英语四级难句解析笔记

英语四级难句解析笔记

一、 Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a perfect saddle curl, the Lay s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination.

分析主干:the potato chip seems an weapon

a weapon for global domination 一种用来主宰全球的武器 ,指具有全球竞争力的食品。主语前是三个并列的短语，中心词分别是thick, golden 和with a... curl。这种形容词或介词短语一般用来作定语，但是本句中，它们位于句首，表示主语的某种属性，可

以看做原因状语。

译文：乐事薯片的厚度只有0.05 英寸，呈浅浅的金黄色，带有完美的马鞍形状的弧度，它似乎不像是一种能够主宰全球的食品。

二、We re saying we want you to work in these places, we蒺re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then you re disposable.

分析主干:We re saying... and... you re disposable.

句中含有多个分句，具有口语色彩。从大的`结构上来说，是and 连接两个分句构成的并列句。前一个分句的谓语动词是are saying,它带了两个宾语从句:we want you to...和we re going to look...。in terms of 后面的what 引导宾语从句。后一个分句含两个when 引导的时间状语从句。