19考研英语:屠屠长难句(二十五)
1、每日一句长难句(27)
NBAC will ask that Clinton's 90-day ban on federal funds for human cloning be extended indefinitely, and possibly that it be made law.
2、【分析】
今天选择这个句子是为了理解一个语言现象:虚拟语气。主语是NBAC,谓语ask后面是两个并列的宾语从句。在第一个从句中,主语是Clinton's 90-day ban,谓语是be extended,ask表示“要求”,后面是虚拟语气的用法,即the 90-day ban should be extended,should被省略。在第二个从句中,it指代the ban on federal funds for human cloning, 谓语动词be前面也被省略should。
3、【词汇】
ask 要求(后面出现从句,谓语动词用should+动词原形,should可以省略)
ban 禁止
federal funds 联邦资金
indefinitely 无限制地
4、【译文】
NBAC会要求将克林顿所颁布的在90天内禁止联邦基金用于克隆人的禁令无限期地延续下去,还可能要求将之立法。
5、【明日长难句】
In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally unacceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.”