BBC news 2010-05-22 加文本

1.At a meeting in Brussels on how to tackle the current financial crisis caused by large state debts and falling confidence in the euro, the ministers agreed to a German call for budget deficits to be brought under control.

参考翻译：在布鲁塞尔举行的会议上，财长们探讨了应对由国家债务巨大，对欧元的信心衰减导致的金融危机的方法，他们一致赞同德国提出的控制财政赤字的要求。

结构分析：这句话的主干是后半部分，前面是时间和地点状语。on how to tackle表明会议的具体内容。caused by是过去分词做后置定语，修饰financial crisis，by引出原因，共有两个，large state debts和falling confidence in the euro。

2.The proposals being debated include teaching that the United Nations could be a threat to American freedom and that the Founding Fathers may not have intended a complete separation of church and state.

参考翻译：备受争议的提议主要包括，联合国将成为美国自由的威胁，开国元老们可能并不想教堂和国家完全分离等教学内容。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是：The proposals include...that the United Nations could和that the Founding Fathers都是teaching的同位语。may not have intended是对过去发生的事情表示不确定的猜测。

3.We have pushed relentlessly for BP to do what is necessary to contain what is leaking, to deal with both the environmental and the economic impacts of what, as the president said today, is unquestionably a disaster.

参考翻译：我们已经严厉地向BP施压，要求他们采取必要措施控制漏油，应对环境和经济方面的双重影响。就像奥巴马总统说的，这无疑是一场巨大的灾难。

语法学习：as the president said today是插入语。

大体而言,插入语可以分为以下几类:

    1). 用简短的句子结构作插入语。这类短语有:I think, I hope, I guess, I believe, I suppose, I wonder, I tell you, I say, I'm afraid, I'm sure, you see, you know, as you know, that is, that is to say, what's more等等,它们可以置于句中或句尾。如:
    I suggest you choose someone who you think is kind and friendly.
    This diet, I think, will do good to your health.
    It won't be raining long, I hope.
    You will have to work harder, you know, if you want to succeed.

    2). 副词或副词短语用作插入语,这类插入语一般放在句首或句尾。如:
    Happily for him, his father's second wife was kind to him too.
    You'll be able to pass the coming exam, surely.
    Luckily for him, he didn't hurt in the accident.
    Honestly, I don't need it at the moment.

    3). 介词或介词短语作插入语,这类插入语一般放在句首,有时也可放在句中。如:
    Like most of my schoolmates, I have neither brothers nor sisters-in other words, I'm an only child.
    By the way, Bob sends his best wishes.
    On the other hand, I didn't know you were there.
    In short, things have begun to improve since schools were called on to reduce learning load.

    4). 分词短语作插入语。如:
    Judging from your accent, you must be from England.
    Generally speaking, he is the best student in our class.
    Compared with China, the USA is smaller.

    5). 不定式短语作插入语。如:
    To put it mildly, he was not up to the mark.
    To tell you the truth, I don't want to see her.
    To be sure, Jim is a faster skater, but he is not good at doing figures.
    To conclude, it was a great success.