请问:应该选哪个? 应该怎样翻译?
______ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
A. Because B. For C. Since D. While
选D。
虽然人们对睡眠中发生的事情知道得很多,但睡眠的确切功能及其不同阶段在很大程度上仍停留在假设的范围内。
while 引导的是引导让步从句,意思是“尽管,虽然”。
while 做连词意思挺多的:在……期间;在……的过程中;与……同时;(对比两件事物)……而;虽然,尽管;直到……为止。
在四六级阅读文章里,while是“尽管,虽然”的出现的很多,你一定要注意这点。
判断while是不是引导让步从句的方法不难:去掉while,然后在后句前加but形成并列句,若前后存在转折关系,那么while就是引导让步从句。
再看两个句子:
While the work was difficult, it was interesting.虽然工作有难度,但很有趣。
While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you.
虽然我理解你的意思,但我还是不同意。
While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy―in theory at least—when it comes to paper quality.
虽然消费者在卫生纸上花费很少,但是至少在理论上当谈到卫生纸的质量,他们很讲究。
(2017年6月大学英语四级真题试卷3)