一、
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.
分析主干:The first study... has found that...
不定式to compare...作定语修饰the first study,that 引导的从句至句末,作found的宾语。宾语从句用了同级比较结构as... as,句中,是they are likely to tell lies inphone 和they are in emails 进行比较。
译文:第一个在各种不同的通讯媒介中对比诚实度的研究发现,人们在电话谈话中说谎的可能性是他们在电子邮件中说谎的可能性的两倍。
二、
The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism.
分析主干:The executives acknowledge that..., but they deny that...
but 引导两个并列的表示转折关系的分句,两个分句结构相似,都带了宾语从句。句中swing 意思是改变created 是过去分词短语,作a food 的后置定语。
译文:高层管理者承认,他们在试图把全国的饮食习惯都转向一种在美国创造出来的食物上,但是他们否认把这一行为等同于经济上的帝国主义行为。
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