復(fù)雜的同位語從句的拆分和理解 例97

例97　The assertion that it was difficult for a people to enjoy its basic rights unless it was able to determine freely its political status and to ensure freely its economic, social and cultural development was scarcely contested.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話的主干是The assertion was scarcely contested，中間加上同位語從句that it was difficult for a people to enjoy its basic rights...，同位語從句里面套有狀語從句unless it was able to determine freely its political status and to ensure freely its economic, social and cultural development。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于很長的同位語從句的很好的使用，而且同位語從句里面還套有很棒的條件狀語從句unless，后面還用了兩個to do并列，句子的延展性得到增加，很有氣勢。

【核心詞匯】

assertion　觀點

a people　一個民族

basic rights　基本權(quán)利

determine freely　自由決定

political status　政治地位

ensure freely　自由確保

scarcely contested　毋庸置疑

【參考譯文】有這樣一種觀點說，只有一個民族自由地決定它的政治地位而且確保它的經(jīng)濟，社會和文化發(fā)展的自由，它才能享受最基本的權(quán)利，這個觀點是毋庸置疑的。