大学英语六级考试拓展阅读练习(8)
<p> <span word="catchment">catchment</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 流域，区域</p><p> <span word="puncture">puncture</span> <span word="v">v</span>. 刺破 <span word="shirk">shirk</span> <span word="v">v</span>. 逃避，推卸</p><p> <span word="conscientious">conscientious</span> <span word="adj">adj</span>. 尽责的 <span word="leniency">leniency</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 宽大, 仁慈, 温和</p><p> 难句突破：</p><p> <span word="This">This</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="assertions">assertions</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="juries">juries</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="verdicts">verdicts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="racially">racially</span> <span word="biased">biased</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="accurately">accurately</span> <span word="reflect">reflect</span> <span word="societys">societys</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="mix">mix</span>.</p><p> [主体句式] <span word="This">This</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="assertions">assertions</span> <span word="that">that</span></p><p> [结构分析]这是一个复合句，<span word="that">that</span> 引导的是定语从句修饰前面的<span word="assertions">assertions</span>，在该定语从句中又有一个<span word="that">that</span>引导的定语从句修饰<span word="verdicts">verdicts</span>, <span word="because">because</span>引导的原因状语从句是主语定语从句中的状语从句。</p><p> [句子译文] 但是即使这样还是有人难免认为英国陪审团所作出的裁决具有种族偏见，因为陪审团不能准确地反映社会的种族混合情况。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="simulation">simulation</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Londons">Londons</span> <span word="Blackfriars">Blackfriars</span> <span word="court">court</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 300 <span word="jurors">jurors</span> <span word="on">on</span> 27 <span word="juries">juries</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="verdicts">verdicts</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="remarkably">remarkably</span> <span word="similar">similar</span>, <span word="regardless">regardless</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defendant">defendant</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="black">black</span>, <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="white">white</span>.</p><p> [主体句式] <span word="The">The</span> <span word="verdicts">verdicts</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="similar">similar</span>.</p><p> [结构分析]这是一个复合句，前面的介词短语是句子的状语;在该状语中，<span word="which">which</span>引导的非限定性定语从句修饰前面的<span word="case">case</span>。</p><p> [句子译文] 在伦敦<span word="Blackfriars">Blackfriars</span>法庭的一次精心的案件模拟中，有27个陪审团的300个陪审员参加，不管被告是黑人、亚洲人还是白人，裁决都非常相似。</p>
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