2010 考研英语二 · Section II Reading Comprehension / Part A / Text 3

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1If you look hard enough, you’ll find that many of the products we use every day – chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins – are results of manufactured habits.

主干主语:you;谓语:look;宾语:hard enough;主句:you’ll find that many of the products ... are results of manufactured habits

结构这是一个复杂的条件句。主句是“you’ll find that many of the products we use every day – [长列表] – are results of manufactured habits”。“that”引导名词性从句作find的宾语。“we use every day”是修饰“products”的定语从句。破折号“– chewing gums, ... vitamins –”插入成分,提供同位语列表,说明产品种类。这种结构在学术写作中常见,用于列举例子而不破坏句子流畅性。

译文如果你仔细观察,你会发现我们每天使用的许多产品——口香糖、护肤霜、消毒湿巾、空气清新剂、水净化器、健康零食、牙齿美白剂、织物柔顺剂、维生素——都是由制造习惯产生的。

考点条件状语从句的正常语序与倒装结构 · 插入语和同位语从句的使用

2The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to – Procter & Gamble, Colgate- Palmolive and Unilever – had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.

主干主语:The companies;谓语:had invested;宾语:hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives

结构句子主干是“the companies ... had invested”。先行词“companies”后接限制性定语从句“that Dr. Curtis turned to”。破折号“– Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever –”插入语,提供同位语列表具体公司名称。主句动词“invested”后跟“finding ...”作目的性现在分词短语。另一个“that corporations could use to introduce new routines”定语从句修饰“cues”。整体结构层层嵌套,突出企业针对消费者的精准策略。

译文那些柯蒂斯博士求助的公司——宝洁、 高露洁-棕榈和联合利华——已经投入数亿美元,寻找消费者生活中的微妙线索,以便企业引入新习惯。

考点限制性定语从句 · 插入语和分词短语作状语

3“There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can’t figure out how to change people’s habits,” said Dr. Curtis, the director of the Hygiene Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

主干主语:Dr. Curtis;谓语:said;宾语:There are fundamental public health problems ...

结构句子主干是“said Dr. Curtis”。引号内是复杂句子,“like dirty hands instead of a soap habit”逗号插入成分举例说明“problems”;“that remain killers only because we can’t figure out how to change people’s habits”定语从句修饰“problems”,“only because”引导原因状语从句。“said Dr. Curtis”后接同位语“the director of the Hygiene Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine”。这种引述结构常见于新闻或学术引用。

译文“公共卫生问题如不洗手而形成肥皂习惯,仍然是杀手,因为我们无法弄清楚如何改变人们的习惯,”卫生与热带医学伦敦学院卫生中心主任柯蒂斯博士说。

考点引述句式与同位语 · 原因状语从句和插入成分

4Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.

主干主语:Skin moisturizers;谓语:are advertised;宾语:as part of morning beauty rituals

结构主句是“Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals”。“slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup”是非限制性现在分词短语作状语,表示动作插入在日常程序中。这种结构避免了并列句或从句,简洁地补充细节,体现了产品如何融入日常习惯的广告策略。

译文护肤霜被宣传为早晨美容仪式的一部分,夹在刷牙和化妆之间。

考点现在分词短语作状语 · 产品融入日常习惯的隐喻表达

5“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year.

主干主语:Carol Berning;谓语:said;宾语:Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns

结构句子主干是“said Carol Berning”。引号内是复合句,“when they become part of daily or weekly patterns”时间状语从句。Carol Berning后接同位语“a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble”,后者又接“the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year”定语从句修饰“Procter & Gamble”。多层嵌套提供背景信息和权威性。

译文“我们的产品成功,是因为它们成为日常或每周模式的一部分,”消费者心理学家、最近从宝洁退休的卡罗尔·伯宁说,该公司去年销售了760亿美元的泰德、 Crest和其他产品。

考点时间状语从句 · 同位语和定语从句的层层修饰