2015 考研英语二 · Section II Reading Comprehension / Part A / Text 1

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1Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.

主干主语:Researchers;谓语:measured...and found;宾语:people’s cortisol...it

结构主句为并列谓语 measured 与 found。which is a stress marker 为非限制性定语从句修饰 cortisol。两个 while 引导时间状语从句并列。at what is supposed to be a place of refuge 中 what 引导名词性从句作介词 at 的宾语,相当于 the place that。

译文研究人员测量了人们在工作和在家时的皮质醇(一种压力指标),发现在本应是避风港的家里,皮质醇水平更高。

考点which 非限制性定语从句插入说明 · what 引导的名词性从句作介词宾语

2What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.

主干主语:What the study doesn’t measure;谓语:is;表语:whether...whether...

结构What 引导主语从句。表语由两个并列的 whether 引导的宾语从句构成,第二个 whether 进一步解释工作类型。when they’re at home 为时间状语从句修饰 doing work。brought home from the office 为过去分词短语作后置定语修饰 work。

译文这项研究没有衡量的是,人们在家时是否仍在干活——无论是家务还是从办公室带回来的工作。

考点what 主语从句 + 系表结构 · 并列 whether 从句作表语

3With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.

主干形式主语:it;谓语:is not surprising;真正主语:that women are more stressed at home

结构With 介词短语作原因状语,其中 and 连接 the blurring of roles 与 the fact that...。that 引导同位语从句解释 fact。主句为 it is not surprising that... 形式主语结构,that 从句为真正主语。

译文由于角色界限模糊,加之家庭在为职业女性做出调整方面远远落后于职场,女性在家压力更大也就不足为奇了。

考点with 复合结构作状语 · the fact that 同位语从句

4Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.

主干主语:the household;谓语:is rare(倒装)

结构完全倒装句,表语 Rare 前置,主语 the household 后置。in which 引导定语从句修饰 household,从句中 so...laid out 为被动结构,clinically and methodically 为方式状语。

译文很少有哪个家庭会把劳动分工安排得如此精确、有条不紊。

考点表语前置的完全倒装 · in which 定语从句