2014年6月英语四级阅读难句解析(3)
日期:2014-05-13 14:39

(单词翻译:单击)

  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 (优惠券).
  主干:Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests...
  Privacy economist 和 Alessandro Acquisti 是同位语。tests后的that从句作tests的定语,该从句的谓语动词reveal带有一个宾语从句people will surrender...。
  译文:隐私经济学家Alessandro Acquisti 进行了一系列的测试,这些测试表明人们会透露像社保卡号这样的个人信息,就只是为了能拿到微不足道的便宜50美分的优惠券。

  There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated by men. (07.6 Passage 1)
  主干:There was a time
  本句是个存在句,主语a time由when引导的定语从句修饰。“about+what”引导的宾语从句构成介词短语,作stories的后置定语在该宾语从句中,it是形式主语,后面的不定式短语to work...是真正的主语。dominated...作a field的后置定语。
  译文:我生活中有那么一段时间人们老是问我,供职于一个男性占主导地位的领域感觉如何。

  The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls "free writing." (07.6 Passage 2)
  主干:The practice...is what...
  定语从句that can...修饰主语The practice,从句中的介词短语 past your...habits作宾语you的补语,as you write引导的时间状语从句修饰trying to edite。what引导的表语从句中用了“call+宾语+补语”的结构,what是宾语,free writing是补语。
  译文:这种可以帮助你克服在写作的同时就试图编辑的坏习惯的做法便是Elbow所称作的“自由式”写作。

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重点单词
  • securityn. 安全,防护措施,保证,抵押,债券,证券
  • constantlyadv. 不断地,经常地
  • pitifuladj. 慈悲的,可怜的
  • revealvt. 显示,透露 n. (外墙与门或窗之间的)窗侧,门
  • surrenderv. 投降,让与,屈服 n. 投降,屈服,放弃
  • elbown. 手肘,急弯,扶手 v. 用手肘推开,推挤
  • privacyn. 隐私,隐居,秘密
  • socialadj. 社会的,社交的 n. 社交聚会