If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.

译文：如果查看一下2006年世界杯足球锦标赛所有参赛运动员的出生证明，你很可能会发现一个明显的奇怪现象：出色的足球运动员往往在一年中的头几个月出生。

句子主干：You would most likely find a noteworthy quirk.

考研知识点:

1.Examine=find out= look at= explore 看一下 （放句首）
2.tournament 锦标赛n.
3. noteworthy=apparent=obvious=evident=palpable=overt=manifest 明显的 adj.
4. quirk 奇怪现象n.
5. 本句中，quirk后的冒号相当于that, 冒号后的句子是同位语从句，具体表述quirk的内容。
6. than 引导比较状语

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If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.

译文：如果查看一下2006年世界杯足球锦标赛所有参赛运动员的出生证明，你很可能会发现一个明显的奇怪现象：出色的足球运动员往往在一年中的头几个月出生。

句子主干：You would most likely find a noteworthy quirk.

考研知识点:
1.Examine=find out= look at= explore 看一下 （放句首）
2.tournament 锦标赛n.
3. noteworthy=apparent=obvious=evident=palpable=overt=manifest 明显的 adj.
4. quirk 奇怪现象n.
5. 本句中，quirk后的冒号相当于that, 冒号后的句子是同位语从句，具体表述quirk的内容。
6. than 引导比较状语

#考研# #考研英语长难句#

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