1 四级阅读长难句分析 1. 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.” 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。 译文：一次调查发现人们对于隐私普遍持悲观态度，60%的受访者说他们觉得隐私正在“离自己远去，而这让我很忧心。” 2. 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. 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 后面接一个 whether 引导的宾语从句。 译文：全球变暖有可能是 21 世纪巨大的环境危机，也有可能不是，但是—无论它是或不是—我们都对此无能为力。 3. The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people‘s hair. 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 。 4. 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. 分析主干：Many blogs have written (about...) 1.what 引导的从句作介词 about 的宾语。 2.该宾语从句用了 see sb. do ...
