158【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2017英二T2

每日长难句 158

原句：

Infants are wired to look at parents' faces to try to understand their world, / and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device—it can be extremely disconcerting for the children.

【2017 英语二 Text2】

生词：

infant n. 婴儿，幼儿

be wired to do 天生、自然就会做某事

blank adj. 空白的；没有感情的

unresponsive adj. 无反应的

be absorbed in… 全神专注于…

disconcerting adj. 使人不安的，令人尴尬的

分析：

📝找谓语：

Infants are wired to look at parents' faces to try to understand their world, and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device—it can be extremely disconcerting for the children.

📝主语：

Infants are wired to look at parents' faces to try to understand their world, it can be extremely disconcerting for the children.

📝从句：

①条件状语从句

if those faces are blank and unresponsive

②定语从句

as they often are when absorbed in a device

📝平行结构

① blank and unresponsive

② Infants are wired to look at parents' faces to try to understand their world, and…it can be extremely disconcerting for the children.

译文：

婴幼儿天生会看父母的脸，来试图了解他们的世界，而且如果这些脸是面无表情的而且没有反应的——就像他们沉浸在（数字）设备中时一样——这会让孩子们非常不安。