新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第53課 為了公眾的利益 (1)

　　In the Public Interest 為了公眾的利益

　　The Scandinavian countries are much admiredall over the world for their enlightened socialpolicies. Sweden has evolved an excellentsystem for protecting the individual citizenfrom high-handed or incompetent publicofficers. The system has worked so well, that ithas been adopted in other countries too.

　　1.The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for theirenlightened social policies.

　　斯堪的納維亞半島各國實行開明的社會政策，受到全世界的推崇。

　　語言點:be admired不要譯為“被喜歡”或者“被崇拜”，正確的譯法應該是“受到推崇。”

　　2.Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen fromhigh-handed or incompetent public officers.

　　在瑞典，已逐漸形成了一種完善的制度以保護每個公民不受專橫的和不稱職的政府官員的欺壓。

　　語言點:protect from的意思是“保護…不受…”。

　　3.The system has worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too.

　　由于這種制度行之有效，已被其他國家采納。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:so…that…引導結果狀語從句。

　　語言點2:be adopted的意思是“被采納，被接受。”