【长难句】

 

When students become too fixated (专注) on a particular school early in the admissions process, that fixation can lead to severe disappointment if they don't get in or, if they do, the possibility that they are now bound to go to a school that, given time for farther reflection, may not actually be right for them.

 

【句子拆分】

 

状语 When students become too fixated (专注) on a particular school early in the admissions process

 

主语 that fixation

 

谓语 can lead to

 

宾语 severe disappointment

 

状语 if they don't get in

 

状语 if they do

 

宾语 the possibility

 

同位语 that they are now bound to go to a school

 

【单词解析】

单词	音标	中文词意
admission	[ədˈmɪʃ(ə)n]	n. 准入, 接纳
reflection	rɪ'flɛkʃən	n. 反射；沉思；映象

 

【语法分析】

 

这句话的主语是"that fixation"，谓语部分是"can lead to"，宾语是"severe disappointment"。"if they don't get in"和"When students become too fixated (专注) on a particular school early in the admissions process"都是主语的状语从句，前者是条件状语从句，后者是时间状语从句。"possibility"后面的"that"是它的同位语从句，"school"后面的"that"是它的定语从句。"given time for farther reflection"z作为插入语，作条件状语的成份。

 

【译文】

 

如果学生在录取过程早期过于专注某一所学校，那么，如果他们没有被录取，他们就会非常失望，或者是虽然录取了，也有这种可能性：若有时间进一步考虑，这所学校可能实际上并不适合他们而他们现在却不得不去。

 

【考情分析】

 

这句话的难点集中在", if they do, the possibility that they are now bound to go to a school that, given time for farther reflection, may not actually be right for them"上。很多同学可能会一直在"the possibility"这一块纠结。因为无论后面的两个"that"引导的从句是同位语从句还是定语从句，从"the possibility"到句尾的两个"that"配两个谓语是错不了的。那么"the possibility"就自己一个名词性成份悬在这儿了，可前面的从句"if they do"的存在，就证明了后面还缺少一个真正的主句，显然不可能是一个名词性成分就能代表的。真正的原因是因为，"the possibility"前面的东西被省略了，省略的原因无非就是因为前面出现过，为了省事儿就不再重新写了，如果把句子还原就是--"if they do, the fixation can lead to the possibility that..."，这样写也正好和前面“如果没有被录取，由the fixation造成的后果”进行对比呼应。