2020考研英语外刊阅读每日一句解析（十）

Some eastern people believe animals are conscious beings that experience, in varying degrees, emotions analogous to human desire, fear, pain, sorrow, and joy. This idea that animals are conscious was long unpopular in the West, but it has lately found favor among scientists who study animal cognition.

(大家看看有哪些单词不认识?句子能不能调序?猜一下文章的背景)

先做思考题1：

Some scientists have come to believe that animals are conscious.

(T or F)

再看词汇：

1. conscious beings 有意识的生物

2. in varying degrees 在不同程度上

3. analogous to 类似于

4. sth find favor among sb：某事受到某人的认为和支持

5. come to believe= believe; (前者表达更生动而已)

6. unpopular 不受欢迎，不被接受

第一句：

Some eastern people believe animals are conscious beings that experience, in varying degrees, emotions analogous to human desire, fear, pain, sorrow, and joy.

主干识别：

Some eastern people believe

切分成分：

1. animals are conscious beings 宾语从句主干

2. that experience, emotions 定语从句主干

3. analogous to human desire, fear, pain, sorrow, and joy.(定语)

4. in varying degrees,状语

参考译文：

一些东方人相信动物是有意识的生物，它们在不同程度上体验到类似人类欲望、恐惧、痛苦、悲伤和欢乐的情绪。

第二句：

This idea that animals are conscious was long unpopular in the West, but it has lately found favor among scientists who study animal cognition.

并列句一的主干：

This idea was long unpopular in the West

切分成分：

animals are conscious (同位语从句)

并列句二的主干：

it has lately found favor among scientists

切分成分：

who study animal cognition(定语从句)

参考译文：

动物是有意识的，这一观点在西方长期不受欢迎，但最近受到了研究动物认知的科学家们的认可。

所以思考题：

Some scientists have come to believe that animals are conscious.

一些科学家开始相信动物是有意识的。

这个说法是正确的。

句子来源和文章背景：

这篇文章来自大西洋月刊A Journey Into the animal mind

动物能不能感受这个世界。动物怎么感知这个世界。西方的观点一直认为动物是不能感受这个世界的，动物没有人类这样的情绪。而从二战结束以后，西方的科学家开始研究动物的智商和认知，并且接受动物也是有情绪和意识的这一观点。(文章挺有意思，值得一读。)