BBC news 2009-12-05 加文本

1.The president of Burkina Faso says he has been told by the doctor of Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara that the captain is in what he described as a difficult but not desperate situation after being shot by one of his aides on Thursday.

参考翻译：布基纳法索总统称，几内亚军事领袖穆萨·达迪斯·卡马拉(Moussa Dadis Camara)上尉的医生告诉他，穆萨·达迪斯·卡马拉状况艰难，但是并未到达绝望的境地。穆萨·达迪斯·卡马拉周四被助手开枪击中。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是The president of Burkina Faso says，后面是宾语从句。by the doctor of……是told的主体。that the captain is in what……也是宾语从句，是told的宾语。after being shot……是时间状语。

2. It's the first conviction by Guatemalan court of a former military officer in connection with human rights abuses in the civil war during which more than 200,000 people died.

参考翻译：这是危地马拉法庭首次针对内战期间的践踏人权事件对前军官进行宣判。在内战中，超过200,000人死亡。

结构分析：in connection with与……有关，做后置定语，修饰military officer。during which是定语从句，修饰civil war。

3. In a BBC interview, General Jones said until then sending another 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan would make many changes possible.

参考翻译：在BBC采访中，Jones将军称，到那时，再次向阿富汗增派3万军队将使任何变化的发生都有可能。

语法学习：make宾语补足语

make后跟宾语+宾语补足语的形式。最常见的使役动词有：make， have， leave。他们都表示“使得”，后面都可接宾语+宾语补足语的结构，但用法上有所不同。

make用作使役动词表示“使；使成为”时，可跟复合结构，即“make+宾语+宾语补足语”，其中的宾语补足语可以是形容词或名词、不带to的不定式、过去分词。
　　1). 我们推选他为我们足球队队长。
　　We made him captain of our football team.
　　2). 我们队赢了的消息使我们大家非常高兴。
　　The news that our team had won made us very happy.
　　3). 大雨使得我们无法出去。
　　The heavy rain made it impossible for us to go out.
　　4). 奇怪的声音使我们感到恐惧。
　　The strange noise made us frightened.
　　5). 在交通嘈杂声中他无法使自己的声音提高到让别人听到。
　　He couldn’t make himself heard above the noise of the traffic.
　　6). 什么东西使得草生长?
　　What makes the grass grow?
　　注意：过去分词作make的宾语补足语时，变为被动语态不用加to； 但当不定式作其宾补时，变为被动语态一定要加to。
　　这个男孩被迫每天干十二个小时的活。
　　The boy was made to work twelve hours a day.