12月英语四级阅读难点解析（10）

　　1.I have also witnessed a player reacting to his opponent蒺s intentional and illegal blocking by deliberately hitting him with the ball as hard as he could during the course of play.

　　分析主干：I have witnessed a player reacting

　　reacting 在句中是现在分词，作宾语a player 的补语;by... hitting...是reacting 的方式状语，hitting 作介词by 的宾语。as hard as he could 是比较结构，表示尽力。

　　译文：还有一次我看到过一个球员在比赛中因为对方的一个有意犯规阻挡，而故意使足了力气把球砸向对方。

　　2.Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.

　　分析主干：someone will glance...

　　本句是个简单句，谓语动词glance 后接介词短语through purchases or bills。不定式短语to find out...在句中作状语，表示无意中一瞥的结果。

　　译文：或者有人会随意翻阅你的信用卡购物单或手机话费单，以此来了解你的购物喜好或通话习惯。

　　3.It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didnt want to deal with gender issues.

　　分析主干：It took me 10 years to get back... and to realize...

　　句首的It 是形式主语，真正的主语是and 并列的两个动词不定式。第一个不定式to get back 的宾语the confidence 后有一个定语从句I had at 19 对它加以修饰。第二个不定式to realize 带了一个宾语从句，由that 引导。

　　译文：我花了10 年的时间才找回了我19 岁时的自信，才意识到我本不想谈论性别问题。

　　4.If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting thought, the thought will die.

　　分析主干：the thought will die

　　本句的难点在从句部分。If 引导条件状语从句，从句用了listen to sb. do sth.结构，省略to 的不定式correct 作补语;that 5th grade English teacher 用了借喻的修辞手法，指代你心中的那个批判性思维。while 引导的时间状语从句修饰are listening。

　　译文：如果你在听五年级的英文老师纠正你的语法，而同时你又尽力在捕捉一个稍纵即逝的想法，那么，你的想法就会消失得无影无踪。

　　5.Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde Group and Wharton School.

　　分析主干：managers are the last to... and find out...

　　1.conducted 是过去分词作study 的后置定语。

　　2.不定式to hear...作后置定语，修饰the last，一般可以直接理解为最不可能听到这些投诉的人。

　　3.when 引导的时间状语从句修饰find out。该状语从句中，to frequent...作decide 的宾语。frequent 用作动词，表示经常光顾。译文：维德集团和沃顿商学院共同开展的一项研究显示，商店经理常常是最后一个听到顾客抱怨的人，而且只有当他们的老顾客开始频频光顾他们的竞争对手的时候他们才会发现顾客对他们的不满。