The study found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity . Why this similarity in olfactory genes is difficult to explain , for now . Perhaps , as the team suggests , if draws us to similar environments but there is more to it . There could be many mechanisms working in tandem that drive us in choosing genetically similar friends rather than“functional kinship” of being friends with benefits !One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving faster than other genes . Studying this could help under stand why human evolution picked pace in the last 30000 years , with social environment being a major contributory factor.
闪光词组
朋友之间X是相同的：X be something shared in friends
事情没有这么简单：there is more to it
很多机制共同起作用：many mechanisms work in tandem
人类进化的速度加快：human evolution picks pace
X起到主要作用：with X being a major contributory factor
长难句翻译
The study found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity .
研究还发现，朋友之间嗅觉基因是相同的，但免疫基因不是。
【2012年真题】
Over time , the attributes of greatness shifted. The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the uniqueness of the artist's personal experience rather than public glory. By contrast, the Victorian author Samual Smiles wrote Self-Help as a catalogue of the worthy lives of engineers , industrialists and explores . "The valuable examples which they furnish of the power of self-help, if patient purpose, resolute working and steadfast integrity, issuing in the formulation of truly noble and many character, exhibit,"wrote Smiles."what it is in the power of each to accomplish for himself".
闪光词组
对伟大的定义有所不同：the attributes of greatness shifted
赞颂杰出画家：commemorate the leading painters
提供宝贵的范例：furnish the valuable examples
坚韧、勤勉、正直：patient purpose , resolute working and steadfast integrity
高贵的和富有男子汉气魄的品质：noble and manly character
长难句翻译
The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the uniqueness of the artist's personal experience rather than public glory.