大學英語四級難句解析（二）

　　Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

　　主干：Todd Park, a local detective, said...

　　1. said 之后的內容是個省略引導詞that的賓語從句。1.whose skeleton...是個定語從句，修飾an...woman。

　　譯文：當地的一名偵探Todd Park說，這個方法幫他了解到有關一位身份不明的女性死者的更多信息，其尸骨是在打掩護附近被發現的。

　　Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smokers cough for a year.

　　主干：Gullotta saw a man...

　　1. who 引導的定語從句修飾a...man。

　　2.本句是肯定陳述句，卻用了doing anything而不是doing something,語義上有所強調。

　　譯文：兩個月以前格洛塔為一位50歲的男士看病，這名男士吸煙可歐已有一年，但期間他沒有采取任何措施，以至于延誤了治療。