復(fù)雜的定語(yǔ)從句的拆分和理解 例14

例14　Small cards which can carry as much as 80 times more information on them than conventional card and can be processed more speedily and efficiently than those old-fashioned cards are already widely used in European countries where centralized banks can roll out these new services.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】主干是Small cards are already widely used in European countries，中間加上兩個(gè)超級(jí)并列定語(yǔ)從句，分別是第一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句which can carry as much as 80 times more information on them than conventional card，第二個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句是can be processed more speedily and efficiently than those old-fashioned cards，這兩個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句都修飾前面的主語(yǔ)Small cards，句子最后是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句where centralized banks can roll out these new services，修飾整個(gè)句子的賓語(yǔ)European countries。

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】此句話(huà)的亮點(diǎn)在于有三個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，前兩個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句并列之后，修飾主語(yǔ)，是典型的并列定語(yǔ)從句，最后的定語(yǔ)從句修飾最后一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，三個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句安排很科學(xué)，很有氣勢(shì)。

【核心詞匯】

small cards　小型的磁卡

conventional card　傳統(tǒng)意義上的磁卡

process　處理

efficiently　有效地

old-fashioned cards　過(guò)時(shí)的磁卡

centralized banks　中央銀行

roll out these new services　開(kāi)展新的服務(wù)

【參考譯文】更加小型的磁卡的信息承載量是傳統(tǒng)磁卡的八十倍以上，而且處理信息的速度比老的磁卡更加有效率，這些小型磁卡已經(jīng)運(yùn)用于歐洲中央銀行，這些銀行已經(jīng)開(kāi)始推廣這種新的服務(wù)。