GRE閱讀長(zhǎng)難句的解析（下）

　　21.The Aswan Dam, for example stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods left - all in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity.

　　[句子主干]The Aswan Dam, …stopped the Nile flooding…but…

　　[語法難點(diǎn)]有插入語。for example是個(gè)插入結(jié)構(gòu)，不是句子的主要成分。but后面省略了the Aswan Dam。注意so…that…結(jié)構(gòu)，是“如此……以至于”的意思。

　　[句子翻譯] 以阿斯旺大壩為例，它擋住了尼羅河的洪水，但也使埃及失去了洪水沖積的肥沃土壤，換回來的卻是一個(gè)病態(tài)的大水庫?，F(xiàn)在水庫積滿泥沙，幾乎不能用于發(fā)電了。

　　[翻譯技巧]the Nile是尼羅河。All in return意思是“換回來的全部則是”。

　　22.The trouble is that part of the recent acceleration is due to the usual rebound that occurs at this point in a business cycle, and so is not conclusive evidence of a revival in the underlying trend.

　　[句子主干]The trouble is that…is due to …, and so is not …

　　[語法難點(diǎn)]有套和從句。the trouble is that…是表語從句結(jié)構(gòu)。后一個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的是修飾rebound的定語從句。

　　[句子翻譯] 問題在于，近期的增長(zhǎng)一定程度上是因?yàn)樯虡I(yè)運(yùn)作周期漲落的結(jié)果，因此還不能得出經(jīng)濟(jì)已經(jīng)呈現(xiàn)復(fù)蘇態(tài)勢(shì)這一結(jié)論。

　　[翻譯技巧]part of the recent acceleration不可譯為“一部分的最近的加速”，而是“最近加速部分是由于”。business cycle是指“商業(yè)周期”。

　　23.New ways of organizing the workplace all that reengineering and downsizing - are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technol**y, and investment in education and training.

　　[句子主干]New ways of …workplace…are only one contribution to…, which is…, and…

　　[語法難點(diǎn)]有插入語。兩個(gè)破折號(hào)中間的成分為插入結(jié)構(gòu)，可以視為括號(hào)里面的內(nèi)容。Such as后面的內(nèi)容是對(duì)many other factors的列舉。在閱讀的時(shí)候基本可以跳過不看，除非后面有細(xì)節(jié)題考查這里的內(nèi)容。

　　[句子翻譯] 組織工作場(chǎng)所的新方法——包括機(jī)構(gòu)重組和縮小規(guī)模——只是促進(jìn)某個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)體的綜合生產(chǎn)率提高的一項(xiàng)措施，還有其他許多因素促進(jìn)生產(chǎn)率的提高，比如對(duì)機(jī)械設(shè)備的聯(lián)合投資、采用新技術(shù)、對(duì)教育培訓(xùn)投資等。

　　[翻譯技巧]all that譯為“這一切包括”。overall productivity譯為“綜合生產(chǎn)力水平”。Joint investment譯為“聯(lián)合投資”。Drive譯為“驅(qū)動(dòng)”。

　　24.His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied re engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long term profitability.

　　[句子主干]His colleague,…, says that… ,chopping out costs without giving…

　　[語法難點(diǎn)]有省略。chopping out costs without giving sufficient …分句是非限定性定語從句。修飾的是前一分句的整體意思。without后面要跟現(xiàn)在分詞giving。

　　[句子翻譯] 他的同時(shí)邁克爾·比爾說，為數(shù)眾多的公司以簡(jiǎn)單機(jī)械的方式進(jìn)行機(jī)構(gòu)重組，降低了成本，但卻未能充分考慮長(zhǎng)期贏利。

　　[翻譯技巧]far too many譯為“太多的(比實(shí)際需要)”。re-engineering in a mechanistic fashion應(yīng)譯為“以簡(jiǎn)單機(jī)械的方式”。chop out譯為“削減”。