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新东方考研英语必背500句:第187句

新东方考研英语必背500句

第187句

but it's interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren't in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting "the rachel" might make us look just a little bit like jennifer aaniston.

译文:但这样想也挺有趣:在每周杂志封面上我们所看到的那些已为人父母的名人照片,他们一个个看起来无忧无虑、幸福满满的样子,看多了这样的照片,会不会正无形中加剧我们对于现实生活的不满?这就像我们当中有部分人曾经希望通过剪个“瑞秋”(美国情景剧《老友记》中的单身妈妈)式的发型以便使自己看起来有点儿像詹尼弗·安尼斯顿(瑞秋的扮演者)——这样简单的模仿同样会无形中加剧我们对生活的不满。

点睛:这句话的结构比较复杂,第一,if the images... aren't...contributing to...experience是一个宾语从句,作wonder的宾语。第二,images后边带有两个后置定语,一个是定语从句we see every week,另一个是介词短语of stress-free,happiness-enhancing parenthood。第三,介词短语in some small,subconscious way插入在谓语aren't...contributing to中间,充当方式状语。第四,in the same way that a small... like jennifer aniston是一个方式状语从句,修饰谓语contributing。在这个方式状语从句中,a small part of us是主语,hoped是谓语动词,其后带有一个宾语从句(that)getting“the rachel”might make us... like jennifer aniston,这里that被省去了。在这个宾语从句中,主语是getting“the rachel"这个动名词短语,谓语是might make,后边us look just a little bit like jennifer aniston悬一个复合宾语(即宾语us+不定式短语look just.宾语补足语)。