对于基础词汇及语法较薄弱的考生来说，要继续巩固阅读中的长难句，同时也要分析阅读文章中段落间的关系。下面老师为考生做2002年考研英语真题text2中长难句的精析。
1. Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.
解析：本句话较简单，Since the dawn of human ingenuity，这里since引导的是一个时间状语，that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty是that引导的定语从句，先行词是work。考生在翻译时注意以下词语的意思：dawn早期，ingenuity创造性，灵活性；nasty讨厌的。
参考译文：从人类最初有了智慧至今，人们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是一般肮脏的工作。
2. As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor.
解释：本句中出现一个被动语态，和but连接的两个并列定语从句，分别是：whose presence we barely notice，whose universal existence has removed much human labor，先行词是intelligent gizmos，翻译时都可以独立成句。
参考译文：由此引起的结果是，现代世界已经日益充斥着智能的装置，虽然我们几乎都注意不到他们，但他们的普遍存在却节省了许多人类劳力。
3. There are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy — far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.
解析：本句相对简单，出现了there be的结构，that引导的定语从句that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy，先行词是robot systems，还有than引导的比较级。按正常的顺序翻译就行。
参考译文：由于电子和微观机械仪器的不断缩小，现在已有一些机器人系统能够进行精确到毫米的脑部和骨髓手术，其精确性远远超过熟练的医生用他们的双手所能达到的水平。
4. But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves — goals that pose a real challenge.
解析：本句中出现了条件状语从句，以及and引导两个并列谓语，will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make ，还有that pose a real challenge定语从句，先行词是goals。
参考译文：但是如果机器人要进入节省劳力的下一个阶段，他们必须能够在更少的人工监控下运行，并且至少能够独立地做一些决定。这些目标给我们提出了一个真正的挑战。
以上就是老师与考生们分享的2002年考研英语真题text2文章中的长难句精析，希望能够帮助考生更好的理解文章，祝各位考生快乐、高效的复习！