新概念英语第四册04-03

Yet 与 however ，表示转折，意思完全相同。但 yet 用在句首，however 加标点，可以用

在自由位置。

重要句型：

No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in …

Take picture / photograph 照相 photographer 摄影师

of one... 定语后置: one 指代 gorilla

satisfactory photograph of one。主要是为了句子的平衡。

in a wild state 在野生状态下

并列句:

no zoologist...

zoology 动物学 zoo 动物园

logy ogy 表示学科

keep the … under … observation 把某事处于观察之下

keep the city clean 保持城市清洁

close and constant observation 近距离且持续不断的观察

Eg: I have to keep the boy under close control.

To control the boy very strikly.

地点状语:in the dark jungles in wich it lives

插入语：however intrepid = no matter how intrepid 无论多么英勇

Eg: No man , however intelligent , is perfect.

No place, however peaceful and tranquil , is a paradise.

lies buried here among the animals he loved so well

埋葬在他所钟爱的动物中间

Carl Akeley, the American naturalist (1864-1926) 自然学家, 博物学家

形容词做状语：lie awake , lie crouched

lifespan 寿命

how long the gorilla lives 猩猩的寿命

Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a wild state, no zoologist, however intrepid, has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the dark jungles in which he lives. Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, led two expeditions in the nineteen-twenties, and now lies buried among the animals he loved so well. But even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives