第001句
There is no doubt that gardens evidence an irrepressible urge to create, express, fashion, and beautify and that self-expression is a basic human urge; yet when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created by the homeless, it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles, these gardens speak of various other fundamental urges, beyond that of decoration and creative expression.
译文:毫无疑问,花园表明了人们抑制不住的,想要去创造、表达、追求潮流和美化的冲动,而自我表达无疑是人类的一种基本诉求。然而,看着无家可归者所创建的花园的照片时,令人深有感触的是,尽管这些花园风格多样,但它们都显示出了人类除了想要装饰和彰显个人创造力之外的各种其他基本诉求。
点睛:本句由两个并列的分句构成,由分号隔开。第一个分句的主干是There is no doubt,后接两个that引导的同位语从句,共同补充说明doubt的内容。第二个分句的主干是it strikes one that...,it作形式主语,that后引导的从句是真正的主语,beyond引导的介词短语起补充说明作用。when引导时间状语从句,其中created by the homeless作定语,修饰photographs。
考点归纳:There is no doubt that...是常考句型,表示“毫无疑问…”。
类似的句型还有:
* There is no question about sth.意为“某事是毫无疑问的”。例如:
There is no question about his victory.
他的胜利是毫无疑问的。
*There is no need(for sb.)to do sth.意为“(某 人)不需要做某事,没有必要做某事”。例如:
There is no need for America to call for military actions.
美国不需要呼吁采取军事行动。
*There is no point in doing sth.意为“做某事是没有意义的”。例如:
There is no point in buying luxury goods if you have lost your job.
如果你已经失业,购买奢侈品是没有意义的。