6. Other identifiable causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect.
【分析】簡單句。Other identifiable causes of offensive acts 是主語部分;include 是謂語;賓語部分是由逗號連接的三個并列的名詞或名詞性短語:frustration or failure, the increased availability 和the growing incidence,其中in school 和兩個 of 短語分別作前面賓語的后置定語。
【譯文】導致犯罪行為的其他確切因素還有學習受挫,考試不及格、毒品和酒精更容易得到,以及不斷增多的兒童受虐和被忽略事件的發生。
【點撥】1) identifiable“可辨認的,可識別的,可確認的”。2) availability “有效,有用;可得到的人(或物)”
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1. Because they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges, teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the confidence that comes from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are admired by others.
【分析】多重復合句。句子主干為teenagers are self-conscious and need the confidence。Because 引導原因狀語從句;that 引導的定語從句修飾confidence,定語從句中又包含一個 that 引導的賓語從句。
【譯文】因為青少年正在適應新的身體狀況和智力、情感方面的諸多挑戰,所以他們的自我意識很強,并且需要信心,這種信心源于獲得成功和看到自己的成就獲得他人的贊賞。
【點撥】1) adjust to 意為“適應,調節”。2) host 是量詞,指“許多,大量”。A whole host of “許多,大量”。
【臨摹】當我試圖說服我周圍的人少開車多走路的時候,出現了一大堆的困難。