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真诚的希望各位朋友帮我解答下这两句英语

我现在学习新概念英语第四册30课遇见几句难点句子现在麻烦各位朋友帮我解答下!(1)a burst of activity associated with the laying of submarine cables soon confirmed the challenger's observation that many parts of the ocean were two to there miles deep这句话出现了,两个谓语 associated with 和confirmed为什么呢????按理说一句完整的句子似乎只有一个动词,除非是为了强调说明也只能用do(2) From the shore line, out to disance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles, runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf, geologically part of the continents这句话书上翻译为，从海岸线向大海延伸几英里到几百英里的区域是大陆架慢坡，从地质学上来说，它是大陆的一部分......................如果不看翻译我几乎理解不了这句话。首先这里的
out to 怎么翻译， runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf为什么翻译成
是大陆架慢坡搞不懂？？？？？geologically part of the continents翻译成
从地质学上来说，它是大陆的一部分！不看翻译鬼才知道是这个意思！

Answer 1

(1)a burst of activity associated with the laying of submarine cables soon confirmed the challenger's observation that many parts of the ocean were two to there miles deep
associated with the laying of submarine cables是修饰主语a burst of activity的，不是谓语，谓语是confirmed，所以没有冲突。
(2) From the shore line, out to disance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles, runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf, geologically part of the continents
呵，长句子要理解可以先找主干，比如说这里 From the shore line, out to distance runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf.
which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles是说明从海岸线向远处延伸的区域， out to 就是向外

Answer 2

1.associated with 不是谓语，只是过去分词短语作定语修饰activity。这句话的主干是a burst of activity soon confirmed the challenger's observation 。
2。第二句话采用了倒装句。From the shore line放句首，即介词短语放句首。后面的句子要到装。原句可改为the gentle slope of the continental shelf，geologically part of the continents runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf。