165【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2018英二T4

每日长难句 165

原句：

Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s / that divided undergraduates into two groups: / some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; / others were told to plan activities and goals in much more details, day by day.

【2018 英语二 Text4】

生词：

undergraduate n. 大学本科生，大学肆业生

set out monthly goals 制定月度目标

分析：

📝断开长难句：

①Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s

②that divided undergraduates into two groups

③some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities

④others were told to plan activities and goals in much more details, day by day

📝主句：

Tim Harford…points to a study in the early 1980s

📝从句：（定语从句）

that divided undergraduates into two groups

💡修饰前面的study一词

📝分裂结构：

Tim Harford, ①author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s ②that divided undergraduates into two groups

①为插入式分裂结构

②为后移式分裂结构

译文：

Tim Harford,《混乱：改变我们生活的无序力量》的作者，提到了20世纪80年代初的一项研究：研究将本科生分为两组，一些被建议设定每月的目标及学习活动；另一些人被要求一天天地、更详细地计划活动及目标。