Exercise:
We live in a time when, more than ever before in history, people are moving about.
Evening had now come, the last of Adolf Hitler’s life.
Several neighbors hope to find safety in the only bomb shelter on their street when an announcement comes over the radio that enemy missiles are approaching.
要点分析和参考译文
要点:定语从句“people are moving about”被比较状语“more than ever before in history”分隔。此现象为“分隔定语”
参考译文:我们生活在一个四处奔波甚于历史上任何时期得时代。
要点:the last of Adolf Hitler’s life 作为evening得同位语,因为比较长而放在了句子后面,使句子平衡。
参考译文:夜晚已经来临,这是阿道夫希特勒生命中最后的一个夜晚。
要点:when引导的时间状语从句的主语 an announcement后带有一个that 引导的同位语从句(that enemy missiles are approaching),说明其内容,因为谓语部 分太短,所以将同位语从句置于其后,以保持句子平衡。
参考译文:当广播里传出敌方导弹正在接近,几个邻居都希望在街道的唯一的一个防空洞中寻求完全。