实例分析雅思阅读中的典型难句

　　8.What I was being blamed for， (it turned out)， was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper.

　　结构：共有5个谓语动词，其中主句谓语动词为was.What引导主句从句。(it turned out)为插入语。拆分为：

　　1)What I was being blamed for was a newspaper strike.

　　2)The strike made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts.

　　3)The inserts normally are included with the Sunday paper.

　　翻译：原来，我因为一场报纸行业罢工而受到责备。罢工造成不得不用人工把那些通常是夹在周日报纸里面的广告插页递送出去。

　　9.While we were waiting for the coffee， the head waiter， (with an ingratiating smile on his false face)， came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge apples.

　　结构：共有2个谓语动词，其中主句谓语动词为came up.(with an ingratiating smile on his false face)是插入语，分隔了主语和谓语。Ingratiating这个形容词修饰smile，不认识也不妨碍理解。拆分为：

　　1) The head waiter came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge apples.

　　2) While we were waiting for the coffee.

　　翻译：正在我们等咖啡上来的时候，领班面带着奉承的微笑，走到我们跟前，带来了一大篮子的特大苹果。

　　10.But a great book， (rich in ideas and beauty)， (a book that rises and tries to answer great fundamental questions)， demands the most active reading of which you are capable.

　　结构：共有3个谓语动词，其中demands是主句谓语动词。(rich in ideas and beauty)和(a book that…)是插入语。前者做a great book的后置定语，而后者是a great book的同位语，起补充说明的作用。that引导定语从句修饰book，which引导定语从句修饰reading.拆分为：

　　1)A great book demands the most active reading.

　　2)A book rises and tries to answer …questions.

　　3)You are capable of the reading.

　　翻译：但是一本富于思想和美感的伟大的书能够提出并试图回答一些伟大的根本问题。这样的书需要你尽最大所能来积极阅读。