26. If you are working on a word processor, you can take advantage of its capacity to make additions and deletions as well as move entire paragraphs by making just a few simple keyboard commands.
【分析】复合句。主句主干为 you can take advantage of its capacity。其中,its 指代 a word processor;句中的 move entire...同前面的 to make additions and deletions 构成并列关系,move 前省略了 to, if 引导条件状语从句。
【译文】如果你使用文字处理软件写作,通过一些简单的键盘指令就能利用其添加和删除内容,也能移动整个段落。
【点拨】take advantage of 意为“利用,从...得到好处”。
【临摹】要想在这一领域获得成功,首要条件就是利用新技术的优势,建立牢靠的基础,这样才能获得超速效率。
27. Once you have a first draft you can delete material that is unrelated to your thesis and add material necessary to illustrate your points and make your paper convincing.
【分析】复合句。主句主干为 you can delete material and make your paper convincing。句首的 once 引导条件状语从句;that 引导的定语从句修饰其前的 material;形容词短语 necessary to illustrate your points 做后置定语修饰第二个 material。
【译文】一旦初稿写成,你就可以删除与文章主题无关的材料,添加需要的材料来证明你的观点并使文章具有说服力。