19考研英語：屠屠長難句（二十三）

1、每日一句長難句（25）

But this was not always the case；before it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education.

2、【分析】

全句由兩個分句組成，前後用分號隔開。在第二個分句的主句中，before引導狀語從句，主句是it的形式主語，真正的主語是some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education。

3、【詞彙】

it was widely accepted 意爲“人們普遍認爲”。

legally adv.合法地，從法律上講

be equipped by nature to do 天生能做…

pursue v. 追求--->pursuit n.

4、【譯文】

但是情況並不總是如此；在法律要求所有兒童在一定年齡必須上學之前，人們普遍認爲有些兒童天生就不適合接受這種教育。

5、【明日長難句】

That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.