长难句过关22

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 　　Electronics has made possible a new kind of higher education and research, including what counts to a global scale electronic lecture hall.

 　　Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time.

 　　A chart or a graph can often give us an idea in a glance that is communicated verbally only with great difficulty.

 　　要点：本句 possible 是宾语补足语，置于宾语前面是因为宾语过长，通常宾补应在宾语后面。

 　　译文：电子学已使创立一种新型的高等教育和研究成为可能，包括创立可称之为全球规模的电子大课堂在内。

 　　要点：此句为倒装句。作表语的形容词 worse 和系动词都被提到句首，把句子较复杂的部分放在句尾，目的是达到“尾重”的句子效果。

 　　译文：更糟糕的也许是星期六下午打板球的安排，因为这时候我的朋友大都会在悠闲地尽享其乐。

 　　要点：本句中，关系代词引导的定语从句 that is communicated ... 修饰名词an idea,因其较长所以放在作状语的介词短语in a glance之后。

 　　译文：看一眼描绘的图表或图解常能使人对只用言词很难表达的东西获得一目了然的效果。