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[Grammar]《经济学人》(Jun 18th 2009)一篇文章中遇到的几处问题

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 4:44 am
by fangzeng
A warm welcome but little money
Jun 18th 2009
From The Economist print edition

Q1. Morgan Tsvangirai may be forgiven for occasionally losing track, so crammed has his schedule been on his first official tour abroad as Zimbabwe’s prime minister. (line1,paragraph2)
句中so 引导的是一个什么句子,在句中做什么成分?

Q2. Anxious to boost Mr Tsvangirai at the expense of Mr Mugabe, foreign leaders have showered him with praise. (line1,paragraph4)
在不定式前面加一个adj,该adj在句中充当什么成分?

Q3. Some have even accused him of trying to deceive his interlocutors by painting too rosy a picture of the new Zimbabwe, perhaps out of a misplaced sense of patriotism.(line5,paragraph5)

平常都是a rosy picture ,这里加了一个too,怎么就变成了too rosy a picyure?
Q4. But Zanu-PF is already warning its people to prepare for a snap election, perhaps as early as next March, in an apparent attempt by Mr Mugabe to block the introduction of a planned new constitution, with clear limits on executive power and strict rules for elections. (line2,paragraph6)
红色字体为什么不用现在完成时?

Q5. And the 85-year-old Mr Mugabe continues to call the shots in what is supposed to be a partnership of equals.(line3,paragraph7)
句中what指什么?

Q6. So Mr Tsvangirai got little change when it came to winning direct financial support for his power-sharing government. .(line1,paragraph8)
红色字体中to是介词吗?为什么后面用win的-ing形式?

Q7. A little of this already does go on what could be termed development projects, but for the moment Western governments are keen to spend most of this money on basic help for people who need food, medicine and clean water.(line4,paragraph9)
这里go on 是什么意思?

Q8. That he has been welcomed by some of the world’s most powerful leaders and given a red-carpet treatment wherever he goes is itself a notable advance for Zimbabwe. (line1,last paragraph)
红色字体的句子在句中做什么成分?

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 7:22 am
by aRNoLD
a1. 倒装
morgan's schedule has been so crammed on his 1st tour abroad that he may be forgiven for losing track.

a2. 与后半句同一主语
foreign leaders are anxious to boost mr Tsvangirai, and they have showered him with praise.

a3. too 修饰形容词 rosy
by painting a picture (which is too rosy) of the new zimbabwe
or
by painting a picture too rosy

a4. already 并不只与完成时连用,参考:
*used to say that something has been done before and does not need doing again
 ——You already told me that.
*used to say that something has happened too soon or before the expected time
 ——Is it 5 o'clock already?
*used to say that a situation exists and it might get worse, greater, etc
 ——Hurry up, we're already late.

a5. what = sth. that is supposed to be a partnership of equals
call the shots = determine the policy; in charge of (org.) etc.; make the decisions
call the shots in what is supposed to be a partnership of equals = sb is believed/thought to cooperate with his/her partners but in fact he/she is in total control and gives orders to his partners.

a6. come to sth.,指涉及到,达到某种状态、某个情况……时
查一下come to的意思,这里的to不是不定式

a7. not 'go on', but 'go' 'on projects...'
指(资源被)用于……项目,go在此指方向,on指在……方面

a8. that引导的主语从句
参考百度百科中有关主语从句解释的第一个例句

PS:
基本功还不扎实,有些问题的根源在于太纠缠于语法且同时词汇及整体语法掌握不够

source url added: 'http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13856199

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 11:44 am
by fangzeng
恩,我会努力改进的,谢谢老师的建议! :)

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 12:04 pm
by aRNoLD
fangzeng wrote: July 13th, 2009, 11:44 am 恩,我会努力改进的,谢谢老师的建议! :)
不是你的问题。非专业学生从中学为高考拿分被老师灌语法、到大学一、二年级为CET考试背语法,都是死啃的。没时间的情况下,这是最‘稳定可靠’的直径,虽然这条过多纠缠于固定语法的路最后反而会让你越走越远。

但是现在你要考研甚至参加今后国际交换生等项目的话,就得抛弃这一类的学习模式。看经济学人杂志不错,但是它太深了;平时选一些‘时鲜’的新闻条目一在于它不长,二在于它正规地道。

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
中国日报,最正统中国新闻的出处,且所有消息都可从主流门户站上找到对应的,便于理解

http://www.voanews.com
最合适的美语听力素材及新闻片段

其它就是平时介绍过的CNN、彭博社、华尔街、商业周刊、路透新闻,其中一些是没有对应中文的,一些(比如彭博的金融类不错,但较深)太西方化,最好一点的还是CNN的财经管理类视频和华尔街的短新闻。

Posted: July 21st, 2009, 11:58 am
by fangzeng
谢谢老师的推荐,感觉美国之音挺好的,恩,以后就用它来训练听力 :)