2013年英语四级阅读理解长难句练习（六十三）

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63. Nevertheless, soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market share-this despite the fact that over 25 percent of bottled water comes from tap water: PepsiCo‘s Aquafina and Coca-Cola‘s Dasani are both purified tap water rather than spring water. (06.12 Passage 1)
　　主干：companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground...
　　解析：破折号后的this 指代前面的内容：view... share（把瓶装水看做下一个市场份额的竞争场所），despite 是介词，后接宾语the fact，表示让步：“尽管事实上......”。that 引导的从句作the fact 的同位语。冒号后的内容是对同位语从句内容的进一步解释说明。
　　译文：尽管如此，软饮料公司把瓶装水看做是争夺市场占有率的下一个战场—虽然事实是超过25%的瓶装水都来自自来水：百事可乐的Aquafina 和可口可乐的Dasani都是经过净化的自来水，而不是矿泉水。