復雜的分割結構（插入語）的理解 例220

例220　In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.

【結構分析】句子開頭是個介詞短語做狀語，也就就是In Australia，后面是個插入語，也是定語從句修飾Australia，該定語從句的主語an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes，動詞是have all played，賓語是their part，后面是個句子真正的主干，也就是other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于超級定語從句的使用，是where引導的，很長，很有氣勢。

【核心詞匯】

an aging population　人口老齡化

life-extending technology　延長壽命的技術

changing community attitudes　變化的社會態(tài)度

deal with　應對

euthanasia　安樂死

【參考譯文】在澳大利亞——人口老齡化，延長壽命的技術和變化的社會態(tài)度，這些因素都在發(fā)揮作用——其他的州也會考慮制定相似的關于安樂死的法律。