【雅思培训-阅读】阅读难句讲解基础篇：平行并列结构(下)

　　6.Millions of people travel about the country by rail, by bus, or by automobile, or drive to and from their places of work and their homes.

　　结构：本句有2个谓语动词，都是并列的主句谓语动词。三个并列的by…, by…, by…作为travel的方式状语。本句可以拆分为：

　　1) Millions of people travel about the country by rail, by bus, or by automobile.

　　2) Millions of people drive to and from their places of work and their homes.

　　翻译：上百万人乘坐火车、公交车或者小汽车在周游全国，或者开车往返于工作地点和家庭处所之间。

　　7.Here we have a little child, without knowledge or experience; there a grown-up person with fully developed mental powers.

　　结构：本句只有个谓语动词have。here…there属于平行并列结构，表示两个事物的对比状态，相当于the one …, the other …。

　　翻译：一方是一个没有任何知识或者经验的小孩，另一方是一个有着健全发展的智力的成年人。

　　8. There are relay races in running and swimming in summer, and relay in skiing in winter.

　　结构：本句只有一个there be句型。relay races和relay并列作为主语。本句可以拆分为：

　　1) There are relay races in running … in summer.

　　2) There are relay in skiing in winter.

　　翻译：夏季有赛跑和游泳赛接力赛，冬季有滑雪比赛。

　　9.But we remember (with far greater pain) that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.

　　结构：本句有5个谓语动词，其中remember是主句的谓语动词，被(with far greater pain)分隔了两个并列的宾语从句that we did not see…和that we failed to…。本句可以拆分为：

　　1) But we remember with far greater pain.

　　2) That we did not see that beauty.

　　3) When it flowered.

　　4) That we failed to respond with love.

　　5) When it was tendered.

　　翻译：但是我们更加痛苦地回忆着，当花儿开放时我们没有看到她的美丽，在别人给予我们爱的时候也没有用爱来做出回报。

　　10.This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire (with the full force of our passionate being) can be ours.

　　结构：本句有6个谓语动词，其中主句的谓语动词为is。think后面有两个并列的由that引导的宾语从句，而第二个宾语从句里面有一个由whatever引导的主语从句。(with the full force of our passionate being)分隔了主语从句和其谓语can be。being是动名词。本句可以拆分为：

　　1) This is not an easy lesson to learn.

　　2) Especially when we are young and think.

　　3) That the world is ours to command.

　　4) That whatever we desire can be ours.

　　翻译：这不是容易学会的一课，尤其是当我们还年轻，认为这个世界是由我们掌控，而且认为无论我们渴望得到什么，只要充满激情、全力以赴，就能实现。