Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.(2019年 英语一 Text3)
【难点分析】本句后置定语较多,主句中,of the electric light bulb是介词短语作后置定语,修饰先行词the invention,同样,of speculative fiction也是介词短语作后置定语,修饰先行词a remarkable work。that引导的定语从句中,to be raised by technologies是to do不定式作后置定语,修饰先行词ethical questions,yet to come同样是to do不定式作后置定语,修饰先行词technologies。
【参考译文】甚至在电灯泡发明之前,作者就已经创作了一部引人注目的推理小说,它预示着未来的技术将引发的许多伦理问题。