20190621长难句 / 开普饭

【昨日长难句】

To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided. It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

译文1：总而言之：一个只基于经济利己主义的环境保护制度是百分之百不公平的。这种保护系统往往忽视并且因此最终淘汰陆地生物群落中许多缺乏商业价值的元素，但这些元素对其健康运转至关重要。

译文2：总之：一个只基于经济利己主义的环境保护制度是完全不公平的。这种保护系统往往忽视并且因此最终淘汰陆地生物群落中许多元素，这些元素缺乏商业价值但对保护系统的健康运转至关重要。

【今日长难句】

It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts. With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.

【结构解析】

1. 首句句子主干为“主谓宾从”结构，即：It /assumes /that …; that引导的宾语从句的主干是“主谓”结构，即：the economic parts of the biotic clock/ will function;

2. “falsely”和“I think”充当插入语修饰整句话；without the uneconomic parts为条件状语，修饰that 引导的宾语从句。

3. 二句子的主干为“主系表”结构，即：the book / is/ an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing. “As a Man Thinking”是书名； “by James Allen”表示书的作者； “of the central idea”修饰“exploration”; “of self-helping writing“修饰”idea“.

4. With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” 为介词短语充当状语；“creating our inner character and outer circumstances” 为非谓语动词（即v-ing形式）充当状语。

【词的处理】

assume / əˈsju:m/ vt. 假定；假设，认为

falsely /'fɔ:lsli/ adv. 错误的

biotic / baiˈɔtik/ adj. 生物的；生命的

uneconomic / ˌʌnˌi:kəˈnɔmik/ adj. 不盈利的，不赚钱的

theme / θi:m / n. 主题

weaver / ˈwi:və(r) / n. 编织工

circumstance / ˈsə:kəmstəns/ n.条件；环境

in-depth adj. 彻底的；深入详尽的

exploration / ˌekspləˈreiʃn / n. 探究；研究

【参考译文】

It assumes, falsely, I think, that the economic parts of the biotic clock will function without the uneconomic parts. With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.

在我看来，它错误地认为生物钟里的有经济价值部分离开无经济价值部分将照样运转。James Allen的《做一个思考的人》是对自助自立这一中心思想的深入探索。其主题是“思想是编织大师”，它创造了我们内在的性格和外部环境。

【明日预告】

Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature.

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