1.First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format
in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten
the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist
who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had
to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab
polytechnique. (NMET2003.C篇)
這個定理,先是由十七世紀(jì)法國數(shù)學(xué)家皮爾法特提出,曾使一批杰出的數(shù)
學(xué)大師為難,包括一位法國女科學(xué)家,她在解決這個難題方面取得了重大
的進(jìn)展,她曾女扮男裝為了能夠在伊科爾理工學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)。
簡析:夾雜過去分詞短語,現(xiàn)在分詞短語,動名詞及兩個定語從句。
2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a
result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just
about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail
is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the
growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the
increased use of the Internet. (NMET2003.E篇)