英语四级真题阅读长难句的分析（十）

　　34. Objections from American university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unwelcoming to international students.

　　【分析】本句为并列句，but连接两个并列的简单句。句子主干为Objections led to improvements and a reversal, but the United States is still seen as unwelcoming。第一个分句的谓语是led to，其后有两个由and连接的并列宾语，分别是improvements和a reversal。第二个分句里的as是副词，连接补语。

　　【译文】尽管在美国大学校长和商界领袖们的反对之下，签证程序有所改进，留学生人数开始回升，但美国依然给许多人留下了不欢迎外国留学生的印象。

　　35. In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have become more self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity.

　　【分析】本句为复合句。主句主干为 universities have become global。In response to 连接方式状语，其中包含了一个that引导的定语从句，修饰forces，that在从句中作主语。冒号后面的部分是三个并列的现在分词作状语，解释说明前面的句子。在第一个分词结构里包含了一个who引导的定语从句，修饰students。在最后一个分词结构里也有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰courses of study。

　　【译文】作为对推进世界经济力量的回应，大学变得更加具有 自我全球意识 ：大学从世界各地招来承载多元文化和价值观的学生;大学把本校学生派往国外准备开拓全球事业;大学还通过开设课程，共同应对来自互相联系的世界及为了全人类的利益发展科学而展开的联合研究带来的多重挑战。

　　36. Yale professor and Harvard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghai s Fudan University in collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools.

　　【分析】本句为简单句。句子主干为Tian Xu directs a research center。主语前面的部分都是它的同位语，说明身份。focused on作后置定语修饰research center;at Shanghai s Fudan University是地点状语;in collaboration with 则是方式状语。

　　【译文】由徐天教授所负责的人类疾病遗传学研究中心坐落在上海的复旦大学，其工作人员由耶鲁和复旦两所大学共同派人组成。

　　37. In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the U.K.

　　【分析】本句为简单句。句子主干为 changes caused and 。caused有两个并列宾语，分别是 decline 和 surge。 seeking 是现在分词作定语修饰 students。

　　【译文】 9 11事件 之后，签证程序的调整导致注册美国大学的外国学生人数急剧下降。而同一时期前往澳大利亚、新加坡和英国留学的外国学生人数却迅猛增长。