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典型语言现象解析 一、抽词拆译法 1) The offices are conveniently located in the center of the city. 2) The ancients tried unsuccessfully to explain how a rainbow is formed. 古人曾试图解释彩虹是怎样形成的，但没有成功。 3）The success rate of up to 90% claimed for lie detectors is misleadingly attractive. 据称，测谎器的成功率高达90%，这一点颇有吸引力，但却容易将人引入歧途。 4）But burning too much glucose can dangerously reduce the amount of glucose in the blood. 可是，消耗过多的葡萄糖会减少血液中葡萄糖的含量，这是很危险的。 5）It has been rightly stated that this situation is a threat to international security. 目前的局势对国际安全造成了威胁，这一论断完全正确。 6）Nonlinear equations indicate that a small force can have unpredictably, either a small or a large effect. 非线性方程表明，一个微弱的力其效果可大可小，但究竟是大是小则无法预测。 二、分词短语作定语实例： 1. Most American cities and towns are filled with restaurants serving international cooking. 2. I have received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. 3. Other scientists of the brain, noting that disease and physical damage can change personally and distort mentally, believe the brain to be nothing more than a fantastically complex computer. 另一些大脑研究的专家注意到疾病和肢体损伤会改变人的秉性，扭曲人的心灵，他们相信，（就功能而言）人脑相当于一台极其复杂的电脑。 Working harder at English, you will make greater progress. Feeling very tired, she kept running. So he went to France, preferring to give up the fortune that one day would come to him, and went to live in England. Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fast sleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our room air-conditioned. 三、松散句与掉尾句 松散句loose sentence — end focus (information focus) = end weight 掉尾句periodic sentence— end focus ≠ end weight 平衡句 balanced sentence — no end weight or obvious information focus A periodic sentence is one in which the main thought is not completed until the very end of the sentence. (emphatic, formal; suspense悬念) 掉尾句中，上下文紧密衔接，环环相扣，不到句末，焦点信息不显露。 Bells rang, filling the air with their clangor, startling pigeons