20180730 长难句 / 四六文摘

＃长难句每日一句＃是一道配菜，建议你首先消化课程所讲内容之后，再每天来一个长难句来填满碎片时间。切不可不听，每天只练一个长难句，那就本末倒置了。

长难句的正确打开方式：先尝试自己分析，然后看下面的解析；如有任何问题（学习情感职场）可以直接分解提问

【昨日回顾】

What was then advertised or sold with the help of this once private information, whether it was goods or politicians, was of rather less interest. “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?”, as Tom Lehrer sang.

在这些曾经的私密信息的推动下，无论它是商品还是涉及到政客，被广而告之或卖掉之后的东西就会变得更加没有价值。“一旦火箭升起，谁会在乎火箭落在哪里？“就像Tom Lehrer唱的一样。

【今日长难句】

However the blame is distributed, the central fact remains that these private companies have been able to embark on a programme of data collection that no government outside China has been able to undertake.

【难点词汇】

blame n. (坏事或错事的)责任；责备；指责

distribute v. 分配；分销；使分散

distribute blame 认定责任

remain v. 仍然是

embark on 着手开始做某事

undertake v. 承担；承诺

【参考译文及解析】

无论怎样去认定责任，主要的事实仍然是：这些私营公司已经能够着手实施一个数据收集方案，而这样的方案一直只有中国的政府才有能力开展实施。

1. however the blame is distributed 为让步状语从句

2. the central fact /remains/ that … 为主干（主系表从）

3. that 引导的表从的主干为these private companies/have been able to embark on/ a programme of data collection

4. that no government outside China has been able to undertake 为定语从句，修饰a programme of data collection

【明日预告】

They have done so without any judicial oversight of the kind that is meant to bind democratic government. They must now be reined in and brought within the law just as governments are. That is a democratic imperative. In the US, the Federal Trade Commission is looking at Facebook’s privacy practices. What will the UK government do?