復(fù)雜的狀語從句的拆分和理解 例115

例115　Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】句子的主干是Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are no longer possible，后面是原因狀語從句because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers，后面是個(gè)介詞短語做狀語，也就是rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于原因狀語從句很復(fù)雜，里面有很多學(xué)術(shù)用語，而且里面還有介詞短語做狀語。

【核心詞匯】

scoring　得分，即智力測驗(yàn)的得分

statistical population distribution　人口分布統(tǒng)計(jì)

age peers　同齡人

mental age　智力年齡

chronological age　時(shí)間年齡或日歷年齡

【參考譯文】再也不可能出現(xiàn)vos Savant測得的智力高分了，因?yàn)樵u分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是根據(jù)同年齡中人口分布統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)而制定，而不是簡單根據(jù)時(shí)間年齡除以智力年齡，再乘以100。