英语句子最常用的方法是通过使用一些关联词,如 and、or等,或标点符号如:分号,逗号,破折号等,若干个在语义上有联系或相互照应的单词、词组或子句连在一起组成一种并列或平行结构的长句,以表达一个复杂得多层次含义。这种句式虽然难度不一定很高,但在复杂长句中还是占了相当大的比例的.
Exercise
The intentional termination of life of one human being by another - mercy killing (安乐死) - is contrary to that for which the medical profession stands and is contrary to the policy of the American Medical Association.
Put them all together, exalt(提高)them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and strife(争议)and you have a future lighted with the radiant colors of hope.
More than three million people live in inner London, and nearly five million people live in the surrounding suburban area, which is made up of formerly separate villages that have merged to form what is now called outer London
要点分析和参考译文
要点:句子主干有两个并列的谓语部分,即" is contrary to……and is contrary to……。" 词组mercy killing 是对前面内容的概括。for which the medical profession stands 是"that"的定语从句。
参考译文:把这一切集合起来,加以提高,使之超越现存的缺点,再加上人类得到拯救的憧憬,永远无求无争,那么你将有一个闪耀着希望的绚丽多彩的未来。
要点:全句为并列复合句。 "and"连接并列句。第二个句子是主从复合句。"which"引出非限制性定语从句,修饰"area"。"that " 引出限制性定语从句,修饰 "villages"。"what" 引出名词从句作"form"的宾语
参考译文:三百多万人口居住在伦敦市区,将近五百多万人口居住在周围的郊区--这些郊区由原来分散的村庄构成,逐步形成如今被称为的外伦敦。