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

　　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 后面接了一个 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，但是要要无论它是或不是要要我们都对此无能为力。

　　54. 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 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 构成的宾语。

　　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。

　　55. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails.