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Epidemics Supplement Documentation Slight Frequently Recent Native Evidence

en Unfortunately, the documentation of these and other epidemics is slight and frequently unreliable, and it is necessary to supplement what little we do know with evidence from recent epidemics among Native Americans.
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意群训练: Unfortunatelythe documentation of these and other epidemics is slight and frequently unreliableand it is necessary to supplement what little we do know with evidence from recent epidemics among Native Americans .

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标志: /Unfortunately/, the documentation (of these and other epidemics) is slight and frequently unreliable , and it is necessary to supplement what little we do know with evidence[from recent epidemics (among Native Americans)].

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译文: /不幸的是/,(这些和其他流行病的)纪录 是微不足道的而且经常不可靠这样 必要 [(印第安人中的)近来流行的疾病]的证据 补充到 我们知之甚少的信息中去

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解释: 本句的难点主要在表示递进的and之后:it是形式主语,其真正的内容在不定式中。其中容易看错的就是supplement A with B这个固定搭配的意思是“把B补充到A中”或“用B来补充A”而不是相反。在句中这个“A”是一个由what引导的名词性从句。

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