英语四级真题阅读长难句的分析（五）

　　14. Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filling complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the rest of the world.

　　【分析】本句为简单句，主干为Customers can improve experiences。方式状语by filling complaints to the retailer修饰improve future shopping experiences。instead of表示否定，其前后成分结构一致，complaining前其实省略了by。

　　【译文】顾客也可以通过向零售商投诉来改善今后的购物体验，而不是向全世界其他的人抱怨。

　　15. A code of conduct is hard to create when you re living in a world in which everyone is exhausted from overwork and lack of sleep, and a world in which nice people are perceived to finish last.

　　【分析】本句为复合句，主句为A code of conduct is hard to create，从句为when引导的时间状语从句when you re living last。从句中又包括两个由介词in加which引导的定语从句in which everyone is sleep和in which nice last，先行词均为a world。

　　【译文】当你生活在一个每个人都因加班工作、缺乏睡眠而筋疲力尽的社会，在一个好人最后总是吃亏的社会时，很难创造出一套行为准则。

　　16. This jumping to our children s defence is part of what fuels the walking on eggshells feeling that surrounds our dealings with other people s children.

　　【分析】本句为复合句，主干为 jumping to our children s defence is part of 。what引导的宾语从句what fuels feelings作of的宾语。that引导的定语从句that surrounds children修饰feeling。

　　【译文】这种对孩子的急切保护，加剧了我们在处理别人孩子的事情时，那种 在蛋壳上行走 的感觉。

　　17. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you ll die on average five years before a woman.

　　【分析】本句为简单句。句子主干为 you ll die 。Assuming term 为条件状语。about 78 years for men in Australia作插入语，是对natural term的解释说明，去掉后，句子的语法结构和语义仍完整。

　　【译文】假定你有幸活到了生命的自然尽头 在澳大利亚男性大概是78岁 你平均也要比女性早去世五年。