復(fù)雜的定語從句的拆分和理解 例36

例36　New ways of organizing the workplace—all that reengineering and downsizing—are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】主語中心語是New ways of organizing the workplace，謂語動詞是are，賓語中心語是one contribution, to the overall productivity of an economy是個介詞短語，修飾前面的賓語，which is driven by many other factors是個非限定性定語從句，修飾前面整個句子，such as...是個介詞短語修飾前面的many other factors, in equipment and machinery, new technology修飾前面的joint investment, in education and training修飾前面的investment。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于非限定性定語從句中套上了such as，而such as后面又兩個investment，后面又各加了兩個in引導(dǎo)的介詞短語來修飾各自的investment。

【核心詞匯】

contribution　促進

reengineering　重組

downsizing　縮小規(guī)模

all that　這一切包括

overall productivity　綜合生產(chǎn)力水平

joint investment　聯(lián)合投資

drive　驅(qū)動

equipment and machinery　機械設(shè)備

【參考譯文】組織工作場所的新方法——包括機構(gòu)重組和縮小規(guī)模——只是促進某個經(jīng)濟實體的綜合生產(chǎn)率提高的一項措施，還有其他許多因素促進生產(chǎn)率的提高，比如對機械設(shè)備的聯(lián)合投資、采用新技術(shù)、對教育培訓(xùn)投資等。