12月四级考试阅读长难句精讲精练-第11讲_大学英语阅读

12月四级考试阅读长难句精讲精练-第11讲

　　51. 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

　　what 引导的从句作介词 about 的宾语。该宾语从句用了 see sb. do 的结构， bring to... 给...带来什么东西是省略 to 的不定式作宾语 Michelle 的补语。破折号后的动名词短语作 what 的同位语，也就是 Michelle 带到白宫的东西的内容。 Raise a family 中的 family 指孩子，整个词组的意思是养家糊口。

　　译文很多非裔美国人在他们的博客中写到，他们想看到米歇尔会给白宫带来些什么要要主要是向世界展示，一个黑人妇女有能力支持她的丈夫，并操持一个强大的黑人家庭。

　　52. 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。

　　53. 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.