【句型5】It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. （Lesson 3）
    【譯文】如今我們很難理解登山先驅(qū)者昔日是多么艱苦。
    【講解】it是形式主語，to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers是真正的主語。
    【句型6】Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.（Lesson 3）
    【譯文】當(dāng)?shù)氐哪切┬÷灭^一般都骯臟且跳蚤猖獗。單調(diào)的食物是當(dāng)?shù)厝槔遗湟猿３Ｒ逊帕艘荒曛玫拿姘?，人們就著劣酒吞下這種食物。
    【講解】the food simply…中food和simply中間，all與washed中間都省略了was。本句的要點(diǎn)在于：在幾個(gè)并列分句中，第一個(gè)分句中用了be，后面分句中的be可以省略。例如：
    【原文】There are two requisites in interpretation：one is accuracy and the other（is）expressiveness.
    【譯文】口譯要求有二：準(zhǔn)確和明晰。
    【句型7】Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.（Lesson 4）
    【譯文】俄羅斯最近報(bào)道了幾個(gè)事例，說有人能用手指閱讀和辨認(rèn)顏色，甚至雙眼能透過厚實(shí)的門墻看到東西。
    【講解】此句的要點(diǎn)在于：of people…walls作定語修飾cases，這部分較長，所以被移到謂語部分后，這樣句子就不會(huì)頭重腳輕，這是新聞?dòng)⒄Z中的常見句型。句中的of意為“關(guān)于”。
    【句型8】Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic.（Lesson 4）
    【譯文】維拉的特異功能引起了她家附近烏里揚(yáng)諾夫斯克城某科研機(jī)構(gòu)的注意。4月，俄羅斯聯(lián)邦共和國衛(wèi)生部某特別委員會(huì)對她進(jìn)行了一系列測試。
    【講解】sb notices sth和sth is noticed by sb這兩個(gè)句型較常見，本句sthis brought to the notice of sb并不多見，理應(yīng)記住。