語言學家形成共識，認為英語是一種形合的語言，漢語是一種意合的語言。英語句子好比一棵參天大樹，一串葡萄，一串珍珠，一樹荔枝。而漢語句子好比一根竹子，一盤珠子，一江波濤。英語句子通過從句分詞等諸多方式連接在一起，漢語句子則傾向于小句構造，慢慢鋪陳敘述。定語從句和狀語從句是英語構造長句的最為常見的句型，這次高級口譯考試出現形式各異功能各異的許多定語從句，考生可以根據新東方課堂上的講解正確進行化解。

例一：So many of the productions currently to be seen on the London stage are concerned with the more violent aspects of life that is surprising to meet a play about odinary

people caught up in ordinary events.

這里的主句和從句通過so…that…進行銜接，說明了兩句之間的因果關系。我們進行切分后，利用因果關系詞進行銜接：

倫敦劇場最近上演的戲劇中大多是關于生活中的狂野暴力種種沖突，所以看到一部平常人的平常生活的戲，實在是出乎意料之外。

例二： In fact the surface is so bland that attention is constantly focused on the care with which the play has been put together, and the calrity with which its argument develops;

這里的主句和從句再次通過so…that…進行銜接，說明了兩句之間的因果關系。同時在表示結果的分句中又出現了兩個定語從句，一個with which the play has been put together用來修飾the care，

一個with which its argument develops用來修飾the clarity，如果切分為四句，形式上就過于松散，所以這兩個定語從句可以利用我們課堂上講的前置法進行處理。

譯文：事實上，戲劇看上去平淡無奇，倒使觀眾的注意力都集中在作者構造戲劇的匠心獨運上，以及戲劇對白的清楚明晰上。

例三：During this conversation, in which the author shows a remarkable talent for writing dialogue which is entertaining and witty without being so sparkling as to draw too much attention to itself;

我們把這里的定語從句和狀語都進行切割，就會產生四個小分段，然后逐一翻譯，就能得到理想的譯文。

During this conversation,

in which the author shows a remarkable talent for writing dialogue

which is entertaining and witty

without being so sparkling as to draw too much attention to itself

譯文： 言談間，作者展示了構造對白的非凡才能，戲劇對白笑話百出、妙語如珠，卻又不至于喧賓奪主，搶走戲劇的風頭。