2021考研英语真题复习:长难句Day100
2021考研英语真题长难句打卡第100天!文都考研英语老师会将一段阅读真题原文进行长难句结构精析、翻译技巧处理的讲解。同学们怎样才能利用好这份英语复习资料呢?摘抄原文并阅读,分析蓝色加粗长难句结构并自译,长久以往,就能奠定基石更上一层楼。
2021考研英语真题复习:长难句Day100
【2005年阅读Text 4 第1段 】
Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift.
① Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift.
② Nor do they aspire to such command themselves.
③ In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
参考译文:
①(现象:总1)美国人不再期待公众人物在演讲或写作中能运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语。
②(并列:总2)而公众人物自己也不渴望这样。
③(具体:分)语言学家麦荷特喜好争论,他的观点混杂着自由派与保守派的看法,在他最近的书《做我们自己的事:语言和音乐的退化,以及为什么我们应该喜欢或在意?》中,这位学者认为 60 年代反文化运动的胜利要对正式英语的退化负责。
翻译小作业:说到底,除非有丰富的经验,否则在当今社会中大学毕业生根本没有机会获得有前景的工作。
答案:At the end of the day, there’s probably a slim chance for a college graduate in the contemporary society to get a promising job unless he/she has rich experience.
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