復雜的狀語從句的拆分和理解 例115

例115　Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100.

【結構分析】句子的主干是Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible，后面是原因狀語從句because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers，后面是個介詞短語做狀語，也就是rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于原因狀語從句很復雜，里面有很多學術用語，而且里面還有介詞短語做狀語。

【核心詞匯】

scoring　得分，即智力測驗的得分

statistical population distribution　人口分布統(tǒng)計

age peers　同齡人

mental age　智力年齡

chronological age　時間年齡或日歷年齡

【參考譯文】再也不可能出現vos Savant測得的智力高分了，因為評分標準是根據同年齡中人口分布統(tǒng)計數據而制定，而不是簡單根據時間年齡除以智力年齡，再乘以100。