51. Many African American blogs have written about what they’d like to see Michelle bring to the White House mainly showing the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a strong black family. (09.12 Passage 1)
分析 主干:Many blogs have written (about...)
what 引导的从句作介词 about 的宾语。 该宾语从句用了 see sb. do 的结构, bring(what) to...“给...带来什么东西”是省略 to 的不定式作宾语 Michelle 的补语。 破折号后的动名词短语作 what 的同位语, 也就是 Michelle 带到白宫的东西的内容。 Raise a family 中的 family 指“孩子”,整个词组的意思是“养家糊口”。
52. The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people’s hair. (09.6 Passage 2)
分析 主干:The method relies on...
本句难点在理解 measuring 的宾语,它就是 how 引导的从句。从句的主干是:how variations... show up...。
译文 这种方法的依据是测量饮用水中的化学物质在人的头发中的变化。
53. Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’t we won’t do much about it. (08.6 Passage 1)
分析 主干:Global warming may or may not be the crisis... but we won’t do much...
句子主干是个并列句,由 but 连接的两个分句之间是转折关系。 前一个分句用了 复合谓语,是肯定形式和否定形式并列的结构,利用了情态动词来省略。 后一个分句包含 一个复杂介词 regardless of 引导的短语,表示”不管”,of 后面接了一个 whether 引导的宾语从句。
54. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is “slipping away, and that bothers me.”(08.6 Passage 2)
分析 主干:A survey found an (overwhelming) pessimism...
句中 with 引导的介词短语作状语,其后带了复合宾语(即宾语+补语)。 该复合宾 语用现在分词 saying 作补语,saying 还带了一个宾语从句 they feel..., 而 feel 也带有宾语 从句,由 and 连接两个分句 their privacy is slipping away 和 that bothers me 构成的宾语。
55. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. (06.6 Passage 1)
分析 主干:The first study... has found that...
as... as从句中,是 they are likely to tell lies in phone 和 they are (likely to tell lies) in emails 进行比较。不定式 to compare..作定语修饰 the first study,that 引导的从句至句末,作 found