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【昨日回顾】
The English language teaching sector directly earns nearly &1.3 billion for the UK in invisible exports and our other education related exports earn up to &10 billion a year more.
在无形的出口中,英语培训行业为英国直接赚取了将近13亿英镑,而其他与教育相关的出口一年则可以赚多达100亿英镑。
【今日长难句】
As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage.
【结构解析】
1. 该句虽然长,但结构清晰,as引导时间状语从句,主句为主谓结构,if引导条件状语从句。
2. as引导从句时,可表示“因为”、“随着”、“正如”,但究竟表何意?需要结合上下文语境判断;as 引导的从句主干为主谓结构,即:the international education market /expands, 译为“国际教育市场在扩张”。
3. 句子主干为主谓结构,即:the recent slowdown … / is likely to continue; “be likely to …”为固定搭配,表“可能”,类似情态动词。
4. 主语和主语的修饰分别为“the recent slowdown”和“in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries” 。课上曾讲过,主语较长时,将主语译为单句,即:近来在主要英语国家学习的留学生人数有所下降。
5. if 引导条件状语从句,especially 修饰该从句,从句结构为there be +n +to do …(后置定语) 。
【词的处理】
expand / ikˈspænd / vi 扩大,增加
slowdown / ˈsləudaun / n. 减速,减缓
effective / iˈfektiv / adj. 有效的
strategic / strəˈti:dʒik / adj. 战略性的
slippage / ˈslipidʒ / n. 下降,虾滑
【参考译文】
As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage.
随着国际教育市场的扩张,近来在主要英语国家学习的留学生人数有所下降,且这一趋势可能持续下降下去,尤其是如果没有更好的战略性政策去阻止这一趋势的话。
【明日长难句】
The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant: It gives a basis to all organizations which seek to promote the learning and a use of English, a basis for planning to meet possibilities of what could be a very different operating environment.