1The reason is simple: The longer you stay in the store, the more you see, and the more you see, the more you buy.
主干主语:The reason;谓语:is;表语:simple(冒号后为解释:the longer…the more…and the more…the more…)
结构冒号后用两组平行的“the + 比较级,the + 比较级”结构表程度递进。第一组中 you stay in the store 为比较状语从句,the more you see 为主句;and 连接第二组同样结构。整体是对前句“让顾客尽可能久留”的因果说明,无定语从句,难点在比较级连锁与并列递进。
译文原因很简单:你在店里待得越久,看到的东西就越多;看到的越多,买的也就越多。
考点the more…the more… 表“越……越……”的比例递进 · 冒号后可接完整句子作解释,不必另起主语
2The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into information overload.
主干主语:The sheer volume of available choice;谓语:is;表语:enough;不定式:to send shoppers into information overload
结构主语中心词 volume,of available choice 作后置定语。enough 后接不定式 to send… 作程度补足语;send sb into… 为结果义。information overload 为名词短语作介词 into 的宾语。句式紧凑,考点在 enough to do 与抽象名词作主语。
译文可供选择的商品数量之大,足以让购物者陷入信息过载。
考点enough to do 表示“足以导致某结果” · sheer 强调“纯粹的、极大的”,修饰抽象量词 volume
3According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us.
主干主语:the demands of so much decision-making;谓语:become;表语:too much for us
结构句首 According to… 为介词短语作状语,标明依据。主语 demands 后 of so much decision-making 为后置定语;so much 修饰动名词 decision-making。become too much for sb 表示“超出某人承受能力”。无从句,难点在抽象主语与 too much 的表语用法。
译文脑扫描实验表明,如此大量的决策需求很快就会让我们不堪重负。
考点become too much for sb 意为“使人吃不消” · decision-making 为动名词复合结构作 of 的宾语
4After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead begin shopping emotionally – which is the point at which we accumulate the stuff we really don’t need, half of it intended for things we never planned to buy in the first place.
主干主语:most people;谓语:stop…and begin…;宾语:struggling to be… / shopping emotionally
结构时间状语 After… 后,并列谓语 stop doing 与 begin doing,instead 表转折。破折号后 which 引导非限制性定语从句,先行词为“开始凭感觉购物”这一情况;at which 再套定语从句修饰 point。stuff 后省略 that 的定语从句 we really don’t need;half of it intended… 为独立主格(过去分词 intended)补充说明,其中 things 后又接省略关系词的定语从句。层层嵌套是最大难点。
译文购物大约四十分钟后,多数人不再费力做理性挑选,转而凭情绪购物——正是从这一刻起,我们开始囤积其实并不需要的东西,其中一半本就是为那些压根没打算买的东西准备的。
考点stop doing 与 begin doing 并列,instead 连接行为转换 · which 指代前面整件事;独立主格 half of it intended for… 作补充说明