65. Since early times, people have been fascinated with the idea of life existing somewhere else besides earth.
点睛
be fascinated with是口语中常见的表达,意为“对……着迷,痴迷于”。动名词结构existing somewhere else besides earth是life的后置定语,对life进行具体说明。
考点归纳
形容词fascinated是由动词fascinate“迷住,吸引”变形而来的,也可理解为fascinate的过去分词形式,意为“入迷的,极感兴趣的”,不可置于名词之前。其常见用法如下:
与介词by连用,后接让人入迷并感兴趣的对象。如:
Humans are always fascinated by rainbows. 人们总是为彩虹而着迷。
后接动词不定式,表示对做某事很感兴趣。如:
I would be fascinated to hear your views on this problem. 我很有兴趣听听你对该问题的看法。
听音解惑
since

early[sins

ˈəːli]里的第二个[s]与[əː]相邻,读作[sinˈsəːli];besides

earth[biˈsaidz

əːθ]里的[dz]与[əː]相邻,读作[biˈsai dzəːθ]。