2018考研英語(yǔ)復(fù)習(xí):長(zhǎng)難句分析之《the blue thread frays》5

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Mr. de Blasio’s critics complain that he has done his best to hobble charter schools, which offer poor New Yorkers a way out of the worst public schools. (His election campaign was backed by labour unions, which detest non-union charters.) More broadly, the mayor’s detractors worry that he will burn through the surplus built up by his more businesslike predecessor, Michael Bloomberg.
    這個(gè)段落選自2015年《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》一月份的文章《The Blue Thread Frays》(磨損的藍(lán)線),在這個(gè)段落中,考生需要著重注意以下幾點(diǎn):
    (1) Mr. de Blasio’s critics complain that he has done his best to hobble charter schools, which offer poor New Yorkers a way out of the worst public schools.
    (2) His election campaign was backed by labour unions, which detest non-union charters.
    (3) More broadly, the mayor’s detractors worry that he will burn through the surplus built up by his more businesslike predecessor, Michael Bloomberg.
    在第一個(gè)句子中,大家可以先看看這個(gè)句子的主干以及內(nèi)嵌的從句結(jié)構(gòu);這是一個(gè)主謂賓結(jié)構(gòu):
    主語(yǔ)(Mr. de Blasio’s critics)+謂語(yǔ)(complain)+賓語(yǔ)(that he has done his best to hobble charter schools, +非限制性定語(yǔ)從句(which offer poor New Yorkers a way out of the worst public schools. ))
    賓語(yǔ)從句的標(biāo)志之一是在謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞之后,另外考生也要看到那些“不正經(jīng)”的it以及“擾亂人心”的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài);
    第二個(gè)句子中的亮點(diǎn)詞匯是“backed”,且語(yǔ)態(tài)也是我們必須要了解的“was backed by”;除此之外,這篇文章的作者真的很喜歡非限制性定于從句,這個(gè)句子嵌套著一個(gè)非限“which detest non-union charters”。
    第三個(gè)句子中,句子主干:
    主(the mayor’s detractors)+謂(worry)+賓(that he will burn through the surplus built (分詞結(jié)構(gòu)作后置定語(yǔ))up by his more businesslike predecessor, Michael Bloomberg(同位語(yǔ)).)
    Built作為build的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞,在長(zhǎng)難句中出現(xiàn)這樣的形式,對(duì)于基礎(chǔ)較差且分不清時(shí)態(tài),找不到謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的考生而言簡(jiǎn)直是“花式吊打”,這個(gè)時(shí)候考生就需要將句中主干的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞抓出來(lái),即賓語(yǔ)從句中主干的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;
    對(duì)于英語(yǔ)而言,英語(yǔ)句子中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞向來(lái)堅(jiān)持“一山不能容二虎,除非主從和并列”的原則。考生若想真要搞懂長(zhǎng)難句,這一原則是必須理解到位的!
    參考譯文:德布拉西奧先生的批評(píng)者抱怨他的“盡力”阻礙了特許學(xué)校的發(fā)展,而特許學(xué)校為紐約的窮人提供了離開(kāi)糟糕的公立學(xué)校的機(jī)會(huì)。支持(backed)他競(jìng)選的工會(huì)厭惡非工會(huì)的特許學(xué)校。更廣泛的說(shuō),市長(zhǎng)的反對(duì)者擔(dān)心他會(huì)將他善于經(jīng)營(yíng)的前任-邁克爾 布隆伯格-建立的盈余消耗殆盡。