【真题例句】
Now since the assessment of intelligence is a comparative matter we must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides a “valid” or “fair” comparison.
【楠楠自语】
Step 1:找谓语动词is, must be, are, provides;
Step 2:找从句引导词now since, that, with which
Step 3:确定主从句
主句为:we must be sure that…,
其中that 引导的是宾语从句,属于宾语从句的特殊情况,把be sure当做一个动词短语
now since 引导状语从句,表示既然,
with which为介词+引导词,引导定语从句,先行词为the scale.
【参考译文】
既然对智力的评价是一个相对的问题,那么我们必须确定我们与之相比较的维度能够提供一个有效的或者公平的对比。