BBC news 2009-08-02 加文本

1.About a hundred people appeared in court on Saturday, accused of acting against national security and fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed presidential election in June.

参考翻译：大概100人在周六的法庭接受审判。他们被控在六月份充满争议的总统选举后引起骚乱，威胁国家安全。

结构分析：这句话的前半部分是主干。后面的accused of acting and fomenting是过去分词短语做后置定语，修饰people。that followed……是定语从句，修饰unrest。

2. Pro-government news agencies have been reporting what they say are the confessions of some of the leading reformists who have allegedly accepted the charge of treason in the court.

参考翻译：支持政府派新闻机构报道了据他们说是一些改革派领导人的认供。据称这些领导人在法庭上接受了叛国罪的指控。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是Pro-government news agencies have been reporting……what they say are the confessions是what引导的宾语从句。who have allegedly accepted是定语从句，修饰reformists。

3.There are conflicting reports from Nigeria on the number of people who died during recent clashes between members of an Islamic sect and the country’s security forces.

参考翻译：尼日利亚最近几起伊斯兰叛军和国家安全力量的冲突中死亡人数的报道相互冲突。

结构分析：这句话的主干是There are conflicting reports from Nigeria on the number of people。who died……是定语从句，修饰people。

4.The 11-year-old was suffering from undiagnosed diabetes. The court was told how her family surrounded her and prayed for her recovery rather than seek medical care only when she stopped breathing did anyone call an ambulance.

参考翻译：这名11岁的小女孩患有未诊断出的糖尿病。法院被告知她的家人围在她身边祈祷她康复而不是就医。直到她停止呼吸才有人呼叫救护车。

结构分析：only when当发生什么事情时才……

rather than而不是，相当于Instead of。