BBC news 2010-08-24 加文本

1.Rescue workers in Chile say the 33 miners who’ve been trapped underground for 18 days are in good health, but have yet to be told that it could take months until they are rescued.

参考翻译：智利救援人员表示，被困在地下长达18天的33名矿工健康状况良好，但是仍然被告知，这些矿工要等待几个月的时间才能成功获救。

语法学习：yet用法

在现在完成时的句子中，already常用于肯定句，yet常用于否定句和疑问句，但yet还有其他用法。 1. 用于否定句中，意思是还、尚、迄今、到那时”。例如 he is not yet here. 他还未到。 at three o”clock they had not yet decided whether to play basketball or not. 三点钟时他们尚未决定是否去打篮球。 2. 用于疑问句中，意思是已经”。例如 is everything ready yet ? 一切都准备好了吗？ 3. 与比较级连用，意思是更”。例如 you must work yet harder. 你还需更努力地工作。 4. 与once , again , another 连用，意思是再”。例如 he has made yet another mistake. 他又犯了一个错误。 5. 用于肯定句中，意思是仍然、还得”。例如 she is yet a child. 她还是个孩子。 6. 用作并列连词时，意思是然而、可是”。例如 he studied hard yet he failed. 他学习努力，可是考试仍未及格。

2.The agreement is almost certain to have included a secrecy clause surrounding the circumstances leading to the car crash outside their Florida home, which left Tiger Woods seriously injured and after which he publicly confessed to serial infidelity.

参考翻译：双方的离婚协议中肯定会包含一项保密条款，关于导致伍兹在佛罗里达家外发生撞车而导致重伤的背景。之后，伍兹公开承认了自己的一系列不忠行为。

结构分析：这句话的主干是：The agreement is almost certain to have included a secrecy clause。surrounding是现在分词作后置定语，修饰secrecy clause。leading to是现在分词作后置定语，修饰circumstances。which left Tiger Woods seriously injured和after which是定语从句，修饰前面受伤的这种形势。

3.A district court in the United States has blocked plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for research into embryonic stem cells.

参考翻译：美国一个区法庭阻止了奥巴马总统增加胚胎干细胞研究经费的计划。

结构分析：这句话的主干是：A district court in the United States has blocked plans。to increase funding是动词不定式做后置定语，修饰plans。