长难句日练20190204

【昨日回顾】

To make the situation worse，there is as yet no sign that any slowing of the world’s population is in sight. Although the birthrate has dropped in some nations，including the United States，the population of the world seems sure to pass six billion and perhaps even seven billion as the twenty-first century opens.

使目前状况糟糕的是，至今尚无迹象表明，世界人口的增长在近期内会减慢。虽然包括美国在内的一些国家的出生率已经下降，但是在21世纪初世界人口似乎肯定会超过60亿，或许甚至超过70亿。

【今日长难句】

The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this，which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

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【重难点词汇】

the food supply 食品供应

increase 增长

match 与……相匹配

mean 意味着

head into 进入……

in the matter of 在……方面 = in matter of …

marketing 营销

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分析长难句或翻译过程中需要看上下文吗？答案：需要的时候就看，不需要的时候就不看。

比如，今天的这句中的this 指代什么东西？就需要看上文，this指代上文中的the population of the world seems to pass six billion …

【参考译文及结构解析】

The food supply will not increase nearly enough to match this，which means that we are heading into a crisis in the matter of producing and marketing food.

食品供应的增加将远远赶不上人口的增长，这就意味着我们在粮食的生产和购销方面已陷入危机。

1. 主干：the food supply will not increase

2. 修饰：nearly enough to match this 修饰increase；which …引导定语从句修饰前面的整句话；that …引导动词mean的宾语从句

【明日预告】

Taking all this into account，what might we reasonably estimate supermarkets to be like in the year 2001?  To begin with，the world food supply is going to become steadily tighter over the next thirty years—even here in the United States.

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