长难句20190829

【昨日回顾】

“Every politician says they want more carpenters and welders and plumbers, but we don’t really put the policy implications behind it,” Warner said. That’s in part because of the bifurcation between America’s so-called blue-collar and white-collar workers—stratification that is reinforced by massive pay and advancement gaps.

Warner说，“每个政客（政治家）都说他们（的政府）需要更多的木匠、焊工和水管工人，但我们并用政策的影响力来支持这种言论。” 这件事的部分原因在于美国所谓的蓝领和白领工人之间的阶层划分，巨大的工资和晋升差距进一步加大了这种分层。

【今日长难句】

Warner says he doesn’t want that solution for closing those gaps and creating new opportunities for workers to come from the federal government, at least not at first and not directly. “Government doesn’t do a very good job of upscaling people,” Warner said.

【结构解析】

1. 首句为“主谓宾从”结构，即：Warner /says/ (that) he doesn’t want that solution … to come from the federal government.

2. 其他为句子的修饰词成分：for closing those gaps and creating new opportunities for workers 为后置定语修饰that solution; at least not at first and not directly 为状语成分修饰come from…

3. 二句为直接引语，doesn’t do a very good job … 译为：不擅长做……

【难点词汇】

solution n. 解决办法

closing those gaps 缩小这些差距

creating new opportunities 创造机会

federal government 联邦政府

upscale v. 升级

【参考译文】

Warner says he doesn’t want that solution for closing those gaps and creating new opportunities for workers to come from the federal government, at least not at first and not directly. “Government doesn’t do a very good job of upscaling people,” Warner said.

Warner表示，他不希望由联邦政府提出解决办法来缩小这些差距和为工人创造新的就业机会，至少这些办法不应该最初或直接由联邦政府提出。Warner认为，“政府并不擅长于提高民众的素质水平。”

【明日长难句】

Instead, he says, the government’s role should be in creating policy incentives for workers to invest in human capital, their employees, in the same way that it incentivizes companies to upgrade their research and development and infrastructure: through tax incentives.