考研英语：翻译真题解析七
The grand mediocrity of today—everyone being the same in survival and number of off- spring—means that natural selection has lost 80% of its power in upper-middle-class India compared to the tribe. 【词汇突破】mediocrity:平等,平庸 natural selection:自然选择 off -spring 【主干识别】mediocrity means that 加宾语从句,主谓宾结构 【其他成分】everyone being the same in survival and number of off- spring插入语(由“—…—”可判断出); that natural selection has lost 80% of its power 宾语从句;in upper-middle-class India 状语;compared to the tribe非谓语作状语。 【微观解析】everyone being the same in survival and number of off- spring这里是将一个独立主格作为一个插入语来进一步解释mediocrity;还原其为一个句子则是:Everyone is the same in survival and number off-spring.这里的插入语相当于是对mediocrity的解释,因此在快速阅读时可以跳过不看。compared to the tribe提前到宾语从句开头的位置可以更通顺的翻译句子。 【难点揭秘】根据标点来判断插入语,非谓语的灵活运用。 【翻译点拨】对于状语的灵活处理