2020考研英语外刊阅读每日一句解析（十四）

With their $26.5 billion merger hanging in the balance, top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint are taking their case to Congress, arguing that joining their companies won't hurt competition or jack up consumer prices for wireless service.

(有不认识的单词吗?句子能否切分调序?猜一下文章背景)

思考题：

The Congress argues that the merger of two companies won’t harm the competition.

(T or F or 没有提及)

来看看词汇：

1.hang in the balance(短语)悬而未决

2. joining their companies(前面有了merger所有join就是合并的意思。)

3. jack up 提高(一般就是指提高价格)

4. wireless service 无线服务(就是指移动通讯业务)

主干识别：

top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint are taking their case to Congress

切分成分：

1.With their $26.5 billion merger hanging in the balance

独立成句= their $26.5 billion merger hang in the balance

2. arguing that joining their companies won't hurt competition or jack up consumer prices for wireless service.

独立成句= top executives argue that joining their companies won't hurt competition or jack up consumer prices for wireless service.

提示：

以前的英语学习强调成分间的修饰和限定;

考研的英语学习强调切分后的独立成句;

参考译文：

因为价值265亿美元的并购案悬而未决，T-Mobile和Sprint的高管正把这宗并购案提交给国会，他们认为公司不会损害竞争，也不会抬高无线服务的消费者价格。

(对于专有名词可以不翻，考研翻译题目中一般也不涉及，如果涉及就按音译，实在音译不出来的就抄英文就好。)

文章背景和来源：

这篇文章来自基督教科学箴言报

在美国有四家通讯巨头：

排名第一的是：美国电话电报公司(AT&T)

排名第二的是：威瑞森(Verizon)

排名第三的是：斯普林特(Sprint)

排名第四的是：德国电信(T-Mobile)

现在老三和老四要合并，美国政府就怕出现垄断，危及竞争，寡头作恶，消费者的利益受到影响，所以一直不批准。老三和老四就准备让国会主持公道，希望国会能支持他们的合并。

这周三国会将举行听证会。

所以思考题答案是“没有提及”：

The Congress argues that the merger of two companies won’t harm the competition.

参考译文：国会认为两家公司的合并不会损害竞争。