Module 5 The Conquest of the UniverseSection 2 The Analysis of the Difficult Sentences 1
Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken
上百万的人们通过电视观看到首次登月,心悬着,意识到冒险是多么困难和危险的,也意识到我们不得不冒多少险了
(1) their hearts in their mouths 采用了独立主格结构,意思是他们的心提到嗓眼里了(2) aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken 是形容词性短语充当伴随状语,表示人们看到首次登月时的心态
be aware of / that 意识到,知道Smokers are well aware of the dangers to their own health
吸烟者很清楚吸烟对他们自身的健康造成的伤害
He must have been aware that my parents’ marriage was breaking up
他一定已经知道我父母的婚姻正在破裂
(3) how difficult and dangerous and adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken 是由疑问词 how 和 what 引导