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2010-03-27来源:和谐英语
1.The days are gone when nuclear weapons reduction talks between Moscow and Washington were the biggest and most important diplomatic game on earth, but this is still a treaty of huge significance.

参考翻译:莫斯科和华盛顿之间的核武器削减会谈是世界上最大,最重要的外交问题的时代已经成为历史,但是这仍然是具有重大意义的条约。

语法学习:when引导的是定语从句

when,where,why属于关系副词,都可以引导定语从句,在其引导的定语从句中充当状语,其具体用法如下:
  
1)关系副词 when引导定语从句(包括限定性定语从句和非限定性定语从句)修饰表示时间的先行词,在定语从句中充当时间状语。例如:
      
I still remember the day when I first met Jennifer.
我仍然记得第一次见到詹妮弗的那一天。
      
Next month, when you’ll spend your summer holidays in your hometown,is approaching.
下个月即将来临,届时你们将在家乡度暑假。
  
2)关系副词where引导定语从句(包括限定性定语从句和非限定性定语从句)修饰表示地点的先行词,在定语从句中充当地点状语。例如:
      
This is the office where he worked.
这就是他工作过的办公室。
      
She is going to live in Macao, where she has some close friends.
她要到澳门去定居, 在那里她有几个密友。
  
3)关系副词why引导限定性定语从句修饰先行词reason,在定语从句中充当原因状语。例如:
      
I don’t know the reason why he came so late.
我不知道他来得那么晚的原因。
      
That is the reason why I don’t want to go.
那就是我不想去的理由。
      
He didn’t tell me the reason why he was so upset.
他没有告诉我他为什么那样心烦意乱。

be of huge significance

“of+抽象名词”的用法与形容词用法相同,在句中可作表语、定语、补语。在抽象名词(如use, value, help, importance, difference等)前面可用little, some, any, no, great, not much 等修饰;有的可用同根形容词代替,如:

The work I am doing is not of much value. 我做的工作没有多大价值。

His speech is of little significance. 他的讲话毫不重要。

It is of greatest consequence. 它极为重要。

It’s an invention of great importance. 这是一项非常重要的发明。

2.There have also been incentives for lenders to reduce the debts of home owners whose mortgages are now bigger than the value of their houses.

参考翻译:美国政府还将采取激励措施,鼓励贷款提供者为那些抵押贷款已经超过房屋价值的借款者减少债务。

结构分析:for sb to do sth,为了鼓励某人做某事。

whose mortgages……是定语从句,修饰home owners。