7.During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.
【词汇突破】
count on 依靠
fair play 公平竞争
【主干识别】 The American middle-class family has been transformed.主干是主谓结构被动态。
【其他成分】 that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure 定语从句修饰 middle-class family；during the past generation 和 by economic risk and new realities 作状语。
【微观解析】 the American middle-class family 为句子主语；谓语是 has been transformed；during the past generation和 by economic risk and new realities 为状语；that引导一个定语从句,that 在从句中作主语,谓语为 could count on,宾语为hard work and fair play, to keep itself financially secure 为状语。
【难点揭秘】主语后接了较长的修饰成分使这个句子在阅读时主干不容易把握,造成理解上的困难。
【译文赏析】上一代,那些曾经依靠辛勤工作和公平竞争就可以保证自己财政收支安全的美国中产阶级家庭已经被经济风险和新的现实改变了。
【翻译点拨】用定语从句前置的翻译方法来处理这个句子。
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