復雜的并列句的拆分和理解 例246

例246　A rather similar process of differentiation has led to professional geologists coming together nationally within one or two specific societies, whereas the amateurs have tended either to remain in local societies or to come together nationally in a different way.

【結構分析】這是個明顯的轉折句，whereas前面的句子的主干是A rather similar process of differentiation has led to professional geologists，后面是分詞定語修飾前面的名詞geologists，也就是coming together nationally within one or two specific societies, whereas后面是個either...or...引導的并列句，第一個并列句是the amateurs have tended to remain in local societies，第二個并列句是to come together nationally in a different way。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是個超級轉折句，后半部分的轉折句采用了either...or...，很精彩。

【核心詞匯】

a rather similar process of differentiation　一個頗為相似的分化過程

professional geologists　專業(yè)的地質學家

specific societies　?？茖W術社團

whereas　然而

the amateurs　業(yè)余地質愛好者

remain in local societies　留在地方社團

【參考譯文】一個頗為相似的分化過程已經(jīng)導致專業(yè)的地質學家走到一起組成一到兩個全國性的專科學術社團，而業(yè)余地質愛好者們傾向于要么仍留在地方社團，要么也以另一種方式組成全國性機構。