8.17

今日长难句

He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not previously thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.（完形. 2008）

popularize / ˈpɔpjələraiz / v.宣传；宣扬

previously / ˈpri:viəsli / adv.先前地；以往地

bacterial / bækˈtiəriə / adj.细菌的

infection / inˈfekʃn / n.传染；感染

arouse / əˈrauz / v.激起；引起

controversy / ˈkɔntrəvə:si / n.争论；辩论

结构分析

你需要知道

本句的主干为：He(主语)+ helped(谓语)+ popularize the idea(宾语)。其中宾语是省略了to的不定式。help sb. (to) do sth.，其中to可以省略。大家知道这个结构就好。

翻译

他曾推动普及过这样一种观点：一些以前被认为不是由细菌引起的疾病实际上是传染病，而该观点首次被提出时曾引发极大争议。

预告8.20长难句（七夕快乐啦啦啦~）

Other models exist that are hybrids of these three, such as delayed open-access, where journals allow only subscribers to read a paper for the first six months, before making it freely available to everyone who wishes to see it.（Text2. 2008）