復雜的狀語從句的拆分和理解 例137

例137　We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the people who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話的主干是we are obliged to them，后面加上原因狀語從句because some of these languages have since vanished...，后面套上原因狀語從句as the people who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages.

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點連環(huán)狀語從句的使用，because里面套有as，兩個超級原因狀語從句套在一起，很有氣勢，層層分析原因，讓讀者更加信服。

【核心詞匯】

obliged to　感激

vanish　消失

died out　滅絕

assimilated　被同化

native languages　本國語言

【參考譯文】我們之所以感激他們是因為由于說這種語言的民族滅絕或者被同化了進而喪失他們自己本民族的語言，所以一部分這種語言自從那以后就消失了。