考研英语备考：翻译题型练习及详细分析 Day_02

It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it).

语法点：主语从句;状语从句;并列结构;指代。

重难点：识别并别的结构;理清并列的成分。

解析：

Step1：断长句

面对长难句，先将其变为独立的短句，以便理解。

①It seems most people would be better off //②if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television// ③(something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it).

依照断句原则：长度适中+结构完整，将长句子切分成三个小短句，便于理解。

Step2：抓主干

整个长难句的主干为：

Most people would be better off.(主谓宾结构)

大多数人会过得更好。

Step3：理结构

①It seems most people would be better off

本句省略了从属连词“that”，补全后应为It seems that most people would be better off .

理解：大多数人似乎会过得更好。

②if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television

If引导的条件状语从句，可直接按照顺序理解。其中“shorten their commutes to work”、“spend more time with friends and family”以及 “less of it watching television”构成并列结构，并列连词为and，可简单理解为A, B and C的形式。