1、智课网IELTS备考资料雅思阅读难句分析之定语从句(三)4. President Kennedy wanted people who raised questions,who criticized,on whose judgment he could rely, who presented an intelligent point of view,regardless of their rank or viewpoint.要点 本句中who,who,on whose,who四个定语从句并列,共同修饰中心词 people。译文 肯尼迪总统需要提问题的人、能提批评意见的人、做出可靠判断的人以及能提
2、出明智看法的人,而不问他们的级别和观点。5. In the soap war between Proctor and Gamble and Unilever, tremendous use is made of statistics to measure the dynamic difference in market resulting from the proportional allocation to advertising, which constitutes such a large part of their production costs before selling, so
3、 that they regard their production costs as production plus advertising costs.要点 此句结构比较复杂,但主句很简单,主语为use,谓语为is made.主句正常语序为tremendous use of statistics is made to, to measure作目的状语,resulting from为现在分词短语作difference 的后置定语。which引导一个非限制性定语从句,修饰allocation to advertising.so that引导一个结果状语从句。plus 为介词,意为 “加上”。s
4、oap war 为“肥皂广告大战”。译文 在Proctor and Gamble和 Unilever两家企业之间的“ 肥皂大战” 中,双方就大量使用了统计学知识来测量由相应的广告投入所引起的市场上的动态差异,这一项在前的生产成本中占较大部分,所以他们把生产成本看作是生产费用与广告费用之和。6. Smart cards,which can carry as much as 80 times more information on them than conventional cards with a magnetic stripe,are already widely used in Europ
5、ean countries where centralized banks can roll out new services on a nationwide basis.要点 本句为简单复合句。句架为Smart cards, which , are already widely used in European countries where。which为关系代词,引导非限制性定语从句,修饰 smart cards;where 为关系副词,引导定语从句,修饰countries.nationwide :全国范围内的。roll out:本意为“展开( 卷起之物)” ,此处为引申义,指展开工作。译
6、文 智能卡载有的信息量是普通磁卡信息载量的80多倍,已经在欧洲各国广泛使用,因而使欧洲各国中央银行得以在全国范围展开新型的服务。7. How well the prediction will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount,reliability,and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted.要点 本句含有一个主语从句How well the prediction will be validated by later performance和一个定语从句with which it is interpreted.定语从句中it 指代prediction,该定语从句修饰 the skill and wisdom.在翻译时主语从句用分译法,定语从句用合译法。validate:使有效;使有充分根据。译文 预测在多大程度上为后来的表现所证实,这取决于所采用信息的数量、可靠性和适宜性,还取决于用来解释预测的技巧和智慧。