32. the employment situation remains as severe as ever: 就业形势一如既往地依然严峻。employment situation是个固定词组,值得一记; remain是联系动词,后接形容词,表示 一直处于某种境地或状态 ;as severe as ever:与以往一样的严峻;记住 as as ever 的用法。
33. Instead of bringing about apparent competitive edges, two or three years of additional academic training is simply a waste of time and energy. 二至三年额外的学术训练没能给学生带来显著的竞争优势,反而是白白地浪费了他们的时光与精力;现在分词短语bringing about apparent competitive edges这个动作,是主句的主语two or three years of additional academic training所发出的。bringing about或bringing在此处都可以用,意思略微不同;bringing是 带来 ,bringing about是 造成,导致,产生 , competitive edges: 上面已讲过,是 竞争优势 的意思;在 two or three years of additional academic training is simply a waste of time and energy 这个句子中,有人会问,two or three years of additional academic training作为一个充当主语的名词短语,是以复数形式出现的,与 is a waste of time and energy 中单数的动词 is 是否一致。回答是, 是一致的 。 虽然 two or three years of additional academic training 形式上是复数,但是,它是被动作一个整体来处理的,整个看作 一段时间 。 类似的例子如:Two years is a long time to wait. 此外,还有:Three miles is a long distance to walk. 等。a waste of time and energy是个不错的短语。
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