The Aswan Dam , for example , stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods left-all in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity .
【重点词汇解析】deprive sb. of sth. 剥夺某人某物;silt，n. 淤泥 v. (使)淤塞
The second , by Joshua Greenberge , takes a more empirical approach to universality , identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many languages , which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints . (2012,49)
【重点词汇解析】empirical，adj. 经验主义的;result from 由……造成;cognitive，adj. 认知的
His function is analogous to that of a judge , who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a matter as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision . (2006,47)
【重点词汇解析】analogous，adj. 类似的;reveal，vt. 揭露;reason，n. 理由 v. 推论
when , after , before , while , until , till , since , as soon as , everytime , the moment等
地点引导词：where , wherever等
原因引导词：because , since=now that , as等
条件引导词：
if , whether , unless , as long as ,on condition that , providing that等
结果引导词：so / such ... that , so等
目的引导词：in order that , so that等
让步引导词：
though , although , however , whatever=no matter what even if , even though , as (倒装) 等
方式引导词：as , as if等
比较引导词:
than , as ... as , the more ... , the more ... 等
二、试题举例
例句1：
While formal learning is transmitted by teachers selected to perform this role , informal learning is acquired as a natural part of a child's development .
【重点词汇解析】transmit，vt. 传输、传播 vi. 传输、发射信号;(in)formal，adj. (非)正式的
While it is true that this competition may induce efforts to expand territory at the expense of others , and thus lead to conflict , it cannot be said that war-like conflict among other nations is inevitable , although competition is .
While it is true that to date the Internet seems to be favoring the most developed sectors of the international community over the less developed , this need not always be the case .
