考研英语长难句：一句句突破长难句（22）

　　长难句：Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers.

　　结构剖析：本句的主干是 Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments , for telling their stories to newspapers 作状语，表示原因。本句的难点是被动结构 were said to , 等于 it was said that..。 本句可以改为 It was said that up to 19 witnesses had received payments for telling their stories to newspapers.

　　核心词汇： up to 多达

　　be said to 据说

　　参考翻译：据说多达19个证人因向报界讲述他们的经历而获得报酬。