英语四级真题阅读长难句的分析（六）

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

　　【分析】本句为复合句。主句为Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man。 who引导定语从句,修饰 a 50-year-old man。delay后常接动名词，表示 推迟做某事 。smoker s cough指吸烟引起的咳嗽。

　　【译文】两个月前，古丽塔遇见一位50岁的男人，他耽搁了一年而未对吸烟引起的咳嗽做任何处理。

　　19.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】本句为并列复合句。when引导时间状语从句，according to 是介词短语。conducted by Verde Group and Wharton School作后置定语修饰a study。the last one to do sth.意为 最后一个做某事的人 。

　　【译文】据沃德集团和沃顿商学院所做的一份联合调查显示，商店经理总是最后一个接到投诉，并且通常是当他们的常客决定定期光顾他们的竞争对手时才发现。

　　20. Retailers who re responsive and friendly are more likely to smooth over issues than those who aren t so friendly, said Professor Stephen Hoch.

　　【分析】本句中的直接引语为复合句。句子主干为Retailers are more likely to smooth over issues than those, more than是比较级结构。第一个who引导的定语从句修饰Retailers，第二个who引导的定语从句修饰those。

　　【译文】史提芬 霍克教授说： 与那些态度不友好的零售商相比，能够及时作出反应且态度友好的零售商更有可能平息事端。

　　21. But the real truth is that we don t know enough to relieve global warming, and without major technological breakthroughs we can t do much about it.

　　【分析】本句为复合句，主干为the real truth is that 。that从句为is的表语，在该表语从句有两个由and连接的简单句we don t know warming和we can t do much about it。两个破折号之间的内容是对we can t do much about it的原因解释。

　　【译文】但真相是，我们对缓解全球变暖知道的还不够多，并且 没有较大的技术突破 我们仍将束手无策。