考研英语长难句讲解 第126期

 　　9. It's all deliciously ironic¹ when you consider that Shakespeare², who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.

　　【分析】多重复合句。该句可分为四个层次，第一层是句子主干 It's all deliciously ironic；第二层是 when 引导的时间状语从句when...noise-making；第三层是宾语从句 Shakespeare... was himself an actor (with a beard) and did...，其中又包含一个由 who 引导的定语从句来修饰先行词 Shakespeare。

　　【译文】然而更具愉悦性讽刺意味的是，这些村民所耐以为生的莎士比亚同样是个大胡子演员，同样制造噪音。

　　10. The sightseers who come by bus—and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side — don't usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.

　　【分析】并列复合句。and 连接的两个并列分句。and 前面是个复合句，里面包含一个 who 引导的定语从句，破折号中间内容是对定语从句的补充。and 后面的句子是个简单句。

　　【译文】游客坐着巴士来到这里——大都去参观沿途的沃里克城堡和布伦海姆宫——一般不去看那些戏剧，有些游客甚至对在斯特拉特福德镇上还有个剧院大感意外。

　　【点拨】take in 常用意为“接受，吸收，接纳；理解，领会；欺骗；包括”等，本句中意思不常见，是“顺便进入，顺便拜访”的意思。

　　【临摹】我到纽约出差时常顺便看场演出。

　　临摹答案

　　10. I generally try to take in a show when I'm in New York on business.

1 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

2 Shakespeare   

n.莎士比亚(16世纪英国剧作家、诗人)

参考例句：

• Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘.
• He read Shakespeare to help his English.他阅读莎士比亚的作品以提高自己的英语水平。