Historian Sir Simon Schama is also a
supporter of the project. He said that arts education in schools was not just
an add-on. “It is absolutely necessary. The future depends on creativity and
creativity depends on the young. What will remain of us when artificial
intelligence takes over will be our creativity, and it is our creative spirit,
our visionary sense of freshness, that has been our strength for centuries.” (完整全文见:https://www.cpsenglish.com/article/812)
这是2021年新高考全国卷2阅读理解C的最后一段。请老师帮忙分析其中的以下句子:
What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity, and it is our creative spirit, our visionary sense of freshness, that has been our strength for centuries.
这个句子好像比较麻烦,完全没有理清结构,也没太看懂意思,谢谢老师!
句子分析:
1. 句中的 and 连接 What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity 和 it is our creative spirit, our visionary sense of freshness, that has been our strength for centuries,构成并列句。
2. 先看 and 前面的分句:在 What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity 中,of us 其实是修饰 what 的,即:
What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity
=What of us will remain when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity
句中的 when artificial intelligence takes over 是时间状语,为便于分析,先不管,则句子成了 What of us will remain will be our creativity,这里的 what 不是普通的连接代词或疑问代词,而是复合连接代词(也叫融合连接代词);What of us will remain 为主语从句,其后的 will be our creativity 为谓语部分,意思是:我们所剩下的将是我们的创造力。
加上撇开的状语从句,则 What of us will remain when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity 表示:当人工智能要占住上风时,我们剩下的将正是我们的创造力。
2. 再看 and 后面的分句:it is our creative spirit, our visionary sense of freshness, that has been our strength for centuries,句子的基本结构为 it is…that…强调句,看清这一点,句子就比较简单了。
试译:
当人工智能占住上风时,我们剩下的将正是我们的创造力,而我们的创新精神和我们富有远见的求新意识也正是多个世纪以来我们的优势所在。