考研英语长难句讲解 第36期(在线收听

 13. Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

【分析】复合句。句子主干为 the company is...claiming that..., and that...。其中 and 连接两个 that 引导的宾语从句,为并列关系。because of 引出原因状语。
【译文】如今,Entergy 公司突然声明:根据2006年的法规,2002年的协议是无效的,而且只有联邦政府才对核问题具有监管权。
【点拨】1)invalid“无效的”。2)regulatory“监管的”。
14. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.
【分析】冒号后的句子是多重复合句,是对前面内容的解释说明。whereas 引导让步状语从句,该让步状语从句中 that 引导宾语从句。主句中 that 引导宾语从句,其中包含 how 引导的从句,作 of 的宾语。
【译文】此案例当中的法律问题含糊不清;虽然最高法庭裁定各州对核能问题的确有一定的管理自主权,但法律学者称,佛蒙特州这一案例将提供一个开创先例的测试,测试究竟这些权力能有多大。
【点拨】1)rule 作名词时意为“规则,规定”,此处作动词,意为“判定,裁定”。2) precedent 在句中意思是“范例,判例”。
语法拓展
让步状语从句的引导词
让步状语从句的引导词包括:although/though(尽管), even if(即使), if(即使), as(尽管), (as)much as(尽管), while/whereas(虽然,尽管),for all(尽管),assuming that(即使,就算), admitting that(即使), granting/granted that(即使), despite the fact that(尽管), in spite of the fact that(尽管), notwithstanding that(不管), whether...or(无论...还是), wh- + ever = no matter wh- (不管), not but, not that/what(虽然)。
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