主题:Social advancement 社会的进步
loom so large (令人忧心忡忡)
in the modern world 在现代社会
surely because 引导原因,恰恰因为
progress of a particular kind 一种特别的进步,介词短语作后置定语
particular : 特殊的,特别的
more and more :越来越
manifest :明显
Eg: You were walking on the way, he loomed out of mist.
Although…
in intelligence/morality 在智力/道德方面
undergone: experienced 经历
no general improvement 注意 no 的位置
no 用 not any 替换,则…has undergone no general improvement…
等同于:…has not undergone any general improvement…
“…, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge.”
it 指代人类
accumulation: 堆积,堆砌
extraordinary progress: 显著进步
主题句提出,做原因解释
Knowledge began to…
be communicated :可以交流,传递 another = another individual
speech :口语
oral adj. :口头的
Eg: … people go hunting.
I found the place where the bears are inhabited.
with… :随着…
writing = written language
a great advance 巨大的进步