005 田静考研英语每日一句 I 2002英一T2-02

每日长难句 5

原句：

{Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s / [when it appeared (that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010,] / researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. }

【2002 Text 2】

单词：

✅spell n. 一段时间 v. 拼写

✅initial adj. 最初的，开始的 n. 首字母

✅optimism n. 乐观，乐观主义

✅transistor n. 晶体管

✅circuit n. 电路，回路

✅microprocessor n. 微(信息) 处理器

✅forecast n./v. 预测，预报，预想

分析长难句：

找谓语动词：

Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.

断开长难句:

①主句：Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s [② (③) ] researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.

• 简化：Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s [② (③) ] researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.

②定语从句：when it appeared ③

③主语从句：that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010

📝嵌套结构：{①[②(③)]}

译文：

尽管在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段最初的乐观时期，那时晶体管电路和微处理器似乎(被认为) 到 2010 年就能够复制人类大脑的活动，但研究人员最近已经开始将这一预测延后几十年，甚至几百年。