成都研究生考试培训班

考研英语长难句分析

1.Infants are wired to look at parents’ faces to try to understand their world, and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device—it can be extremely disconcerting for the children.
词汇积累：
be wired to 被...束缚住;天生...
blank 空白的
absorb 吸收;吸引
disconcerting 令人不安的
该句主干：Infants are wired to look at parents’ faces and it can be extremely disconcerting for the children
修饰成分：
to try to understand their world,目的状语
if those faces are blank and unresponsive if引导的条件状语从句
as they often are when absorbed in a device 是两个破折号的插入语，本身是as引导的方式方式状语从句
该句处理：主干顺译、目的状语顺译、条件状语从句放在并列句it...children前翻译、插入语不动
该句翻译：婴儿生来(are wired to)就靠观察父母的面孔理解世界，如果这些面孔毫无表情也无任何反应——他们沉溺于电子设备时往往是这个样子——这会让孩子们感到非常不安。