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1 Believe it or not, interest in sundials is increasing in the West. A quick glance at the Internet reveals burgeoning sundial societies all over the world for the scientifically inclined, and even detailed sundial trails for those who want to check out the dials in gardens in the United States, France or Britain. This is "the travel" with a difference. The earliest sundials are recorded in use around 300 BC. They come from the stage in ancient times when men and women began to use simple sticks and markers to show the time of day as the shadows progressed. Such devices grew steadily more complex until by Roman times no fewer than 12 types of sundial were recorded, including a sophisticated portable version. More than mere markers of time, such dials served for centuries to indicate mankind understands of the complexities of the heavens.

参考答案：信不信由你，西方对于日晷的研究兴趣正浓。匆匆浏览一下互联网，不难发现：在世界各地蓬勃发展的日晷协会正致力于日晷的科学性倾向研究；还有为那些想要查明美、法、英各国园林中日晷情况的人提供有关日晷的详细资料。此次“旅行”，意义非凡。
对于日晷的最早记录大约在公元前300年。他们源于远古时代，那时，人们利用简单的棍棒和标记物，随其投影的移动来显示每日的时辰。直到古罗马时代，这种仪器才渐渐变得复杂。据历史记载，当时有不少于12种日晷，其中有一种日晷精密且便于携带。这些日晷不仅记录时间，几个世纪以来，它们也表明着人类对宇宙复杂性的不断了解。
系统解析：
1. A quick glance at the Internet reveals burgeoning sundial societies all over the world for the scientifically inclined, and even detailed sundial trails for those who want to check out the dials in gardens in the United States, France or Britain.
结构分析：句子的框架是 A quick glance...reveals burgeoning sundial societies...for the scientifically inclined, and even detailed sundial trails for those who want to check out the dials in gardens...。本句是个简单句，动词 reveals 跟有 burgeoning sundial societies 和 detailed sundial trails 两个宾语，难点在于两个宾语后分别所跟的介宾结构 for...的翻译。前面 for the scientifically inclined 可以推测是 for the scientifically inclined research 的省略，for 在这里由介词转化为动词翻译较好；后面的介宾结构是 for those people 后跟定语从句，联系上下文，for 在这里作同样处理，翻译为“提供”。
2. They come from the stage in ancient times when men and women began to use simple sticks and markers to show the time of day as the shadows progressed.
结构分析：句子的框架是 They come...in ancient times when men and women began to use...to show the time of day as the shadows progressed。本句中，when 引导定语从句，修饰先行词 times, as 引导时间状语从句，翻译时采用顺序翻译。

2 Somewhere along the line, someone realised that a slanting object would cast a more accurate shadow than a vertical one for the purposes of keeping time. The problem of seasonal changes was removed by placing the slanting object parallel to the Earth's axis. Even after clocks and watches were invented, their reliability was questionable and sundials still had to be used to check their accuracy. But eventually, as the 18th and 19th centuries progressed, and coinciding with the era of "picturesque" or idealized landscape gardening in Britain and Europe, sundials became garden ornaments first and timekeepers second. Their value in this arena has never been questioned, as successful gardens often rely on such focal points for impact. But as modem communication and means of travel grew more sophisticated, standard time zones were adopted. As a result, your sundial will agree with your watch only on four days of the year, not because it is inaccurate but because it is measuring a different kind of time.

参考答案：为了记录时间，有人意识到，在一条线的某个地方，一个倾斜的物体会比垂直的物体投射出更准确的阴影。将倾斜物体与地轴平行放置可解决季节变换的问题。即使钟表和手表被发明，它们的准确性也有待考察，而日晷仍旧被用来检测它们的准确度。
但是最后，随着18世纪和19世纪向前迈进，日晷与“绚丽多彩”的时代或英国、欧洲理想化的园艺美化如出一辙，首先用作装饰，其次用来计时。日晷在这方面的作用从未受过质疑，因为大型园林总需要这样的焦点来制造冲击效果。但是由于现代通讯方式和交通方式变得更加复杂，人们采用了标准时区的方法计算时间。结果，日晷和手表一年中只有四天相吻合，这并非因为它计时不准确，而是因为它测量的时间不同。
系统解析：
1. The problem of seasonal changes was removed by placing the slanting object parallel to the Earth's axis.
结构分析：句子的框架是 The problem…was removed by placing the slanting object parallel to the Earth's axis。本句为简单句，翻译时将被动语态转化为主动语态。
2. But eventually, as the 18th and 19th centuries progressed, and coinciding with the era of “ picturesque ” or idealized landscape gardening in Britain and Europe, sundials became garden ornaments first and timekeepers second.
结构分析：句子的框架是 But eventually, as the 18th and 19th centuries progressed, and coinciding with the era of..., sundials became garden ornaments first and timekeepers second。本句结构是 as 引导时间状语从句，而后现在分词作状语，再加一个简单主句。idealized...Europe与the era of...并列。
难点在于 coinciding with...的翻译，其原意是“与同时发生”，这里翻译为“与……如出一辙”较好。
3. As a result, your sundial will agree with your watch only on four days of the year, not because it is inaccurate but because it is measuring a different kind of time.
结构分析：句子框架为 As a result， your sundial will agree with your watch...，not because...but because...。本句中 not because…和but because...构成并列，作原因状语从句。agree with在这里翻译为“与……一致”，“与……吻合”。

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