1Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that's not how it used to be.
主干主语:Millions of Americans and foreigners;谓语:see;宾语:G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism;表语从句:that's not how it used to be
结构主句为see...as...结构,as后跟复合宾语(名词+同位语),but引导对比转折从句。as复合结构是经典考点,but句式对比鲜明,体现原文对比态度与实际历史的差异。
译文成千上万的美国人和外国人把吉伊乔视为头脑简单的战争玩具,美国军事冒险主义的象征,但实际情况并非如此。
考点see...as...结构考查 · but转折从句
2To the men and women who __1__ in World War Ⅱ and the people they liberated, the G.I. was the __2__ man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who __3__ all the burdens of battle, who slept in cold foxholes, who went without the __4__ of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder.
主干主语:the G.I.;谓语:was;表语:the best man grown into hero, the poor farm kid..., the guy who...
结构To短语作状语,修饰整个主句;主句后跟三个appositive并列,分别用who引导三个定语从句层层修饰表语成分,结构极度复杂,考查状语从句+定语从句+同位语/并列结构的综合运用。
译文对在二战中作战的男男女女以及他们解放的人来说,士兵是成长为英雄的最好的人,那个从家乡被拉走的穷苦农家孩子,他承担着战场上的一切负担,他在寒冷的战壕里睡觉,没有食物和住所,他坚持下来并打败了纳粹的谋杀统治。
考点To短语作状语 · who引导定语从句修饰表语
3This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, __5__ an average guy, up __6__ the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.
主干主语:This;谓语:was;表语:not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, an average guy, up the best trained...
结构连词not引导两个否定并列成分,中间省略but引导转折,表语部分用最高级修饰名词,动词up to短语作状语,句子结构为否定+并列+最高级+短语状语,极易被误读为简单句。
译文这不是志愿兵,不是高薪人士,而是一个普通人,是数百年中最受训练、最装备、最凶猛、最残暴的敌人之一。
考点not...not...but...否定并列 · up to短语+最高级
4Pyle was famous for covering the __14__ side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were __15__ or what towns were captured or liberated.
主干主语:Pyle;谓语:was;宾语:famous for covering..., writing about..., not how many miles...
结构for引导动名词短语作表语,for后跟两个动名词并列,中间插入not引导对比从句,结构为for+Ving+并列Ving+not+从句,考查动名词作表语+对比连词的复合句式。
译文派尔以报道战争的另一面而闻名,他写的是那些泥泞士兵,而不是多少英里或哪些城镇被攻占或解放。
考点for + Ving作表语 · not...or...对比从句