大学英语四级难句解析（二）

　　Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

　　主干：Todd Park, a local detective, said...

　　1. said 之后的内容是个省略引导词that的宾语从句。1.whose skeleton...是个定语从句，修饰an...woman。

　　译文：当地的一名侦探Todd Park说，这个方法帮他了解到有关一位身份不明的女性死者的更多信息，其尸骨是在打掩护附近被发现的。

　　Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smokers cough for a year.

　　主干：Gullotta saw a man...

　　1. who 引导的定语从句修饰a...man。

　　2.本句是肯定陈述句，却用了doing anything而不是doing something,语义上有所强调。

　　译文：两个月以前格洛塔为一位50岁的男士看病，这名男士吸烟可欧已有一年，但期间他没有采取任何措施，以至于延误了治疗。