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1.The car plants and the other branches of business that GM no longer wants will either be sold off or closed down.

参考翻译：通用不想继续开办的子公司或分公司都将出售或关闭。

结构分析：that GM no longer wants是定语从句，修饰branches。

either...or...意为"或者……或者……；不是……就是……"之意。表示两者之一，连接句子中两个并列的成分。连接主语时要注意就近原则。谓语和离谓语动词最近的主语保持人称和数的一致。

2.Much to the delight of thousands of local fans, the Iraqis beat Palestine 3-0 in a friendly at a packed stadium in the northern city of Irbil.

参考翻译：令当地球迷高兴的是，伊拉克在北部城市埃尔比勒拥挤的体育馆举行的友谊赛中以3:0击败巴勒斯坦队。

结构分析：to the delight of让某人高兴的是，这种用法很普遍，比如：to the surprise of,to the annoyance of,to the satisfaction of.这种结构通常都是做状语成分。句子的主干是the Iraqis beat Palestine 3-0 。后面的都是地点状语。

3.British police are to investigate claims by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee that British intelligence agents colluded in his torture.

参考翻译：一名前关塔纳摩囚犯称英国情报机构串谋对其进行虐待。英国警察即将对此展开调查。

语法学习：一般将来时除了可以用平时的will来表示，还有以下几种表达方式：

(1)be + to V （定于……，指预定的将来动作。）

例：She is to be here at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.

(2)be about to + V （即将……，指紧接着要发生的动作。）

例：Let's wait a minute. He is about to arrive.

(3)．be going to + V … （即将会……；打算将……）

例A：It is going to rain. Take an umbrella with you.

（带一把伞去。看样子就要下雨了。）

例B：The Browns are going to move to Australia.

（布朗先生全家打算迁移到澳大利亚去。）

4.The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she hopes that North Korea will grant an amnesty to two American journalists who were jailed after apparently illegally entering North Korea from China in March.

参考翻译：美国国务卿希拉里称，她希望北朝鲜能够特赦三月份由中国非法进入朝鲜而被关押的两名美国记者。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said。后面是宾语从句。she hopes后面也是that引导的宾语从句，表示希望的内容。 who were jailed是定语从句，修饰journalists。