12月英语六级阅读长难句分析1

　　Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues as well, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder how a creature so ugly could have won so much affection.

　　【分析】本句为复合句，主架为we must or。or表条件。get a handle on sth.指着手处理某事。that dinosaurs为定语从句，修饰的是a creature。leaving our 为现在分词短语作结果状语。how a affection为宾语从句，作wonder的宾语。固定短语meet ones end指迎接末日，即死亡，at the hands of为，指出自之手，由完成。

　　【译文】最终，我们必须着手处理这些问题，否则，这种比恐龙寿命还要长的生物将会在人类手中灭绝，从而给我们的后代留下疑问：为什么这么丑的生物却能获得人们如此多的关爱？