【干货】英语四六级长难句词汇及考点解析（一）

2020-05-21 08:37:38

This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic：it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material.

译文

本周沃尔玛超市准备宣布旨在帮助棉农们转向有机道路的主要措施：它将以更高的价格买下过渡型棉花，从而帮助扩大重要的可持续原料的供应。

词汇讲解

本句的主干是Wal-Mart is set to announce initiative。aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic为major initiative的后置定语;冒号之后的内容是对major initiative的具体解释说明，其中thus helping…为状语。

　　he set to do sth.的意思是“准备好做某事”。如:

　　They were all set to go when the bell rang.铃声响起时，他们都准备好要走了。

　　aim at doing sth.的意思是“企图、力求做某事”。如:

　　We must aim at increasing the profits.我们要力求增加利润。

　　考点归纳:

　　go除了作不及物动词表示“走，去，前进”等，还可以作系动词:

　　※ 表示“处于……状态”。如:

　　I'd rather go hungry than have breakfast.我宁愿挨饿也不吃早餐。

　　※ 表示“变成，成为”。如:

This eye patient may go blind.这位眼疾患者可能会变成瞎子。

Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man"。

译文

据说，在单一性别学校里的男孩更有可能参与到有助于培养他们情感表达能力的文化和艺术活动中，而不会让他们觉得必须遵从“男孩法则”，掩饰自己的真性情从而成为“真正的男人”。

词汇讲解

本句的主干是Boys were said to be likely to... that helped develop their emotional expressiveness为定语从句修饰cultural and artistic activities; rather than 作介词，后接动名词结构feeling...，同时该结构中的they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man”是feeling的宾语从句。

　　be said to意为“据说，被认为”。如:

　　Women are often said to be more emotional than men.女人常常被认为比男人更易动感情。

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