2021考研英语长难句复习（八十九）

　　

　　Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that it’s OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure.

　　① Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete, that it’s OK to keep pouring fumes into the air until we know for sure.

　　② This is a dangerous game: by the time 100 percent of the evidence is in, it may be too late.

　　③ With the risks obvious and growing, a prudent people would take out an insurance policy now.

　　参考译文：

　　①(论点：总1)正如吸烟一样，现在来自许多方面的声音坚持认为，关于全球变暖的科学研究并不完善，且在我们确定之前继续向大气中排放废气并没有什么问题。

　　②(并列：总2)这是一个危险的游戏：到了有百分之百证据的时候，可能就太晚了。

　　③(措施：总3)随着风险越来越明显，并且不断增加，一个谨慎的民族现在应该准备一份保单了。

　　翻译小作业：

　　经验确实为我们的未来提供了最 好的指导，我们的国家和整个世界在做重要决策时，应该以经验能够提供的解决问题的意识作为依据，这十分关键。

　　答案：

　　Experience does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that our nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the awareness of solutions to problems.

　　课后练习：

　　随着问题越来越显著，并且不断增多，一个勇敢的民族现在应该准备一系列措施应对了。