每天积累一点点 长难句不再难解

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2016考研英语备考启动已经有一些时日，考生们在学习中一定会发现，阻碍正确率前行道路的障碍中，长难句是一块重要的“绊脚石”。都教授套用一句老掉牙的广告：我们的目标是没有长难句！每天积累一点点，让长难句不再变难。下面我们就让我们跟随都教授的脚步，来一起学习。
PART 1
The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name . But Gregory Cochran is prepared to say it anyway . He is that rare bird , a scientist that some diseases not previously thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections , which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested , Even he , however , might tremble at the thought of what he is about to do .
【闪光词组】
独立于任何机构：work independently of any institution
普及该观点：popularize the idea
引起很大争议：arouse much controversy
一想到……就害怕得身体颤抖：tremble at the thought of ...
与众不同的人：rare bird
【实例应用】
The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name.
有些人群就是比其他人聪明，这个观点是那些不敢公开的假说的其中一个。
PART 2
Research on animal  intelligence also makes us wonder what experiments animals would perform on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner , for instance , is running a small-scale study in operant to determine the limits of our patience , ,our faithfulness , our memory for terrain.They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really for , not merely how much of it there is . About all , they would hope to study a fundamental question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in ? So far the results are inconclusive .
【闪光词组】
做实验：perform experiments
进行小规模研究：run a small-scale study
确定我们的耐心的限度：determine the limits of our patience
迄今为止：so far
结果没有定论：results are inconclusive
【实例应用】
Research on animal intelligence also makes us wonder what experiments animals would perform on humans if they had the chance .
它更需要维持，消耗的燃料更多，而且在其起跑线出发的也慢，因为智力的获得不是靠本能而是靠学习，靠渐进的学习。
学习需要持之以恒，每天收获一点点，日积月累知识就会开放出神奇的花朵。在2016考研备考的黄金期，希望各位考生能够打牢基础，向着最后的决战冲锋。预祝各位考生金榜题名，取得理想佳绩！