英語四級真題閱讀長難句的分析（二）
4. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material.
【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Wal-Mart is set to announce a initiative。aimed organic為后置定語，修飾initiative。冒號后的句子it will buy prices即initiative的內容，相當于initiative的同位語從句。helping to sustainable作伴隨狀語。 【譯文】本周沃爾瑪特打算宣布一大重要舉措，旨在幫助種植棉花的農民走有機種植之路：它將以稍高價收購過渡型的棉花，以此幫助擴大一種主要的可持續使用面料的供應量。 5. Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using a strand of hair, a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified murder victims. 【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Scientists have devised a way 。a technique為a way的同位語。where引導的賓語從句where lived作determine的賓語。using hair為現在分詞作方式狀語。that引導的定語從句that victims修飾technique。 【譯文】科學家已經設計出一個方法，憑借人的一縷頭發便能大致確定某人曾經居住過的地點，這項技術可能能夠幫助跟蹤鎖定犯罪嫌疑人或不明身份案件受害人的活動場所。 6. 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. 【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Todd Park said 。a local detective為Todd Park的同位語。the method has 為省略了引導詞that的賓語從句，該賓語從句中又包含一個由whose引導的定語從句whose skeleton Lake，修飾的是woman。 【譯文】當地的偵探Todd Park說這個方法幫助他了解到關于一具在大鹽湖附近發現的不明身份女尸骸的更多信息。
4. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material.
【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Wal-Mart is set to announce a initiative。aimed organic為后置定語，修飾initiative。冒號后的句子it will buy prices即initiative的內容，相當于initiative的同位語從句。helping to sustainable作伴隨狀語。 【譯文】本周沃爾瑪特打算宣布一大重要舉措，旨在幫助種植棉花的農民走有機種植之路：它將以稍高價收購過渡型的棉花，以此幫助擴大一種主要的可持續使用面料的供應量。 5. Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using a strand of hair, a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified murder victims. 【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Scientists have devised a way 。a technique為a way的同位語。where引導的賓語從句where lived作determine的賓語。using hair為現在分詞作方式狀語。that引導的定語從句that victims修飾technique。 【譯文】科學家已經設計出一個方法，憑借人的一縷頭發便能大致確定某人曾經居住過的地點，這項技術可能能夠幫助跟蹤鎖定犯罪嫌疑人或不明身份案件受害人的活動場所。 6. 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. 【分析】本句為復合句，主干為Todd Park said 。a local detective為Todd Park的同位語。the method has 為省略了引導詞that的賓語從句，該賓語從句中又包含一個由whose引導的定語從句whose skeleton Lake，修飾的是woman。 【譯文】當地的偵探Todd Park說這個方法幫助他了解到關于一具在大鹽湖附近發現的不明身份女尸骸的更多信息。
