1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008.
主干主语：The longest bull run；谓语：ended；宾语：a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008
结构该句为简单句，主干是“The longest bull run ... ended”。前置状语“The longest bull run in a century of art-market history”修饰主语，其中“in a century of art-market history”是介词短语作后置定语，修饰“bull run”。主语后直接接动词“ended”，宾语为“a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008”，此宾语由介词短语“with a sale...”引导，作结果状语。插入成分“Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”是拍卖作品的正式标题，置于“Damien Hirst”之后，用逗号隔开，属于非限制性同位语成分。时间状语“at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008”修饰整个宾语中的“sale”，地点和时间信息具体明确。句子结构紧凑，介词短语层层嵌套，增加了复杂性。
译文在持续了一个世纪的艺术品市场牛市中，这场最长的牛市以戏剧性收尾——2008年9月15日，达米安·赫斯特的56幅作品《美丽在我心中永远》在伦敦索斯比拍卖行被拍卖。
考点介词短语作状语或定语的用法 · 同位语成分的插入位置
2All but two pieces sold, fetching more than £70m, a record for a sale by a single artist.
主干主语：All but two pieces；谓语：sold；宾语：more than £70m，a record for a sale by a single artist
结构该句为并列结构，前半句“All but two pieces sold”为主句，后半句“fetching more than £70m, a record...”为独立结构，与主句并列，相当于“which fetched more than £70m”。“All but two pieces”用“but”表示“除了两件外都”，为省略了“sold”的省略结构。“fetching more than £70m”是现在分词短语作结果状语，修饰整个前半句。逗号后的“a record for a sale by a single artist”是插入成分，相当于“which is a record for a sale by a single artist”，用同位语解释前面的结果。句子通过分词结构和插入成分实现了简洁表达，同时增加了深度。
译文除了两件之外，其他作品都已售出，成交超过7000万英镑，这成为单艺术家拍卖的记录。
考点all but 省略结构 · 现在分词作状语
3What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market.
主干主语：What makes this slump different from the last；谓语：is；表语：that there are still buyers in the market
结构该句为强调句式，强调句式“it is that...”被省略，实际结构为“it is what makes this slump different from the last that there are still buyers in the market”。“he says”是插入成分，置于句首，用逗号隔开，属于旁插成分。主句主干为“主语+be+表语”，主语是“What makes this slump different from the last”，这是一个主语从句，由“what”引导，作“makes”的宾语，“makes this slump different from the last”是其核心结构。表语从句“that there are still buyers in the market”进一步解释“is”的内容，句子通过强调结构突出核心观点，结构严谨。
译文他表示，这次下跌不同于上次，是因为市场上仍然有买家。
考点强调句式it is...that · 插入成分he says
4The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989.
主干主语：The current downturn；谓语：is；表语：the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989
结构该句为比较状语从句，句干为“The current downturn in the art market is the worst”。“since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989”是介词短语作表语后置修饰“the worst”，引导时间状语从句。此从句中“the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists”为主句，“at the end of 1989”是时间状语。句子通过比较结构“the worst since...”突出当前市场的严重程度，同时从句本身结构复杂，包含动宾关系和时间修饰，增加了难度。
译文当前艺术市场的下跌是自1989年底日本人停止购买印象派作品以来最严重的。
考点比较状语从句的用法 · since引导时间状语从句