考研英语长难句讲解 第208期

 　　19. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening¹, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day.

　　【分析】复合句。句子主干为Most people seem to have more bad dreams。early in the night 为时间状语，两个现在分词短语progressing...和suggesting...作状语。其中第二个现在分词短语中包含that引导的宾语从句，主干为 they are working through negative feelings, generated during the day作feelings的后置定语。

　　【译文】多数人似乎在晚上睡眠早期会做较多不好的梦，而随着睡眠加深，醒前会逐渐做一些较快乐的梦，表明人们在梦里逐渐的克服了白天的不良情绪。

　　【点拨】 work through为“通过，穿过”或“完成，解决”，结合语境，本句的意思为“解决，克服”。

　　20. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing:The Degradation² of Language and Music and Why We Should,Like, Care,John McWhorter,a linguist³ and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views,sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.

　　【分析】句子主干为John McWhorter...sees the triumph...as responsible for the decline...。介语 In his latest book为状语,其后的书名是book的同位语。a linguist...views是主语John McWhorter的同位语，对其进行补充说明。

　　【译文】约翰·麦荷特是一名语言学家，同时又是一名混合自由和保守观点的争论者，在其最近新书《做我们自己的事——语言和音乐的退化以及我们为什么应该喜欢和关心》中，他认为正式英语的衰亡应归咎于20世纪60年代反文化潮流的胜利。

1 awakening   

n.觉醒，醒悟 adj.觉醒中的；唤醒的

参考例句：

• the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
• People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。

2 degradation   

n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变

参考例句：

• There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
• Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。

3 linguist   

n.语言学家；精通数种外国语言者

参考例句：

• I used to be a linguist till I become a writer.过去我是个语言学家，后来成了作家。
• Professor Cui has a high reputation as a linguist.崔教授作为语言学家名声很高。