2024 考研英语一 · Section II Reading Comprehension / Part B

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1Simply there are people in Nigeria who cannot travel to the Smithsonian Institution to see that part of their history and culture represented by the Benin Bronzes.

主干主语:people in Nigeria;谓语:there are(存在句);定语从句:who cannot travel... 修饰 people

结构there be 存在句,主语 people 后接 in Nigeria 介词短语作后置定语;who 引导定语从句修饰 people,从句内 to see... 为不定式作目的状语;see 的宾语是 that part of their history and culture,其后 represented by the Benin Bronzes 为过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰 that part,构成'被贝宁青铜器所代表的那部分历史文化'。

译文很简单,尼日利亚国内有些人无法远赴史密森学会,去瞻仰那部分由贝宁青铜器所代表的、属于他们自己的历史与文化。

考点过去分词短语 represented by... 作后置定语,相当于定语从句 which is represented by...,阅读时注意将其还原到被修饰词之前 · there be 句型中真正主语在 be 动词之后,定语从句 who... 修饰的是 people 而非 Nigeria

2Having said that, I do feel that whatever artifacts find their way to public museum should, in fact, be sanctioned as having been obtained on loan, legally purchased or obtained by treaty.

主干主语:I;谓语:do feel;宾语:that 引导的宾语从句(从句主干:whatever artifacts... should be sanctioned)

结构句首 Having said that 为现在分词完成式作让步状语,相当于 Although I have said that;do feel 中 do 表强调;that 宾语从句内,whatever artifacts find their way to public museums 为 whatever 引导的主语从句(whatever 兼作 artifacts 的定语);should be sanctioned as 后接动名词完成被动式 having been obtained,表示'被认定为是以……方式获得的'。

译文话虽如此,我确实认为:凡是流入公共博物馆的文物,都必须被认定为是通过租借、合法购买或条约途径获得的。

考点whatever 引导主语从句时相当于 any...that,兼具引导词和限定词双重功能 · having been obtained 为动名词完成被动式,作介词 as 的宾语,强调'获得'这一动作先于'认定'发生

3What intrinsic factors make the West a suitable home for these artifacts but preclude them from being preserved and displayed by their countries of origin?

主干主语:What intrinsic factors;谓语:make... but preclude...(并列谓语);宾语:the West / them

结构特殊疑问句,what 作定语修饰 intrinsic factors,整个名词短语作主语;谓语由 but 连接的两个动词构成:make(make+宾语+宾补 a suitable home)和 preclude(preclude sb from doing sth '使某人无法做某事');from 后接动名词被动式 being preserved and displayed,by 引出动作施事者。

译文究竟是哪些内在因素,让西方成为这些文物的适宜归宿,却又使其来源国无法对它们加以保存和展示?

考点preclude sb from doing sth 为固定搭配'阻止/使某人无法做某事',from 后须接动名词 · but 在此连接并列谓语而非并列句,前后主语一致(均为 factors),注意不要把 preclude 误当作另一分句