段落中心句:
While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what makes them proudest of their country, // this has limited political support.
长难句分析
1. 识标志,断长句
While引导让步状语从句+主句部分
2. 找主干,识修饰
1) while引导让步状语从句,从句中主干部分抓取
谓语[show]
主语[polls]
宾语从句省略that[Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what makes them proudest of their country],宾语从句中需要抓取rate A as B的结构,表示认为A是B。
2)this has limited political support
3. 调语序,定句意
1)从句部分,顺译即可——尽管民意调查表明英国人认为乡村、皇室家庭、莎士比亚和英国国家服务体系时他们最引以为豪的事物。
2)主句:顺译——这只会得到有限的政治支持。
4. 依逻辑,组整句
尽管民意调查表明英国人认为乡村、皇室家庭、莎士比亚和英国国家服务体系时他们最引以为豪的事物,这只会得到有限的政治支持。
语法点总结:
状语疑难点——while引导的让步【识别+翻译】