When we begin to question our assumptions and challenge what we think we have learned from our past,from the media,peers,family,friends,etc.,we begin to realize that some of our conclusions are flawed or contrary to our fundamental values.(2009四级快速阅读)
【分析】主句:we begin to realize我们开始意识到......
修饰成分:that some of our conclusions are flawed or contrary to our fundamental values.宾语从句做realize的宾语
When we begin to...时间状语从句其中question和challenge并列做谓语
what we think做challenge的宾语从句
we have learned from our past,from the media,peers,family,friends,etc.又做
think的宾语从句译为“从我们的过去、媒体、同辈、家人、朋友等那里学到
的东西”
【必背词汇】assumption n.假设
flawed adj.有缺陷的,有错误的
fundamental adj.根本的,基本的
【翻译】当我们开始质疑自己的假设,并且向那些我们认为是从我们的过去、媒体、同辈、家人、朋友等那里学到的东西发出挑战的时候,我们就开始意识到我们的结论有些是有缺陷的,或者说与我们的基本价值是相违背的。
But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying,as well as studying,can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that,unlike many investments,should yield huge dividends.(2009.阅读6Text4)
【分析】主句:economists say经济学家声称
修饰成分:about to go into debt to fund four years of partying,as well as studying,形容词短语做定语,修饰families
families can console themselves with the knowledge做say的宾语从句
that college is an investment做the knowledge的同位语从句
unlike many bank stocks与许多银行股票不同,做插入语
that should yield huge dividends定语从句,修饰an investment
【必背词汇】console v.安慰,慰藉
investment n.投资
yield v.产生,得出
dividend n.股息,红利,收益
【翻译】但是经济学家们声称,即将因为支付儿女大学四年聚会玩乐外加学习的费用而背上债务的那些家庭可以安慰自己说,上大学是一项投资,与许多银行股票不同,这项投资将收获巨额收益。
What parents do,in other words,is of deep concern to the state,for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society.(2010.阅读6Text 1)
【分析】主句:What parents do is of deep concern to the state.主系表结构国家对家长的作为密切关注
修饰成分:in other words“换句话说”插入语
for the obvious reason原因状语
that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of
society做reason的同位语从句not only...but...
【翻译】换句话说,国家对家长的作为密切关注,显而易见,这是因为是,对儿童的关爱不仅是未来社会发展在道德上急需的也是必需的。
Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill–knowing full well that the students won't make it.(2011.阅读.6.Text1)
【分析】主句:Some schools increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill.一些学校增加学费,指望学生贷款和政府补贴填补赤字。
修饰成分:out for profit“为了盈利”介词短语做目的状语
Knowing full well现在分词做定语
that the students won't make it充当knowing的宾语从句
【必背词汇】cynically adv.爱嘲笑地,冷漠地
count on指望,依靠
【翻译】某些学校为了盈利,尽管知道学生无力负担,却冷漠地增加学费,指望学生贷款和政府补贴填补赤字。
"Global"does not mean products that are consciously identified as American,but ones that consumers-especially young people-see as part of a modern,innovative world in which people are linked across cultures by shared beliefs and tastes.(2005.四级阅读.Text1)
【分析】主句:“Global”does not mean products,but ones...
修饰成分:that are consciously identified as American定语从句,修饰products
that consumers-especially young people-see as part of a modern,innovative world定语从句,修饰ones
in which people are linked across cultures by shared beliefs and tastes定语从句,修饰a modern, innovative world
【必备词汇】not..but...不是......,而是......
consciously有意地,自觉地
innovative创新的,革新的
Shared共享的
【翻译】“全球化”指的并不是定位美国的产品,而是顾客-尤其是年轻人-将其看做是现代创新世界的一部分,那里不同文化的人们通过共享的信念和口味相互联系。