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Part C: Translation (2018 英二)

Part 1: Full Text (Click to Translate)

fifth grader gets homework assignment to select his future career path from list of occupations. He ticks astronaut but quickly adds scientist to the list and selects it as well. The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes. And so he reads everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels. He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute no reading policy at the dinner table. 
That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasnt stopped reading yet not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet. Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books year. Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works. Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore, Gates says. 

Part 2: Sentence Translation (Click to Expand)

01A fifth grader gets a homework assignment to select his future career path from a list of occupations.
02He ticks "astronaut" but quickly adds "scientist" to the list and selects it as well.
03The boy is convinced that if he reads enough, he can explore as many career paths as he likes.
04And so he reads - everything from encyclopedias to science fiction novels.
05He reads so passionately that his parents have to institute a "no reading policy" at the dinner table.
06That boy was Bill Gates, and he hasn't stopped reading yet - not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet.
07Nowadays, his reading material has changed from science fiction and reference books: recently, he revealed that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year.
08Gates chooses nonfiction titles because they explain how the world works.
09"Each book opens up new avenues of knowledge to explore," Gates says.

Part 3: Syntax Analysis (重点句型剖析)

03 句型拆解:宾语从句嵌套条件状语从句与比较结构
主干为 The boy is convinced that...。在 that 引导的宾语从句中,包含了一个由 if 引导的条件状语从句 if he reads enough。该宾语从句的主句是 he can explore as many career paths as he likes,其中使用了 as many... as... 结构,表示“和……一样多 / 尽可能多”。

05 句型拆解:so... that... 结果状语从句
主干为 He reads so passionately that...,这是典型的 so + adv./adj. + that 句型(如此……以至于……)。在 that 引导的结果状语从句中,主语是 his parents,谓语是 have to instituteno reading policy 作宾语,加上了引号表示特指。

06 句型拆解:并列句与介词后接动名词
这是一个由 and 连接的并列句。破折号之后的部分 not even after becoming one of the most successful people on the planet 是对前文的进一步强调和补充。其中 after 作为介词,后面接了动名词 becoming,构成介词短语作时间状语。

07 句型拆解:冒号解释说明与宾语从句
冒号前的句子为主句,谓语使用了现在完成时 has changed from...。冒号在这里起到解释说明的作用。冒号之后的主干为 he revealed that...that 引导宾语从句 that he reads at least 50 nonfiction books a year,揭示了他阅读习惯转变的具体表现。

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