BBC news 2010-03-20 加文本

1.With a clock ticking down towards a crucial vote, President Obama has made a further strong bid for support for his health care reforms.

参考翻译：随着关键性投票的时刻逼近，奥巴马总统尽更大努力获取人们对医疗改革法案的支持。

结构分析：With a clock ticking down时钟一点点指向，时间一点点逼近。with+现在分词短语做伴随状语。与clock相关的表示时间的还有另外一个单词：around the clock连续二十四小时的。

2.And the Vatican is now taking a much harder line than in the past, recommending a zero tolerance attitude adopted by American bishops after widespread cases of sexual abuse of children by priests in the United States.

参考翻译：梵蒂冈现在采取了比以往更加强硬的态度，建议借鉴美国主教对美国广泛的虐童事件所采取的零容忍态度。

结构分析：taking a much harder line采取更强烈的路线，态度。recommending是现在分词短语做伴随状语。adopted by American bishops是过去分词做后置定语，修饰attitude。after widespread cases of……做状语。

3. The law drafted by a radical nationalist party would have required all schools to display symbols of Slovak identity and for them to play the national anthem for every week.

参考翻译：这份法律由一个激进的民族主义党派起草，要求所有学校悬挂斯洛伐克标志，每周播放国歌。

语法学习：would have required原本应该，表示与事实相反的虚拟语气。

would+have+done虚拟语气，表示对过去事情的假设，意思是“本来会做”。
 
I would have told you all about the boy's story, but you didn't ask me.
我本来会告诉你这个小男孩的故事，但是你没有问我。

Without your help, I wouldn't have achieved so much.
没有你的帮助，我是不会取得如此大的成绩。