***每日一句:2018考研英语第122句

2018考研英语复习正在进行中，***老师的每日一句每年都很受关注，在长难句解析拆分句子的方法也讲解得十分到位，新文道考研汇总了***2018考研英语每日一句，下面是***每日一句第122句。

看惯了这凡尘俗世，一起把目光投向那遥远的苍穹吧!一颗离地球18光年的白矮星(white dwarf)Stein 2051 B的质量在长达一个世纪以来一直是争议的对象。现在一个天文家团队利用爱因斯坦首次预测的天体现象——引力透镜(gravitational lensing)衡量出了它的准确质量，结束了一桩百年公案(settled a 100-year-old debate)。研究者使用哈勃望远镜(Hubble Space Telescope)观测白矮星蚀掉(eclipse)另一个距离更远的恒星(more distant star)，通过当时距离的变化数据算出了精确的结果。这也是爱因斯坦的相对论第一次运用在天体的质量测算(measure the mass)上。

今天的句子：

A ray of light normally travels in a straight line through empty space, but if the ray passes close by a massive object, the curve in space created by the star acts like a bend in the road, causing the light ray to veer away from its formerly straight path.

词汇突破：

1.Ray 光线

2.Massive 巨大的

3.Curve 曲线，曲面

4.Bend 弯曲

5.Veer away偏离

6.Path路径

确定主干：

并列一：A ray of light normally travels in a straight line through empty space.

并列二：but if…the curve in space acts like a bend in the road

切分成分：

1.if the ray passes close by a massive object条件状语从句

2.created by the star后置定语，修饰curve

4.causing the light ray to veer away from its formerly straight path 状语;

=the curve in space cause...

参考译文：光通常在真空中直线传播，但如果近距离经过一个质量极大的物体，恒星造成的空间曲面会像路中出现的弯道一样，让光偏离原来的直线路径。

明天的句子：

In September the British government introduced rules that require companies to appoint a “whistleblower champion” and prohibit retaliation against employees who bypass internal reporting procedures and go straight to the regulator.