2013 考研英语二 · Section I Use of English

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1Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.

主干主语：you；谓语：might think；宾语：that 从句（we would move to the cashless society）

结构句首 Given... 为过去分词短语作原因状语。主句 you might think 后接 that 宾语从句。the cashless society 后 in which 引导定语从句，修饰 society，which 在从句中作地点状语。虚拟语气 would move 表示设想而非事实。

译文鉴于电子货币的种种好处，你或许会以为我们会很快迈入一切支付都通过电子方式完成的无现金社会。

考点Given + 名词短语作原因状语　·　in which 定语从句修饰抽象地点名词 society

2For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon “revolutionize the very __3__ of money itself,” only to __4__ itself several years later.

主干主语：Business Week；谓语：predicted；宾语：that 从句

结构主句后接 that 宾语从句。only to do 为结果状语，表示出乎意料的结局（预测落空）。itself 回指 Business Week。引号内为预测内容。very 强调其后名词。

译文例如，《商业周刊》1975年曾预言电子支付手段很快将“彻底改变货币本身的本质”，不料几年后却打脸收回成命。

考点only to do 表示意外结果　·　very + 名词表示“正是/恰恰是”

3Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of “float” – it takes several days __11__ a check is cashed and funds are __12__ from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.

主干主语：the use of paper checks；谓语：gives；间接宾语：consumers；直接宾语：several days of “float”

结构破折号后 it takes... 解释 float。which 非限制性定语从句修饰整个前句，means 后接 that 宾语从句。and 连接 cashed 与 funds are... 两个并列分句。

译文第三，使用纸质支票能给消费者几天“在途资金”——支票兑付并从出票人账户扣款需要数日，这意味着出票人在此期间仍可赚取这笔钱的利息。

考点which 指代前面整句而非单个名词　·　it takes + 时间 + before/until 类从句表“过了……才”

4The fact that this is not an __16__ occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and __17__ from someone else's accounts.

主干主语：The fact；谓语：means；宾语：that 从句

结构The fact 后 that 为同位语从句，说明 fact 内容。means 后 that 为宾语从句。and 连接 access 与另一动词，共用 might be able to。in electronic payments systems 修饰 accounts。

译文这类事情并非偶发，意味着不法之徒有可能侵入电子支付系统中的银行账户，并从他人账户中盗取资金。

考点the fact that 同位语从句　·　might be able to 后并列两个动词

5There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.

主干存在句：There are concerns；同位语：that 从句

结构concerns 后 that 引导同位语从句。thereby + 现在分词 violating 作结果状语，逻辑主语为前面整个“获取数据”的行为。并列主语 government, employers, and marketers。

译文人们担心政府、雇主和营销商可能获取这些数据，从而侵犯我们的隐私。

考点there are concerns that 同位语从句　·　thereby doing 表随之而来的结果

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