跟着欢姐学英语DAY1221

跟着欢姐学英语DAY1221

2016-12-21    05'32''

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They found that the principal requirement for what is called “global cascades”—the widespread propagation of influence through network—is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people. 劈树:本句共包含三个谓语成份:“found”,“is called”,“is”,可以将本句切分为三个独立的小分句。 第一分句为:They found; 第二分句为:that the principal requirement for …is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people; 第三分句为:what is called “global cascades”—the widespread propagation of influence through network—; 造竹:第一分句为主句;第二分句为“found”的宾语从句;第三分句为“for”的宾语从句。 各分句中难词(词组)及在句中的含义: principal (最重要的) cascades (倾泻,潮流) propagation (传播) presence (存在) influentials (影响者,具有影响力的人) critical (关键的) mass (大众) 第一分句:They found; “They found”为主谓结构,翻译为“他们发现”; 第二分句:that the principal requirement for …is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people; “the principal requirement”含义为“最重要的条件”; “the principal requirement for …”翻译为“对于…而言最重要的条件”; “the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people”是本句难度的核心; “rather”是副词状语,作插入语,含义为“而是”,在句中同“but”的含义重叠,在汉语译文中体现不出来; “the presence not of a few influentials but of a critical mass of easily influenced people”是由两个语言结构组合而成,一个是“A of B”结构,另一个是“not…but…”结构,本句为“A not of B but of C”,“A”为“the presence”,“B”为“a few influentials”,“C”为“a critical mass of easily influenced people”; “A not of B but of C”含义为“不是B的A,而是C的A”; “the presence not of a few influentials but of a critical mass of easily influenced people”可以翻译为“不是少数具有影响力的人的存在,而是关键的容易被影响的大众的存在”; 注意:英语习惯使用名词,汉语习惯使用动词,所以“….的存在”可以按照汉语习惯翻译为“存在…” “the presence not of a few influentials but of a critical mass of easily influenced people”就可以翻译为“不是存在少数具有影响力的人,而是存在关键的容易被影响的大众”; 第三分句:what is called “global cascades”—the widespread propagation of influence through network—; “what is called”含义为“人们所说的”; “global cascades”可以翻译为“全球化潮流”; “—the widespread propagation of influence through network—”是双破折号中的插入语,解释说明“global cascades”; “the widespread propagation of influence through network”中“widespread”为“广泛传播的”的含义,“propagation”也为“传播”的含义,翻译成汉语句子时可以省略一个“传播”,译为“通过网络广泛传播的影响力”; 第一分句翻译为:他们发现; 第二分句翻译为:对于…而言最重要的条件不是少数具有影响力的人的存在,而是关键的容易被影响的大众的存在; 或翻译为:对于…而言最重要的条件不是存在少数具有影响力的人,而是存在关键的容易被影响的大众; 第三分句翻译为:人们所说的“全球化潮流”——通过网络广泛传播的影响力——; 原文回顾:They found that the principal requirement for what is called “global cascades”—the widespread propagation of influence through network—is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people. 全句翻译为:他们发现对于人们所说的“全球化潮流”——通过网络广泛传播的影响力——而言最重要的条件不是少数具有影响力的人的存在,而是关键的容易被影响的大众的存在; 或翻译为:他们发现对于人们所说的“全球化潮流”——通过网络广泛传播的影响力——而言最重要的条件不是存在少数具有影响力的人,而是存在关键的容易被影响的大众; 句式结构考点:宾语从句,插入语,“A not of B but of C”结构; 难度级别: