復雜的狀語從句的拆分和理解 例126

例126　On the whole such a conclusion can be drawn with a certain degree of confidence, but only if the child can be assumed to have had the same attitude towards the test as the others with whom he is being compared, and only if he was not punished by lack of relevant information which they possessed.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話是個典型的轉(zhuǎn)折句，but前面是個被動語態(tài)，也就是such a conclusion can be drawn，后面是個介詞短語做狀語修飾整個句子，也就是with a certain degree of confidence, but后面談的是這個結(jié)論的兩個必要條件，是兩個并列的條件狀語從句，第一個條件句是only if the child can be assumed to have had the same attitude towards the test as the others，后面是定語從句with whom he is being compared，第二個條件句是only if he was not punished by lack of relevant information，后面是個定語從句which they possessed。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點是兩個條件句的超級使用，其中每個條件句里面都有定語從句，條件句套上定語從句很經(jīng)典。

【核心詞匯】

a conclusion can be drawn　得出這種結(jié)論

with a certain degree of confidence　有一定程度把握的

the others with whom he is being compared　與他比較的另一個孩子

by lack of relevant information which they possessed　缺乏別的孩子所具有的有關(guān)知識

【參考譯文】總的來說，得出這種結(jié)論是有一定程度把握的，但是必須具備兩個條件：能夠假定這個孩子對測試的態(tài)度和與他比較的另一個孩子的態(tài)度相同；他也沒有因為缺乏別的孩子所具有的有關(guān)知識而受影響。