12月四級考試閱讀長難句精講精練（十八）
86. The m ore students who enroll in a course but dont come to campus, the more the school saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers, and maintaining parking lots.
分析 主干：The more students..., the more the school saves
主干部分是 the more... the more... 的特殊句型，表示越...越...。 who 引導的定 語從句修飾 students。
譯文 報考該校卻不來校園上課的學生越多，學校在用于教室照明、支付看門人及維護 停車場的費用上就可以節省越多。
87. Simil arly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.
分析 主干：a magazine... found that...
found 后面接了一個 that 引導的賓語從句， 從句是個比較句：tap water... tasted better than...。 在比較對象 leading brands of bottled water 后有一個 that 引導的定語從句。 譯文 同樣，英國的一個雜志發現來自泰晤士河的自來水嘗起來比好幾家大品牌的瓶裝水的味道還要好。 而這些瓶裝水的價格要比自來水貴 400 倍。
88. Peop le are also more likely to lie in real time要in an instant message or phone call, say要than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock.
分析 主干：People are more likely to lie... than if...,
句末的 says Hancock 可以看做插入成分，也可以看做是這種句式的主句部分(用 了倒裝結構)。 兩個破折號中間的內容是插入語，是對前面內容的舉例說明。 ... are more likely to lie... than if... 是比較句， 是把 real time 交際與 if they have time to think of a response 的交際進行比較。
譯文 Hancock 說，比起有時間設想答復的場合，人們在實時談話中要要比如說在即時信 息或者電話談話中要要也更可能撒謊。
89. A thr ee year old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology.
分析 主干：A three year old might need help
in understanding...是介詞短語作狀語，表示在明白...方面。understanding 后面有 兩個 that 引導的賓語從句。 前一個從句中，as he does 引導的是比較狀語從句， 修飾 feel pain。 后一個從句中，hitting...是動名詞作主語，謂語動詞 requires 用單數形式。
譯文 一個 3 歲的孩子可能需要幫助才會明白，別的孩子會跟他一樣感到痛，要是用很 重的玩具砸了玩伴的頭，需要向玩伴道歉。
90. Even in the world of make believe, black women still cant escape the stereotype of being eye rolling, oversexed females raised by our never married, alcoholic mothers.
分析 主干：black women cant escape the stereotype
stereotype 后有一個長長的 of 短語作定語，of 用動名詞 being 作賓語，being 的 表語部分是以 females 為中心詞的名詞短語。 females 有三個定語：eye rolling, oversexed 以及過去分詞短語 raised by...。 于本句話的理解難點在于理解作者的語氣：即使(在這 個人人都在扮假面孔的世界)，(黑人婦女)還是...。
譯文 即使在虛構的世界里，黑人婦女依然難逃這樣的定式，被認為是放蕩的、性亢奮的 女人，由酗酒成性的單身母親養大。
86. The m ore students who enroll in a course but dont come to campus, the more the school saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers, and maintaining parking lots.
分析 主干：The more students..., the more the school saves
主干部分是 the more... the more... 的特殊句型，表示越...越...。 who 引導的定 語從句修飾 students。
譯文 報考該校卻不來校園上課的學生越多，學校在用于教室照明、支付看門人及維護 停車場的費用上就可以節省越多。
87. Simil arly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.
分析 主干：a magazine... found that...
found 后面接了一個 that 引導的賓語從句， 從句是個比較句：tap water... tasted better than...。 在比較對象 leading brands of bottled water 后有一個 that 引導的定語從句。 譯文 同樣，英國的一個雜志發現來自泰晤士河的自來水嘗起來比好幾家大品牌的瓶裝水的味道還要好。 而這些瓶裝水的價格要比自來水貴 400 倍。
88. Peop le are also more likely to lie in real time要in an instant message or phone call, say要than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock.
分析 主干：People are more likely to lie... than if...,
句末的 says Hancock 可以看做插入成分，也可以看做是這種句式的主句部分(用 了倒裝結構)。 兩個破折號中間的內容是插入語，是對前面內容的舉例說明。 ... are more likely to lie... than if... 是比較句， 是把 real time 交際與 if they have time to think of a response 的交際進行比較。
譯文 Hancock 說，比起有時間設想答復的場合，人們在實時談話中要要比如說在即時信 息或者電話談話中要要也更可能撒謊。
89. A thr ee year old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology.
分析 主干：A three year old might need help
in understanding...是介詞短語作狀語，表示在明白...方面。understanding 后面有 兩個 that 引導的賓語從句。 前一個從句中，as he does 引導的是比較狀語從句， 修飾 feel pain。 后一個從句中，hitting...是動名詞作主語，謂語動詞 requires 用單數形式。
譯文 一個 3 歲的孩子可能需要幫助才會明白，別的孩子會跟他一樣感到痛，要是用很 重的玩具砸了玩伴的頭，需要向玩伴道歉。
90. Even in the world of make believe, black women still cant escape the stereotype of being eye rolling, oversexed females raised by our never married, alcoholic mothers.
分析 主干：black women cant escape the stereotype
stereotype 后有一個長長的 of 短語作定語，of 用動名詞 being 作賓語，being 的 表語部分是以 females 為中心詞的名詞短語。 females 有三個定語：eye rolling, oversexed 以及過去分詞短語 raised by...。 于本句話的理解難點在于理解作者的語氣：即使(在這 個人人都在扮假面孔的世界)，(黑人婦女)還是...。
譯文 即使在虛構的世界里，黑人婦女依然難逃這樣的定式，被認為是放蕩的、性亢奮的 女人，由酗酒成性的單身母親養大。
