復雜的賓語從句以及表語從句的拆分和理解 例79

例79　In the west, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話的介詞短語before mass communication and literacy做狀語，主干是the most powerful mass medium was the church，后面加上定語從句which reminded worshippers...，后面再加上賓語從句兩個，分別是that their souls were in peril和that they would someday be meat for worms。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于定語從句里面套上兩個賓語從句，這種并列的賓語從句很經(jīng)典，是很好的用法。

【核心詞匯】

mass communication　大眾傳媒

literacy　文學

mass medium　大眾媒體

remind　提醒

worshipper　信徒

in peril　折磨

meat for worms　被蟲子吃掉

【參考譯文】在西方世界，在大眾傳媒和文學出現(xiàn)之前，最強大的大眾媒體是教堂，教堂提醒信徒，他們的靈魂處于長期的折磨，而且提醒他們他們某一天被蟲子吃掉。