復(fù)雜的狀語從句的拆分和理解 例130

例130　If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這是個虛擬條件句，前半句是條件句If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament，后面是主干you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk，冒號后面表示補充說明，而且是個more than引導(dǎo)的比較級，也就是elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于虛擬條件句里面套上比較級，這個比較級很精彩，很值得學(xué)習(xí)。

【核心詞匯】

the birth certificates　出生證明

2006's World Cup tournament　2006年世界杯聯(lián)賽

a noteworthy quirk　一個值得注意的怪現(xiàn)象

elite soccer players　精英足球運動員

【參考譯文】仔細(xì)探究2006年世界杯聯(lián)賽每個足球運動員的出生證明，我們很可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個值得注意的怪現(xiàn)象：精英足球運動員大都出生在上半年，而不是在下半年。