英语阅读基本功—长难句过关之省略

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要点：句中的两个让步状语"whatever his rank, however rich or poor"是两个省略句。完整的句子应为：“whatever his rank is, however rich or poor he is".句子中provided he had pleased the gods 是由连词provided引出的条件状语从句，类似意义的词还有：providing，（常用于口语和商业英语中，不用于书面语），given,supposing等。例如：Supposing the plane doesn't arrive on time, we'll have to postpone the meeting.
译文：埃及人不论职位高低，不管贫富贵贱，都相信如果得到了上帝的欢心，死后会有另一次生命。

要点：此句中Jane是my mother的同位语，a mighty age for one 是her 88th year的同位语。”who at 40...destined to pass away"是one的定语从句。“to be accounted a confirmed invalid ,destined to pass away "是一个省略了成分的并列动词不定式结构。此短语补齐后应该是：to be accounted a confirmedivalid , and to be destined to pass away,省略and to be 是为了避免重复多余的词。
译文：我的母亲简是88岁去世。这个岁数对于一个40岁时就身体纤弱，被公认有痼疾在身和注定不久于人世的人来说，是个难得的高龄。

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