考研英语长难句｜Day16

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今日长难句

Ms Kearney’s four prescriptions are to promote a norm of two-parent homes, to improve the economic position of men without a college education, to scale up the pro-family programmes that work and to strengthen the social safety-net for all family types.

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词汇解析

prescription / prɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n / n. 处方，药方，句中引申译为“建议”

norm / nɔːrm / n. 社会风气（准则）

scale up 增加规模，推广

the pro-family programmes 家庭支持项目

the social safety-net 社会保障体系

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结构分析

✔句子主干：

Ms Kearney’s four prescriptions are to promote a norm, to improve the economic position, to scale up the pro-family programmes and to strengthen the social safety-net

✔定语1：

of two-parent homes

✔定语2：

of men without a college education

✔定语从句：

that work

✔定语3：

for all family types

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参考译文

Ms Kearney’s four prescriptions are to promote a norm of two-parent homes, to improve the economic position of men without a college education, to scale up the pro-family programmes that work and to strengthen the social safety-net for all family types.

科尔尼女士的四项建议如下：倡导双亲家庭的社会风气、提高无大学学历男性的经济地位、推广行之有效的家庭支持项目、加强所有家庭类型的社会保障体系。