新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第47課 代價太高(4)

　　However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affectsurban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise. Burglar alarms going off atany time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assistburglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a sourceof profound irritation.

　　10.However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affectsurban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.

　　但是，還有一種更加隱蔽有害的污染，它專門影響城鎮(zhèn)地區(qū)，侵襲我們的日常生活，那就是噪音。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:這句話的核心詞匯是affect，這個詞在寫作和翻譯中的作用很重要。

　　11.Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoypassers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle.

　　防盜警報器在白天和黑夜的任何時候都會響起來，它的作用只是騷擾過路行人，而實際上卻幫助竊賊入室行竊。

　　12.Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profoundirritation.

　　在街上，汽車的防盜警報不斷對我們吼叫，這是人們極度煩燥的一個原因。