1While fossil fuels – coal, oil, gas – still generate roughly 85 percent of the world’s energy supply, it’s clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.
主干主语:it(形式主语);谓语:is;表语:clearer;真正主语:that 从句
结构While 引导让步状语从句,主句为比较结构 clearer than ever。破折号插入同位语 coal, oil, gas 解释 fossil fuels。it 为形式主语,that 引导主语从句,such as 后举例修饰 renewable sources。
译文尽管化石燃料——煤、石油、天然气——仍提供全球约85%的能源,但比以往任何时候都更清楚的是:未来属于风能、太阳能等可再生能源。
考点While 可表让步,不等于“当……时” · 形式主语 it + that 主语从句
2But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation – and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.
主干主语:that message;谓语:did not play well;状语:with many in Iowa
结构主句后接两个并列的 where 非限制性定语从句修饰 Iowa。第一个 where 中 and 连接 dot 与 provide;破折号后第二个 where 用被动 are being attracted,by 引出原因,to power 为目的状语。
译文但这一说法在爱荷华州许多人那里并不受欢迎:那里的田间遍布风机,提供全州36%的发电量——微软等科技巨头也正因清洁能源可为其数据中心供电而被吸引而来。
考点where 非限制性定语从句可并列 · play well with 表示“受欢迎/被接受”
3But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.
主干主语:a boost;谓语:is making;宾语:their ability;宾补:more likely
结构make + 宾语 + 形容词宾补。主语中心词 boost,in the storage capacity of batteries 为后置修饰。their ability 后接不定式 to keep... 作定语;around the clock 修饰 flowing。
译文不过,电池储能容量的提升,正使它们全天候持续供电的能力变得更有可能。
考点make + O + adj. 复合宾语 · 不定式作 ability 的后置定语
4The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles.
主干主语:The advance;谓语:is driven;状语:by vehicle manufacturers
结构被动语态,in part 插入表程度。who 引导非限制性定语从句修饰 manufacturers;place bets on 为固定搭配,battery-powered 为复合形容词。
译文这一进展部分是由汽车制造商推动的,他们正把重注押在电池驱动的电动车上。
考点被动 + by 引出施动者 · place big bets on 表“大力押注”
5What Washington does – or doesn’t do – to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.
主干主语:What Washington does;谓语:may mean;宾语:less and less
结构What 引导主语从句,破折号插入 or doesn’t do 补充对照。to promote... 为目的状语修饰 does。less and less 作宾语;at a time of... 为时间状语。
译文在全球观念转变之际,华盛顿为推广替代能源所做的——或不做的——可能越来越无关紧要。
考点what 主语从句可含插入对照 · mean less and less 表“日益无关紧要”