復(fù)雜的賓語(yǔ)從句以及表語(yǔ)從句的拆分和理解 例65

例65　Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ had weakened the "Japanese morality of respect for parents".

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】句子的主干是Mitsuo Setoyama raised eyebrows，主干中間加入插入語(yǔ)，也就是who was then education minister，句子的后面是狀語(yǔ)從句when...，狀語(yǔ)從句中有賓語(yǔ)從句，也就是he argued that...，賓語(yǔ)從句的主語(yǔ)是liberal reforms，后面是分詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)，也就是introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ，賓語(yǔ)從句的動(dòng)詞是had weakened，賓語(yǔ)從句的賓語(yǔ)是the Japanese morality of respect for parents。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于狀語(yǔ)從句when里面套有賓語(yǔ)從句，賓語(yǔ)從句里賣弄套有分詞定語(yǔ)。

【核心詞匯】

raised eyebrows　感覺不可思議

liberal reforms　自由主義革新

American occupation authorities　美國(guó)占領(lǐng)當(dāng)局

weaken　削弱

Japanese morality of respect for parents　日本民族尊敬父母的道德品質(zhì)

【參考譯文】去年，當(dāng)擔(dān)任教育部長(zhǎng)職務(wù)的瀨戶光夫談到二戰(zhàn)后由美國(guó)占領(lǐng)當(dāng)局引入的自由主義革新削弱了日本民族“尊敬父母的道德品質(zhì)”的時(shí)候，他感覺不可思議。