12月英語四級閱讀難點解析(3)
1、Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smokers cough for a year.
主干:Gullotta saw a man...
who 引導的定語從句修飾a...man。
本句是肯定陳述句,卻用了doing anything而不是doing something,語義上有所強調。
譯文:兩個月以前格洛塔為一位50歲的男士看病,這名男士吸煙可歐已有一年,但期間他沒有采取任何措施,以至于延誤了治療。
2、The digital bread crumbs you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like.
主干:The crumbs make it easy to reconstruce...
you leave everywhere 是定語從句,省略了關系代詞that,修飾crumbs; make it easy for...to do...結構中,it 是形式賓語,真正的賓語是不定式 to reconstruct...。easy是賓語補語,for引導出不定式的邏輯主語strangers。句末who, where和what引導的三個名詞性從句都是reconstruct的賓語。
譯文:你處處留下的數字面包碎屑很容易讓陌生人推想出你是誰,你在哪里,你對什么感興趣。
3、Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon .
主干:Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests...
Privacy economist 和 Alessandro Acquisti 是同位語。tests后的that從句作tests的定語,該從句的謂語動詞reveal帶有一個賓語從句people will surrender...。
譯文:隱私經濟學家Alessandro Acquisti 進行了一系列的測試,這些測試表明人們會透露像社保卡號這樣的個人信息,就只是為了能拿到微不足道的便宜50美分的優惠券。
4.There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men.
主干:There was a time
本句是個存在句,主語a time由when引導的定語從句修飾。about+what引導的賓語從句構成介詞短語,作stories的后置定語在該賓語從句中,it是形式主語,后面的不定式短語to work...是真正的主語。dominated...作a field的后置定語。
譯文:我生活中有那么一段時間人們老是問我,供職于一個男性占主導地位的領域感覺如何。
5.The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls free writing.
主干:The practice...is what...
定語從句that can...修飾主語The practice,從句中的介詞短語 past your...habits作賓語you的補語,as you write引導的時間狀語從句修飾trying to edite。what引導的表語從句中用了call+賓語+補語的結構,what是賓語,free writing是補語。
譯文:這種可以幫助你克服在寫作的同時就試圖編輯的壞習慣的做法便是Elbow所稱作的自由式寫作。
1、Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smokers cough for a year.
主干:Gullotta saw a man...
who 引導的定語從句修飾a...man。
本句是肯定陳述句,卻用了doing anything而不是doing something,語義上有所強調。
譯文:兩個月以前格洛塔為一位50歲的男士看病,這名男士吸煙可歐已有一年,但期間他沒有采取任何措施,以至于延誤了治療。
2、The digital bread crumbs you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like.
主干:The crumbs make it easy to reconstruce...
you leave everywhere 是定語從句,省略了關系代詞that,修飾crumbs; make it easy for...to do...結構中,it 是形式賓語,真正的賓語是不定式 to reconstruct...。easy是賓語補語,for引導出不定式的邏輯主語strangers。句末who, where和what引導的三個名詞性從句都是reconstruct的賓語。
譯文:你處處留下的數字面包碎屑很容易讓陌生人推想出你是誰,你在哪里,你對什么感興趣。
3、Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon .
主干:Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests...
Privacy economist 和 Alessandro Acquisti 是同位語。tests后的that從句作tests的定語,該從句的謂語動詞reveal帶有一個賓語從句people will surrender...。
譯文:隱私經濟學家Alessandro Acquisti 進行了一系列的測試,這些測試表明人們會透露像社保卡號這樣的個人信息,就只是為了能拿到微不足道的便宜50美分的優惠券。
4.There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men.
主干:There was a time
本句是個存在句,主語a time由when引導的定語從句修飾。about+what引導的賓語從句構成介詞短語,作stories的后置定語在該賓語從句中,it是形式主語,后面的不定式短語to work...是真正的主語。dominated...作a field的后置定語。
譯文:我生活中有那么一段時間人們老是問我,供職于一個男性占主導地位的領域感覺如何。
5.The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls free writing.
主干:The practice...is what...
定語從句that can...修飾主語The practice,從句中的介詞短語 past your...habits作賓語you的補語,as you write引導的時間狀語從句修飾trying to edite。what引導的表語從句中用了call+賓語+補語的結構,what是賓語,free writing是補語。
譯文:這種可以幫助你克服在寫作的同時就試圖編輯的壞習慣的做法便是Elbow所稱作的自由式寫作。