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Hello，小伙伴们，我是Owen, 百家号陪伴英语李军的原创作者，今天给大家分享的是一篇有关性别歧视在科学领域中体现的文章节选。
Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely toreceive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts.
女性申请地球科学博士后职位的人收到优秀推荐信的概率几乎是男性申请者的一半。
【解析】本句使用了句子，___短语的结构，视为非谓作状语的典型结构，因句子的主语female applicants作非谓语动词compare的逻辑主语且呈动宾关系，所以使用表示被动的done-也就是compared来连接状语
记忆句型：sth./sb. be likely to do sth.有可能做某事
Professor Dutt says they were not able to evaluate the actual scentific qualifications of the applicants usingthe data in the files. But she says the results still suggest （that）the women in geoscience are at potential disadvantage from the very beginning of their careers starting with those less than outstanding letters of recommendation.
杜特教授说，他们无法使用档案中的数据来评估申请人的实际科学资质。但她说，研究结果仍然表明，基于那些不太出色的推荐信，从职业生涯的一开始，地学领域的女性们就处于潜在的劣势中。
【解析】第一句虽短，但仍使用了非谓作方式状语的用法-using！第二句比较长，但只有两处谓语动词：主句的suggest（表明，暗示）和宾语从句的are。至于from介词短语是用作时间状语的，而后现在分词短语starting...则可以看做名词career的后置定语。
