复杂的状语从句的拆分和理解 例115

例115　Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100.

【结构分析】句子的主干是Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible，后面是原因状语从句because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers，后面是个介词短语做状语，也就是rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于原因状语从句很复杂，里面有很多学术用语，而且里面还有介词短语做状语。

【核心词汇】

scoring　得分，即智力测验的得分

statistical population distribution　人口分布统计

age peers　同龄人

mental age　智力年龄

chronological age　时间年龄或日历年龄

【参考译文】再也不可能出现vos Savant测得的智力高分了，因为评分标准是根据同年龄中人口分布统计数据而制定，而不是简单根据时间年龄除以智力年龄，再乘以100。