文档介绍：1997 Passage 2
6. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American.
【译文】公平地讲,经常有人也这么说加拿大和加拿大人,因此这种现象最好被看作是一种北美现象。
【析句】 To be fair作全句的状语,主语是this observation,主语有两个谓语,一个是系动词is,一个是should best be considered。
【讲词】 observation意为“观察,观测”,也表示“看法,观点”。I’d like to introduce the national character of Italian through my observation at er stadiums.(我想介绍一下通过我在足球场所观察到的意大利的国民性格。)I stand by my observation on the educational system in the United States.(我坚持我对美国教育制度的看法。)
7. Someone traveling alone,if hungry,injured,or ill,often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement.
【译文】单独旅行时,如果挨饿、受伤或生病,通常只能向最近的小屋或村落求助。
【析句】这是一个简单句。Someone是句子的主语,现在分词短语(traveling alone)是其定语;if hungry,injured,or ill实际上是简略的由if引导的状语从句,相当于 if(he was) hungry,injured,or ill,这里作插入成分。
【讲词】 turn to意为“转向,变成,求助于,致力于,开始行动”。If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.(如果你停止闲逛,马上开始工作,清洁工作一天就能做完。)He had to turn to his family for financial assistance.(他只得找家人给他提供经济援助。)
8. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers.
【译文】对旅行者来说,这不是一个选择的问题;而对当地居民来说,这也并非是一时的行善冲动。
【析句】句子的主干结构是It was not a matter of choice… or merely a charitable impulse。注意表语由并列的两部分组成,由or来连接。
【讲词】 on the part of “在……方面,对……而言”。 This represents some sort of failure on the part of the governme