2020考研英语长难句翻译每日一练（一）

每日一句：There will be television chat shows hosted by robots, and cars with pollution monitors that will disable them when they offend.

【分析】

●本句是There be 句型，television chat show… and cars…是并列。

●过去分词结构hosted by robots做后置定语修饰television chat shows，而限定性定语从句(that will disable them when they offend)则修饰前面的pollution monitors。

●分词结构作后置定语在考研中最常见的语言现象之一，一起来看几个例子：

（1）I know the girl who comes from Beijing. Who充当从句主语，省略后面动词主动语态，省略为coming， 因此句子为I know the girl coming form Beijing.

（2）I have a dog which is named King. Which充当从古主语，省略后面动词为被动语态，省略为named，因此句子为I have a dog named King.

【词汇】

●host [həust] n.主人，主持人；v.主持

【a host of 表示“许多”】

The host bowed us in.

主人鞠躬把我们迎了进去。

●disable [dis'eib] vt. 使无能，使残废

【注意写作句型中的enable sb. to do sth.使某人做某事】

She was disabled by blindness.

她因失明而丧失视力。

●disabled [dis'eibld] adj. 残废的，有缺陷的

Pity welled up in her heart as she watched the disabled child.

当她看到那个残疾孩子的时候，怜悯之心涌上心头。

●offend [ə'fend] vt. 触怒；vi.违规

He was offended by her unreasonable quarrel.

他被她的无理取闹激怒了。

【参考译文】

届时，将出现由机器人主持的电视聊天节目以及装有污染监控器的汽车，一旦这些汽车排污超标，监控器就会使其停驶。