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1.The fire has been so enormous that the emergency services have been unable to cope.

参考翻译：火势非常迅猛，紧急服务难以将其控制，没有足够的飞机向火灾现场投掷水弹。

语法学习：So… that…的意思是“如此地…以致于…”，它引导结果状语从句。在口语中，so…that…的that常被省去。例：

She felt so sad that tears came to her eyes．

她非常悲伤，泪水盈眶。

John was so drunk（that）he could not stand still．

约翰醉得站也站不住了。

He spoke so rapidly（that）we could hardly follow him．

他说得很快，我们很难听清楚他在说什么。

应当在此指出，有许多英语语法书都提到，so that 在引导结果状语从句时，是用陈述语气，在引导目的状语从句时，要用虚拟语气。例如：

She locked her child in the house when she went out so that it might not be able to go outside and get hurt；but a fire broke out and the door was locked so that the child burnt alive．

第一个so that引导的是目的状语从句，第二个so that引导的是结果状语从句。事实上，在现代英语中，有不少人在so that引导的目的状语从句中，是用陈述语气代替虚拟语气的（如本节中的第二个例句中。“wecan see”代替“we could see”）。

2.Relations worsened in April after the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah admitted that one of the Lebanese men now on trial was his agent in Egypt charged with smuggling arms to Hamas.

参考翻译：四月份，真主党领袖Hassan Nasrallah承认其中被审判的一人为他在埃及的代理之后，关系更加恶化。此人被指控向哈马斯走私武器。

结构分析：这句话的主干是Relations worsened in April。after后是时间状语从句。admitted that,that引导的是admit的宾语从句。charged with smuggling arms to Hamas是过去分词作后置定语，修饰的是Lebanese men。

3.The very fact that the picture was given such prominence in the communist party newspaper demonstrates how keen the Cuban authorities are to dispel the persistent rumors in Cuba and abroad surrounding Mr. Castro's health.

参考翻译：这张照片被共产党的报纸赋予如此重要的位置表明，古巴当局急切希望消除古巴国内外关于卡斯特罗健康状况的谣言。

结构分析：这句话的主干是The very fact demonstrates……
that the picture was given such prominence是fact的同位语。how keen the Cuban authorities are to dispel……是demonstrate对宾语从句。surrounding Mr. Castro's health是现在分词作后置定语，修饰rumors。

4.An influential member of the Iranian parliament is reported to have said that the nominee for the post of defense minister Ahmad Vahidi will be confirmed in the job despite accusation that he was involved in the deadly bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina in 1994.

参考翻译：据报道，在伊朗议会颇有影响力的成员称，对国防部长Ahmad Vahidi的提名将得到确认，尽管，有人指控他卷入1994年阿根廷犹太人文化中心的致命爆炸案中。

结构分析：这句话的主干是An influential member said that the nominee for……that后是said的宾语从句。 that he was involved in the deadly bombing是accusation的同位语。despite表示让步。