1. A popular explanation of play has been that it helps juveniles develop the skills they will need to hunt.
分析:本句的主句为A popular explanation of play has been thatthat it helps juveniles develop the skills they will need to hunt为that引导的表语从句,作has been的表语;they will need to hunt为定语从句,关系词在定语从句中作宾语,被省略。
2. Comparing measurements for fifteen orders of mammal, he and his team found larger brains are linked to greater playfulness.
分析:本句的主句为he and his team found larger brains are linked to greater playfulnessComparing measurements for fifteen orders of mammal为现在分词短语作状语;larger brains are linked to greater playfulness为宾语从句,that被省略。
3. If you plot the amount of time a juvenile devotes to play each day over the course of its development, you discover a pattern typically associated with a sensitive perioda brief development window during which the brain can actually be modified in ways that are not possible earlier or later in life.
分析:本句较长,主句为you discover a patternIf you plot the amount of time为if引导的本句的条件状语从句;a juvenile devotes to play each day over the course of its development为定语从句,作time的定语,关系词在定语从句中作宾语,被省略;associated with a sensitive period为过去分词短语作定语;during which the brain can actually be modified为which引导的定语从句,作window的定语从句;that are not possible earlier or later in life为定语从句,作ways的定语,关系词为that。
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