例21 Creating a "European identity" that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice.
【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】主干是Creating a "European identity" is no easy task and demands a strategic choice,中間是連環(huán)定語從句,定語從句that respects the different cultures and traditions修飾前面的名詞a "European identity",后面還是個定語從句which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent修飾前面的名詞cultures and traditions。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是連環(huán)定語從句,主語后面是連環(huán)的定語從句,導致主語很長,很有氣勢。
【核心詞匯】
European identity 歐洲品牌
different cultures and traditions 不同的文化和傳統(tǒng)
make up the connecting fabric of the Old continent 連接歐洲舊大陸
strategic choice 戰(zhàn)略選擇
【參考譯文】不同的文化和傳統(tǒng)把歐洲舊大陸連接在一起,創(chuàng)造這樣一個尊重這些文化和傳統(tǒng)的歐洲品牌任務并不輕松,需要戰(zhàn)略性選擇。