内容正文:
1、 长难句翻译
1. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
2. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
2、 长难句翻译解析
1. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 people cannot have failed to…。1. who take no interest in art为定语从句,修饰先行词people;2. of modern sculpture 作examples的定语,on display 作sculpture的定语,in public places 作display的定语。
【词汇精讲】
take no interest in 对…没有兴趣 【反】take an interest in 对…感兴趣
fail to do 没有做成【反】manage to do 成功做
sculpture /ˈskʌlp.tʃər/ n. 雕塑,雕像【名】sculptor 雕塑家【近】statue
display /dɪˈspleɪ/ v. n. 展示,显露【组】on display 展出
current /ˈkʌr.ənt/ adj. 当前的 n. 水/电/气流【辨】currency 货币
Family photographs were displayed on the wall. 家人的照片挂在墙上。
Switch off the electric current before changing the bulb. 换灯泡前先把电源切断。
【参考译文】
即便对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会注意不到在公共场所展出的现代雕塑的例子。
2. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
【语法详析】
本句的主干为 Oddly shaped forms are quite familiar to everybody,Oddly shaped 属“adv. + done = adj.”结构;that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind 为定语从句,修饰先行词forms。
【词汇精讲】
oddly /ˈɒd.li/ adv. 奇怪地 【组】odd jobs 零工,杂活
suspend /səˈspend/ v. 暂停,悬挂 【名】suspension 【辨】suspense 悬念,suspicion 怀疑
ceiling /ˈsiː.lɪŋ/ n. 天花板,上限 【组】glass ceiling 无形限制
gust /ɡʌst/ n. 一阵强风
Oddly enough, she didn’t mention anything about the fact that she was getting married.
真奇怪,她只字未提自己要结婚这件事。
The country’s president has suspended the constitution and assumed total power.
总统废除了宪法,独揽大权。
They have imposed/set a ceiling on pay rises. 他们给工资的增加额度规定了上限。
【参考译文】
每个人都很熟悉悬挂在天花板上、随风摇摆、奇形怪状的雕塑品。
3、 长难句拓展
1. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it shapes is inescapably political — which is why decisions split a