12月英语四级复杂长难句分析回顾(二)_大学英语翻译

12月英语四级复杂长难句分析回顾(二)

　第一章并列平行结构

　　英语句子最常用的方法是通过使用一些关联词，如 and、or等，或标点符号如：分号，逗号，破折号等，若干个在语义上有联系或相互照应的单词、词组或子句连在一起组成一种并列或平行结构的长句，以表达一个复杂得多层次含义。这种句式虽然难度不一定很高，但在复杂长句中还是占了相当大的比例的.

　　1. More than three million people live in inner London,and nearly five million people live in the surrounding suburban area,which is made up of formerly separate villages that have merged to form what is now called outer London.

　　要点:全句为并列复合句。and连接并列句。第二个句子是主从复合句。which引出非限制性定语从句，修饰area。that引出限制性定语从句，修饰villages。what引出名词从句，作from的宾语。

　　参考译文：三百多万人口居住在伦敦市区，将近五百多万人口居住在周围的郊区该地区由原来分散的村庄构成，逐步形成如今被称为的外伦敦。

　　2. Then I remembered how often I,too,had been indifferent to the grander of each day,too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all.

　　要点：此句存在着一个tooto结构，即too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the splendor of it all。注意：I,too,had been indifferent to the grander of each day中too的含义为也，请不要混淆。