1. A technological advancement is gauged by the power it gives or the energy it consumes and the cost that is involved.
解析:本句的難點在于后置定語,it gives,it consumes,that is involved,把這些后置定語直接作為形容詞短語放在前面就行,同時注意短語is gauged by:以...為標準。那么我們來切分意群:A technological advancement /is gauged by /the power it gives /or the energy it consumes /and the cost that is involved.逐個意群翻譯,最后組合為通順的漢語。
2、He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.
解析:本句主要考察賓語從句,定語從句,比較及并列結構。首先我們先切分意群,He adds humbly /that perhaps /he was “superior to the common run of men/ in noticing things/ which easily escape attention, and /in observing them carefully.
3、These peculiar elements in the make-up of man provide a long history and tradition of wisdom accumulated in various forms of civilization from which culture grows and continue flowing.
解析:本句是定語從句:主語:These peculiar elements; 謂語:provide。有兩個后置定語:in the make-up of man; accumulated in various forms of; 定語從句是from which 后面。切分意群:These peculiar elements /in the make-up of man /provide/ a long history/ and tradition of wisdom /accumulated in various forms of civilization/ from which culture grows and continue flowing.