1.First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Format

　　in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten

　　the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist

　　who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had

　　to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecolab

　　polytechnique. （NMET2003.C篇）

　　这个定理，先是由十七世纪法国数学家皮尔法特提出，曾使一批杰出的数

　　学大师为难，包括一位法国女科学家，她在解决这个难题方面取得了重大

　　的进展，她曾女扮男装为了能够在伊科尔理工学院学习。

　　    简析：夹杂过去分词短语，现在分词短语，动名词及两个定语从句。

　　2. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a

　　result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just

　　about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail

　　is introduced, the printers start working overtime. That is, the

　　growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to the

　　increased use of the Internet. （NMET2003.E篇）