12月大学英语六级阅读真题长难句解析（16）

　　1.Alcohol, hunger, too much talking, breathing through the mouth during exercise-anything that dries the mouth produces bad breath.

　　【译文】酒精，饥饿，说话太多，锻炼时时用口腔呼吸所有引起口腔干燥的行为都会引起口臭。

　　【析句】例句1中，首先列举了四个引起口臭的例子，包括名词和动名词，破折号后是主句anything produces bad breath，而主句主语anything后that dries the mouth是定语从句修饰anything。

　　2. Bottom retail prices-anywhere from 30% to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia-have attracted some 47 million visitors, who are expected to leave behind $79 billion in 1994.

　　【译文】美国商品的最低零售价比欧洲和亚洲任何国家低30%到70%吸引了约四千七百万游客，1994年有望在美国消费七百九十亿美元。

　　【析句】复合句。主句是Bottom retail prices have attracted some...visitors。主句中，两个破折号之间的内容anywhere from...Asia作插入语。主句后，who are expected to leave...是定语从句修饰visitors。

　　3. Home schoolers, oppose the system because they have strong convictions that their approach to education-whether fueled by religious enthusiasm or the individual childs interests and natural pace-is best.

　　【译文】家庭教育者之所以反对现有的教育体系，是因为他们坚信，他们的教育方式无论是以宗教信仰还是以孩子个人兴趣和自然发展为动力都是最好的。

　　【析句】与例句2结构相似，句子中都有插入语。主句是Home schoolers oppose the system,主句后接着是because引导的原因状语从句because they have strong convictions.that their approach to education is best作strong convictions的同位语，说明convictions的内容。而在同位语中，两个破折号之间的whether fueled by religious enthusiasm or the individual childs...pace作插入语修饰their approach to education。