復雜的非謂語動詞的理解 例311

例311　Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low—level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head—scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】Sad to say是個形容詞短語，做狀語，主干是this project has turned out to be mostly low—level findings，介詞短語about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes做定語，修飾前面的名詞短語，分詞定語combined with lots of head—scratching puzzlement修飾前面的名詞短語，介詞短語about...修飾前面的名詞短語，about后面是個賓語what in the world those readers really want，做介詞about的賓語從句。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于賓語后面的定語相當復雜，里面有介詞短語，還有分詞短語，最后介詞about還加上賓語從句，復雜的連環(huán)的定語的使用讓句子很長，充滿氣勢。

【核心詞匯】

sad to say　遺憾地講

low-level findings　低層次的發(fā)現(xiàn)

factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes　事實錯誤，拼寫或語法錯誤

combined with　交織在一起

lots of head-scratching puzzlement　許多令人撓頭的困惑

what in the world those readers really want　讀者到底想讀些什么

【參考譯文】遺憾地講，這次新聞機構(gòu)可信度調(diào)查計劃結(jié)果只獲得了一些十分低層次的發(fā)現(xiàn)，比如新聞報道中的事實錯誤，拼寫或語法錯誤（和這些低層次發(fā)現(xiàn)）交織在一起的還有許多令人撓頭的困惑，譬如讀者到底想讀些什么。