His analysis should therefore end any self-contentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.
1. 疑难词汇
self-contentedness 自满情绪
position n. 地位
additional adj. 额外的
capability n. 能力,才能
2. 句子语法成分解析:
此句是一个结构较为复杂的复合句,我们先抓主干,再识修饰。那么句子主干是:His analysis should therefore end any self-contentedness。之后的among结构是介词短语结构做后置定语,结构字数较多:among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.然后呢,此修饰成分中间又出现了其他从句–who引导的是定语从句,修饰those;第一个that 引导的定语从句;第二个that引导的是结果状语从句so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities。特别要注意的是,结果状语从句常由so… that或such…that引导,请大家务必掌握铭记这两个句型。此外,结果状语从句的运用规律一般是由so与such的不同词性决定的。其中,such 是形容词,用来修饰名词或名词词组;so 是副词,所以只能修饰形容词或副词。最后,so 还可与表示数量的形容词many, few, much, little连用,由此形成固定搭配,大家可以总结记忆一下。
3. 大致译文:
对于那些可能认为英语的全球地位如此稳定以至于英国年轻人不需要获得额外的语言能力的人,大卫的分析应该会结束这些人的自满情绪。