catchment n. 流域,区域
puncture v. 刺破 shirk v. 逃避,推卸
conscientious adj. 尽责的 leniency n. 宽大, 仁慈, 温和
难句突破:
This has not prevented assertions that English juries produce verdicts that are racially biased because they do not accurately reflect societys ethnic mix.
[主体句式] This has not prevented assertions that
[结构分析]这是一个复合句,that 引导的是定语从句修饰前面的assertions,在该定语从句中又有一个that引导的定语从句修饰verdicts, because引导的原因状语从句是主语定语从句中的状语从句。
[句子译文] 但是即使这样还是有人难免认为英国陪审团所作出的裁决具有种族偏见,因为陪审团不能准确地反映社会的种族混合情况。
In an elaborate case simulation at Londons Blackfriars court, which involved more than 300 jurors on 27 juries, the verdicts were all remarkably similar, regardless of whether the defendant was black, Asian or white.
[主体句式] The verdicts were all similar.
[结构分析]这是一个复合句,前面的介词短语是句子的状语;在该状语中,which引导的非限定性定语从句修饰前面的case。
[句子译文] 在伦敦Blackfriars法庭的一次精心的案件模拟中,有27个陪审团的300个陪审员参加,不管被告是黑人、亚洲人还是白人,裁决都非常相似。
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