復(fù)雜的并列句的拆分和理解 例250

例250　During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話是個(gè)典型的定語(yǔ)從句，句子開頭是個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)做狀語(yǔ)，也就是During the past generation，句子的主語(yǔ)是the American middle-class family，后面加上定語(yǔ)從句that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure，該定語(yǔ)從句是個(gè)并列句，動(dòng)詞是has been transformed by，動(dòng)詞是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，賓語(yǔ)是economic risk and new realities。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于很長(zhǎng)的并列定語(yǔ)從句，而且主干是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，很經(jīng)典。

【核心詞匯】

count on　依靠

fair play　公平競(jìng)爭(zhēng)

financially secure　財(cái)政收支安全

economic risk　經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)

new realities　新的現(xiàn)實(shí)

【參考譯文】在過(guò)去的20多年時(shí)間里，那些曾經(jīng)依靠辛勤工作和公平競(jìng)爭(zhēng)就可以保證自己財(cái)政收支安全的美國(guó)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭已經(jīng)被經(jīng)濟(jì)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和新的現(xiàn)實(shí)所改變。（用定語(yǔ)從句前置的翻譯方法來(lái)處理這個(gè)句子）