復雜的賓語從句以及表語從句的拆分和理解 例65

例65　Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ had weakened the "Japanese morality of respect for parents".

【結構分析】句子的主干是Mitsuo Setoyama raised eyebrows，主干中間加入插入語，也就是who was then education minister，句子的后面是狀語從句when...，狀語從句中有賓語從句，也就是he argued that...，賓語從句的主語是liberal reforms，后面是分詞短語做定語，也就是introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ，賓語從句的動詞是had weakened，賓語從句的賓語是the Japanese morality of respect for parents。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于狀語從句when里面套有賓語從句，賓語從句里賣弄套有分詞定語。

【核心詞匯】

raised eyebrows　感覺不可思議

liberal reforms　自由主義革新

American occupation authorities　美國占領當局

weaken　削弱

Japanese morality of respect for parents　日本民族尊敬父母的道德品質

【參考譯文】去年，當擔任教育部長職務的瀨戶光夫談到二戰(zhàn)后由美國占領當局引入的自由主義革新削弱了日本民族“尊敬父母的道德品質”的時候，他感覺不可思議。