OG句子总结

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1.The Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia, were sighted in 1770 by the English navigator Captain James Cook, who so named they supposedly because their sheer wet rocks glistened like glass.

句子结构： The Glass House Mountains… were sighted … by … CJC, who…because…

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2.Although a surge in retail sales has raised hopes that a recovery is finally under way, many economists say that without a large amount of spending the recovery might not last.

句子结构：Although a surge …has raised hopes that (修饰hopes 的内容), many economists say that (修饰说的内容) 。

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3.Although various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American poets had professed an interest in Native American poetry and had pretended to imitate Native American forms in their own works, it was not until almost 1900 that scholars and critics seriously began studying traditional Native American poetry in native languages.

句子结构： Although various … American poets had professed…and had pretended… , it was not until… that…(it 作为有形式主语。具体主语是until almost 1900，almost的位置不能随便变换)

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4.Of all the vast tides of migration that have swept through history, perhaps none was more concentrated than the wave that brought 12 million immigrants onto American shores in little more than three decades.

句子结构：Of all the vast tides of migration that…, perhaps none was more concerned than the wave that…(none of …用was，固定搭配：more… than..)

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5.Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer.

句子结构：Diabetes, … , ranks as… surpassed only by… (Diabetes 是一种病，只能用单数。固定搭配：surpassed… by… , only 的位置不能随便变换。)

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6.In late 1997, the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closedto visitors for cleaning and repair because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing on the walls.

句子结构：In late 1997, the chambers …were closed to vistors…because…had raised… (raised 这个动作发生在 were closed 之前，但是raised这个行为的后果对closed 造成影响，所以用had done。平行结构：be doing and be doing。固定搭配：such… that.. ， them 指代要清晰指代chambers 而不是visitors。保持逻辑单一性。)

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7.As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales it would in the past have conceded to rivals.

句子结构：As it sales … have surpassed…, the company has become… (as作为连词，引导原因，it指代the company，固定搭配：compete for…, would 表虚拟，表示本来应该，但事实上没有。)

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8.The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding ever since.

句子结构：The widely accepted big bang theory holds that… (began 的动作是瞬间而且发生在过去，用一般过去时，expand 这个动作是从过去一直延续到现在，用现在完成时，提示词：ever since)

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9.Like the Brontes and Brownings, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are often subjected to the kind of veneration that blurs the distinction between the artist and the human being.

句子结构：Like the B and B，JJ and VW are subjected to… (人与人之间的比较，属于同类，用like。固定搭配：the distinction between … and…)

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10.Carnivorous mammals can endure what would otherwise be lethal levels of body heat because they have a heat-exchange network that keeps the brain from getting too hot

句子结构：Carnivorous mammals can endure what…because… (they指代 mammals，that充当定语从句修饰 a heat-exchange network，表示一般事实用一般现在时，所以用keeps，固定搭配：keep s.th from)