英語六級-完形語法關鍵句335. "Most experts agree that the changes were

335. "Most experts agree that the changes were related to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

譯文　約翰斯·霍普金斯·布隆伯格公共衛(wèi)生學院的社會流行病學家托馬斯·格拉斯說，“大多數(shù)專家認為這些改變與環(huán)境中的某些因素有關?！?

點睛　本句中含有一個賓語從句，即直接引語部分中that引導的賓語從句。social epidemiologist意為“社會流行病學家”。be related to意為“與……有關的”。如：

I can't agree that money is related to happiness. 我不贊同金錢與幸福有關的說法。

考點歸納　與be related to意思相近的短語還有：

have sth. to do with...，意為“與……有關”。如：

The outbreak of the war must have something to do with their economic conflicts. 戰(zhàn)爭的爆發(fā)一定與他們的經(jīng)濟爭端有關。

be concerned with意為“涉及……，與……有關”。如：

The shortage of the resources must be concerned with the low efficiency of the industry. 資源的匱乏肯定與工業(yè)的低效率有關。

be involved in意為“包含在……；與……有關”。如：

It is said that he is more or less involved in the affair. 據(jù)說他和這件事多多少少有些牽連。