BBC news 2009-05-16 加文本

1.After several months of consideration, President Obama has decided to modify a system that many of his supporters want to see scrapped.

【参考翻译】经过数月考虑，奥巴马总统决定修正他的众多支持者希望废弃的体系。

【结构分析】that many of his supporters……是宾语从句，修饰system。want to 还原成正常顺序是：want to see the system scrapped. scrapped是宾语补足语。感官动词 see, hear, notice, observe, watch, feel, find 等后，可用过去分词作宾语补足语。表示宾语是动作的承受者，构成逻辑上的动宾关系。例如： I saw an old man knocked down by a car just now. 刚才我看到一位老人被车撞倒了。

2.In a statement, the White House said he was recommending that the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay resume once Congress has approved certain changes to their rules, guaranteeing greater rights to the detainees.

【参考翻译】在一份声明中，白宫方面表示，一旦国会通过一些条例变革，能够保证被拘留者享有更多的权利，奥巴马将建议恢复关塔纳摩军事委员会。

【结构分析】that the military commissions……是宾语从句，表示recommending的内容。 once Congress has approved……条件状语从句。guaranteeing greater rights to the detainees是现在分词做伴随状语。

3.Put crudely, the debate pits //those who believe Britain and other western countries should prepare for the possibility of conflicts with other large states like China //against //those who believe the future will look very much like the present and that the main threats will come from violent extremism.

【参考翻译】简单的说，争论的焦点是，一部分人认为英国和其他西方国家应该准备应对与其他大国，比如中国发生冲突的可能性，另外一些人则认为未来的形势和现在大抵相同，主要的威胁来自暴力极端主义。

【结构分析】这个句子看上去有点复杂。实际上，Put crudely是过去分词做状语。后面的主语和谓语是the debate pits。后面的两个都是很长的定语从句，先行词those and those。先把这个关系理清楚，再去分析从句就简单了。