讲解

回顾

谓语动词找漏了一个~然后翻译差不太多。

In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

生词

• in short 简言之
• represent v. 表现；代表
• representation n. 表现；描述
• representative adj. 有代表性的；典型的
• crisis n. 危机，危机关头
• current crisis 目前的危机
• economic/financial crisis 经济危机/金融危机
• stereotypical adj. 典型的；老一套的，刻板化的
• cartoon n. 漫画；动画片
• glare at…  怒视，瞪着……

解析

1. 找谓语动词：represent/is/glare
2. 断开：that/while
   1. 【主句】句1：In short, the image 句2 is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, 句3
   2. 【定从】句2：that best represents the current crisis
   3. 【时间状语从句】句3：while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.
3. 简化：…the image… is the… cartoon scene…
4. 重点：
   1. 【断开】：that从句结束在第二个谓语动词前，比较难找。
   2. 【去修饰】：主句中的介词短语和非谓语动词较多，都是非核心，可先不看。
5. 翻译：简言之，最能形象表现目前这种危机的是这样的经典漫画场景：一个男人坐在早餐桌边，手中报纸挡住他的脸，一个女人怒视报纸背面，很想交谈。

预习

The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to—Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever—had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.

生词

• subtle adj. 不易察觉的，微妙的；敏锐的
• cue n. 开端，线索；提示
• corporation n. 社团，公司，法人

解析

1. 找谓语动词：turned/had invested/could use
2. 断开：that/破折号/that
   1. 【主句】句1：The companies 句2 had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives 句3
   2. 【定从】句2：that Dr. Curtis turned to—Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever—
   3. 【目的状从】句3：that corporations could use to introduce new routines.
3. 翻译：
   1. 这个博士求助的公司-宝洁、高露和联合利华已经投入了数亿美元，寻找顾客生活中的细微线索，企业可以通过这些线索介绍新的常规。
   2. 机翻：柯蒂斯博士求助的公司——宝洁(procter & Gamble)、高露洁棕榄(Colgate-Palmolive)和联合利华(unilever)——已经投入了数亿美元，寻找消费者生活中的微妙线索，企业可以利用这些线索引入新的日常活动。
4. 两个that从句分别修饰什么：
   1. 第一个that从句修饰The companies，求助的公司
   2. 第二个修饰subtle cues，细微线索