Labour shortages: Help wantedBut it has yet to recover fully, even as demand for housing has been turbo-charged by low interest rates and enthusiasm for bigger homes.但它还没有完全恢复,即使低利率和对更大住房的追求导致住房需求大大增加。结构分析:But是连接词,表示转折,it是主语,has yet to recover是谓语,fully是状语, even是连接词,as引导状从句,demand for housing是主语,has been turbo-charged是谓语,by low interest rates and enthusiasm for bigger homes是状语。Around 88% of American contractors say they are struggling to find workers, leaving nearly 300,000 roles vacant.大约88%的美国承包商说他们很难找到工人,留下近30万个职位空缺。结构分析:Around 88% of American contractors是主语,say是谓语,they是主语, are struggling是谓语,to find workers是不定式词组,作宾语, leaving nearly 300,000 roles vacant是-ing式词组,作状语。Having decelerated in 2020, wage growth is now picking up.结构分析:Having decelerated是-ing式词组,作状语,in 2020是时间状语, wage growth是主语,is now picking up是谓语,其中now是时间状语。Britain has the most vacancies in two decades, with two-thirds of construction firms finding it difficult to hire bricklayers and carpenters.英国出现了20年来最多的职位空缺,三分之二的建筑公司很难雇佣到砖瓦工和木匠。结构分析:Britain是主语,has是谓语,现在一般时,the most vacancies是宾语,in two decades是状语, with two-thirds of construction firms是状语,finding it difficult to hire bricklayers and carpenters是-ing式词组,作后置定语,其中it是宾语,difficult to hire bricklayers and carpenters是形容词词组,作宾语补语。英语外刊,精读练习:1.分析下面的句子结构、时态等。
Half of all French construction firms report facing difficulties with recruitment, making it the country’s worst-affected sector, and a fifth of German building and civil-engineering companies say they lack skilled workers. 【经济学人】