復(fù)雜的強(qiáng)調(diào)句的理解 例318

例318　Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】介詞短語in the American economic system做狀語，修飾整個句子，后面是強(qiáng)調(diào)句，it is是主干，加上被強(qiáng)調(diào)的名詞短語the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes，其中coupled with是個分詞定語，修飾前面的名詞短語，that引導(dǎo)后半部分強(qiáng)調(diào)句子，也就是that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it，其中有兩個賓語從句what和how。

【亮點(diǎn)回放】此句話的亮點(diǎn)在于這個超級強(qiáng)調(diào)句，被強(qiáng)調(diào)的成分是很長的，多達(dá)二十多個單詞，很壯觀，而且強(qiáng)調(diào)句后面居然加了兩個賓語從句，強(qiáng)調(diào)句套上兩個賓語從句，很有氣勢。

【核心詞匯】

American economic system　美國的經(jīng)濟(jì)體系

demand of individual consumers　個體消費(fèi)者的需求

the desire of businessmen　商人試圖

maximize profits　最大化其利潤

maximize their incomes　最大化其收入

what shall be produced　什么應(yīng)該被制造

how resources are used to produce it　資源如何被用來制造它們

【參考譯文】因此，在美國的經(jīng)濟(jì)體系中，個體消費(fèi)者的需求與商人試圖最大化其利潤的欲望和個人想最大化其收入效用的欲望相結(jié)合，一起決定了什么應(yīng)該被制造，以及資源如何被用來制造它們。