讲解

回顾

Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.”

生词

• impel v. 促成；驱使，推动；激励，敦促
• statistics board 统计委员会
• statistics n. 统计，统计数据，统计资料；统计学
• motivate v. 刺激；使有动机；激发……的积极性
• application n. 应用；申请，申请书
• data analysis 数据分析
• scientific research 科学研究
• overall drive 全面的努力
• drive n. 驱动力，积极性，干劲；压力，紧迫
• reproducibility  n. 可复制性，重复能力，再现性

解析

1. 找谓语动词：had impelled/said/should be
2. 断开：通过标点符号逗号/冒号/引号和连接词whether和分析主谓（主谓主谓）来断开长难句
   1. 【主句】句1：Asked McNutt said: “
   2. 【宾从】句2：whether any particular papers had impelled the change,
   3. 句3：The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research .”
   4. 【定从】句4：we publish
3. 翻译：当被问及是否因为某些特定的论文而促成了这次改变，麦克纳特说：“‘统计委员会’的创建是受对科学研究中统计和数据分析应用的广泛关切的驱动，也是《科学》为提升其发表研究的可复制性的全面努力的一部分。”

预习

One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.

生词

• astonishing adj. 惊人的
• revelations n. 启示录（书名）

解析

1. 找谓语动词：was/knew/went/thought/inquired
2. 断开：how/what/how/that/how
   1. 【主句】句1：One of the astonishing revelations was
   2. 【宾从】句2：how little Rebekah Brooks knew of
   3. 【并列一】句3：what went on in her newsroom,
   4. 【二】句4：how little she thought to ask and the fact
   5. 【三】句5：that she never inquired
   6. 【宾从】句6：how the stories arrived.
3. 并列：what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.这部分，a,b and c并列，三个句子
4. 翻译：其中一件令人震惊的事情是，丽贝卡·布鲁克斯(Rebekah Brooks)对编辑部发生的事情知之甚少，她想问的也很少，而且她从来没有问过这些故事是怎么来的。