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【昨日回顾】

It applies equally to traditional historians who view history as only the external and internal criticism of sources, and to social science historians who equate their activity with specific techniques.

这种谬误同样存在于历史传统家和历史社科家；前者认为历史仅仅是史学界内部和外部人士对各种史料来源的评论，后者则认为历史的研究是具体方法。

【今日长难句】

They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light-years from earth.

【结构解析】

1. 本句主干为主系表结构，即：they/ were / the largest and most distant objects.

2. by far 为插入语，表时间状语

3. that scientists had ever detected 为定语从句，修饰 objects.

4. 分号之后的“a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light-years from earth”为objects 的同位语，起解释说明作用。

【词的处理】

by far 迄今为止

object / ˈɔbdʒikt/ n. 物体

detect / diˈtekt / vt. 发现

a strip of … 一条/块（狭长的）……

enormous / iˈnɔ:məs/ adj. 巨大的

cosmic / ˈkɔzmik/ adj. 宇宙的 （cosmos n. 宇宙）

lligte-year n. 光年

【参考译文】

They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light-years from earth.

迄今为止，科学家所发现的最大、最遥远的物体是：离地球大约150亿光年的一块狭长的巨大宇宙云系。

【明日长难句】

But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago.

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