復雜的并列句的拆分和理解 例252

例252　Studies show that the seriously ill do not want to know that truth about their condition, and informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more lowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】句子主干是Studies show...，后面是兩個并列的賓語從句，第一個賓語從句是the seriously ill do not want to know that truth about their condition，第二個賓語從句是informing them risks destroying their hope，后面加上目的狀語從句so that they may recover more lowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide。

【亮點回放】這句話的亮點在于大并列和小并列，賓語從句兩個并列是大并列，而第二個賓語從句so that后面的幾個動詞，是小并列，屬于從句的并列。

【核心詞匯】

the seriously ill　得了嚴重疾病的人

destroy their hope　破壞他們希望

deteriorate　惡化

commit suicide　自殺

【參考譯文】有研究表明，那些嚴重生病的人不想知道他們身體狀況的真實情況，而且通知他們真實情況會破壞他們的人生希望，進而導致他們恢復緩慢，甚至病情惡化，甚至想自殺。