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Part C: Translation (2022 英二)

Part 1: Full Text (Click to Translate)

Although we try our best, sometimes our paintings rarely turn out as originally planned. Changes in the light, the limitations of your painting materials, and the lack of experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to achieve may not come to life the way that you expected. 
Although this can be frustrating and disappointing, it turns out that this can actually be good for you. Unexpected results have two benefits: you pretty quickly learn to deal with disappointment, and realise that when one door closes, another opens. 
You also quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting presents, and thinking outside the box will become your second nature. In fact, creative problem-solving skills are incredibly useful in daily life, with which youre more likely to be able to find solution when problem arises. 

Part 2: Sentence Translation (Click to Expand)

01Although we try our best, sometimes our paintings rarely turn out as originally planned.
02Changes in the light, the limitations of your painting materials, and the lack of experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to achieve may not come to life the way that you expected.
03Although this can be frustrating and disappointing, it turns out that this can actually be good for you.
04Unexpected results have two benefits: you pretty quickly learn to deal with disappointment, and realise that when one door closes, another opens.
05You also quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting presents, and thinking outside the box will become your second nature.
06In fact, creative problem-solving skills are incredibly useful in daily life, with which you’re more likely to be able to find a solution when a problem arises.

Part 3: Syntax Analysis (重点句型剖析)

02 句型拆解:并列主语与多重从句嵌套
主语是由 and 连接的三个名词短语:Changes..., the limitations..., 和 the lack of...。谓语是 mean,其后接 that 引导的宾语从句。在宾语从句中,主语是 what 引导的主语从句 what you start out trying to achieve,谓语是 may not come to life。句末的 the way that you expected 充当方式状语(以你期望的方式)。

04 句型拆解:冒号解释与宾语从句
冒号前是主干 Unexpected results have two benefits。冒号后具体解释这两个好处,使用了并列谓语 learn... and realise...。在 realise 之后,跟了 that 引导的宾语从句,其中又嵌套了一个由 when 引导的时间状语从句 when one door closes

05 句型拆解:并列句与省略引导词的定语从句
这是一个由 and 连接的并列句。前半句主干为 You also quickly learn to adapt and come up with...,其中 the painting presents 是一个省略了 that/which 的定语从句,修饰前面的 problems。后半句中,动名词短语 thinking outside the box 作为句子主语,谓语是 will become

06 句型拆解:非限制性定语从句 (介词+which)
主干为 creative problem-solving skills are incredibly useful in daily life。逗号之后是由 with which 引导的非限制性定语从句,修饰前面的 skills(有了这些技能)。在定语从句中,you’re more likely to be able to find a solution 是主干,末尾跟了一个 when 引导的时间状语从句。

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