大學英語四級100條閱讀難句-sentence 36

　　Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment (非直接接觸) of emailing would make it easier to lie. (06.6 Passage 1)

　　分析主干：Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars...

　　不定式to be the biggest liars 在句中作賓語emailers 的補語。現在分詞reasoning在句中作伴隨狀語。that 引導從句作reasoning 的賓語。該賓語從句又包含一個原因狀語從句，由because 引導。

　　譯文：有些心理學家原以為人們在電子郵件中最容易撒謊，理由是：欺騙使人感到不舒服，所以電子郵件這種非直接接觸的媒介能讓人的謊言更容易說出口。

大學英語四級100條閱讀難句-sentence 37

　　Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge ( 大雜燴) ofenvironmental claims made by household products, according to a “green labeling” study published by Consumers International Friday. (05.6 Passage 2)

　　分析主干：Consumers are being confused and misled by...

　　本句用了現在進行時的被動語態，含兩個謂語動詞confused 和misled。過去分詞短語made by...和published by...分別修飾前面的名詞claims 和study。

　　譯文：根據消費者國際組織在星期五發表的野綠色商標冶研究報告，消費者受到了各種家居產品五花八門的環保聲明的誤導，都被搞糊涂了。