为的动物学家

(D)通过跟踪装置检测野生动物行为的环境学家

(E)在火山喷发前进行准确预测的地质学家