华慧考博-考博英语两个复杂句子的结构分析(四十一)
1. Meteorologists (气象学家) and computer scientists now work together to design computer programs and video equipment capable of transforming raw weather data into words, symbols, and vivid graphic displays that forecasters can interpret easily and quickly.
【结构分析】句子的主干为“Meteorologists (气象学家) and computer scientists work together to design computer programs and video equipment”;“capable of transforming raw weather data into words, symbols, and vivid graphic displays”为形容词短语作“computer programs and video equipment”的后置定语;“that forecasters can interpret easily and quickly”为that引导的从句作“words, symbols, and vivid graphic displays”的后置定语。
2. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents are not completely off the hook.
【结构分析】句子的主干为“parents are not completely off the hook”;“Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example”为“even if”引导的让步状语从句,其中it为形式主语,而真正的主语为that引动的主语从句“that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example”,而该主语从句中“they pass on”与“their children play with”都为前面省略了关系代词that的从句分别作“the genes”和“the friends”的后置定语。