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Part C: Translation (2020 英二)

Part 1: Full Text (Click to Translate)

Its almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure. But, the wonderful thing about failure is that its entirely up to us to decide how to look at it. 
We can choose to see failure as "the end of the world." Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is. Every time we fail at something, we can choose to look for the lesson were meant to learn. These lessons are very important; theyre how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again. Failures stop us only if we let them. 
Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned otherwise. For instance, failure can help you discover how strong person you are. Failing at something can help you discover your truest friends, or help you find unexpected motivation to succeed. 

Part 2: Sentence Translation (Click to Expand)

01It's almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure.
02But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.
03We can choose to see failure as "the end of the world."
04Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is.
05Every time we fail at something, we can choose to look for the lesson we're meant to learn.
06These lessons are very important; they're how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again.
07Failures stop us only if we let them.
08Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned otherwise.
09For instance, failure can help you discover how strong a person you are.
10Failing at something can help you discover your truest friends, or help you find unexpected motivation to succeed.

Part 3: Syntax Analysis (重点句型剖析)

02 句型拆解:主系表结构与表语从句
主干为 the wonderful thing... is that...about failure 作定语修饰 thing。系动词 is 后面是 that 引导的表语从句 that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it。在表语从句中,it 是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的不定式短语 to decide how to look at itbe up to us 意为“由我们决定”。

04 句型拆解:look at... as... 与定语从句
主干为 we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience,使用了固定搭配 look at... as...(把……看作……)。其后 that it often isthat 引导的定语从句,修饰前面的 experience,意为“(失败)通常就是这样一种学习经历”。

06 句型拆解:并列句与表语从句
分号将句子分为两个并列的部分。前半句 These lessons are very important 是简单的主系表结构。后半句的主干是 they're... and...,其中 they 指代 lessons。在 are 之后是由 and 连接的两个 how 引导的表语从句:how we grow(我们如何成长)以及 how we keep from making that same mistake again(我们如何避免再次犯同样的错误)。

08 句型拆解:双宾语与定语从句中的含蓄虚拟条件句
主干为 Failure can also teach us things,其中 teach 后跟双宾语(us 是间接宾语,things 是直接宾语)。about ourselves 修饰 things。其后跟了 that 引导的定语从句 that we would never have learned otherwise。在定语从句中,otherwise 充当含蓄条件,相当于“如果我们没有经历失败”,谓语使用了 would have learned 表示对过去的虚拟语气。

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