Before I proceed in relating the part I had in public affairs under this new governor's administration, it may not be amiss here to give some account of the rise and progress of my philosophical reputation. In 1746…
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学习词汇
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高频词
190 个
高考重点词
163 个
雅思重点词
174 个
托福重点词
131 个
重点短语
59 个
重点语法
38 个
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高频词
account叙述，说明；记述
quite相当，十分
readiness熟练；准备就绪
following后面的事物；接下来的内容
satisfaction满足；满意
publication发表；出版
offend冒犯；惹恼
deliver发表，表达
sect学派，派别；教派
pleasure喜悦；快乐
重点短语
give some account of介绍一下；对……作一些说明
acquired great readiness in在……方面变得十分熟练
well attended出席人数很多的
on the sameness of lightning with electricity论述闪电与电本质相同
prevailed with说服；劝服
denying the verity of否认……的真实性
drawing lightning from the clouds从云层中引下闪电
swell this narrative with an account of用对……的叙述使这篇叙述膨胀
重点语法
before引导时间状语从句Before I proceed...是时间状语从句，表示主句动作发生在从句动作之前；从句中 I had in public affairs 是省略关系代词的定语从句，修饰 the part。
which 引导定语从句which we had an account of from England 修饰 those（experiments），说明这些实验来自英国资料。
强调句型 It was...that...（that 省略）it was with difficulty the experiments could be made 可理解为 it was with difficulty that...，强调实验做起来很困难。
独立主格结构The papers... being shown to Dr. Fothergill是“名词+现在分词被动式”结构，在句中作时间或背景状语。
并列长句与分词状语全句由 but 连接两个主要部分；on consideration that... 与 reflecting that... 是并列的介词/分词结构，说明决定的理由，主句为 I concluded to let my papers shift for themselves。
省略关系代词的定语从句I received 修饰 the infinite pleasure；I made soon after... 修饰 a similar one，关系代词 that/which 在从句中作宾语并省略。