復(fù)雜的同位語從句的拆分和理解 例94

例94　A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears；by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just "mental noise" —the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】分號前后有兩個并列句，表示并列。第一個并列句的主干是Freud formulated his revolutionary theory，后面是同位語從句that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears，第二個并列句的主語是neurologists，動詞是had switched to thinking of，直接賓語是them，介詞as后面是間接賓語“mental noise”，破折號后面是補充說明成分，也就是the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是分號前后是兩種觀點的并列句，第一個并列句中有同位語從句，第二個并列句是很復(fù)雜的，有直接和間接賓語。

【核心詞匯】

formulated his revolutionary theory　闡述了他那突破性的理論

disguised shadows　掩蓋的陰影

our unconscious desires and fears　潛意識中的渴望和恐懼

neurologists　神經(jīng)病學家

switched to thinking of　卻轉(zhuǎn)而認為

mental noise　精神噪音

【參考譯文】在一百年以前，弗洛伊德系統(tǒng)地闡述了他那突破性的理論，認為夢是掩蓋的陰影，反映了潛意識中的渴望和恐懼。到二十世紀七十年代末，神經(jīng)病學家卻轉(zhuǎn)而認為夢僅僅是“精神噪音”——在睡眠期間神經(jīng)進行的修復(fù)工作的隨意附帶產(chǎn)物。