外刊精選長難句「英語每日外刊長難句1114」

經濟學人
Economist
Europe is reliant on gas to heat homes, and to generate electricity to power factories, raising fears of business closures, rationing and a recession as the weather turns cold.
【詞匯】
be reliant on 依賴,依靠
generate [?d?en?re?t] v. 生成,產生
closure [?klo???r] n. 關閉 , 倒閉
ration [?r??n] v. 配給,定量供應
recession [r??se?n] n. 經濟衰退
【外刊精選長難句「英語每日外刊長難句1114」】【句子結構】
?句子主干:
Europe is reliant on gas
?狀語1:
to heat homes, and to generate electricity to power factories
?狀語2:
raising fears of business closures, rationing and a recession
?狀語從句:
as the weather turns cold
【原文】
Europe is reliant on gas to heat homes, and to generate electricity to power factories, raising fears of business closures, rationing and a recession as the weather turns cold.
【譯文】
歐洲依賴于天然氣給房屋供暖和給工廠發電 。隨之天氣轉冷,人們開始擔心企業倒閉、資源定量供應和經濟衰退 。