研英长难句翻译真题词汇详解：（5）

长难句：many things make people think artists are weird. but the weirdest may be this: artists’only job is to explore emotions,and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.

重点词汇：explore，focus

■答案■

1、长难句翻译：许多事情让人们觉得艺术家是怪人，而最古怪的事情也许就是：艺术家的唯一工作就是探索情感，而他们所关注的却又是那些令人不快的情感。

分析：句子比较简单，应该关注explore和focus两个单词的意思。

2、重点词汇： explore有“考究；探索；探讨”的意思。scientists have been known to explore in this region of the earth.（科学家们一直在考察这一地域。）we must explore all the possibilities for the solution of the problem.(我们必须探讨解决这个问题的所有可能性。） focus作名词表示“焦点”，作动词意为“重视；关注”。because of his strange clothes,he immediately became the focus of attention when he entered the office.（他由于服装奇特，一走进办公室便成了大家注意的中心。）you must try to focus your mind on work and study.(你应该努力把思想集中在工作和学习上。）all eyes were focused on the speaker.（大家的目光都集中在发言人身上。）