每周一个长难句，手把手教程（第10 期）

Original 小白老师医学博士英语 2020-02-24

小白老师说：普通的改变，将改变普通。每周一个长难句，踏踏实实吃透语法、扩充单词、提升能力。

先来看今天的句子

Fergus Clydesdale, head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe，“the streets would be littered with people lying here and there.”

中文释义

Massachusetts-Amherst 大学食品营养系的负责人 Fergus Clydesdale 坦言道，如果被细菌污染的鸡肉真像人们想得那么危险的话，街上早就横七竖八躺满了人了。

难点分析

先找到句子主干：Fergus Clydesdale says bluntly that...
head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst 是同位语，用来解释说明 Fergus Clydesdale 这个人是做什么的
that 引导的宾语从句含中有一个 if 引导的条件状语从句和一个 as 引导的比较状语从句。

重点单词

nutrition [njuˈtrɪʃn] n. 营养学；营养品；营养，滋养
例如：
Some of the diseases of middle age may be prevented by improving nutrition.
中年时期的一些疾病可以通过改善营养的方式来预防。
bluntly [ˈblʌntli] adv. 钝地；率直地；迟钝地
例句：
To put it bluntly, he became a pain.
坦白地说，他成了个令人头疼的人。
contaminated [kən'tæmɪneɪtɪd] adj. 被污染的
例句：
There is a strong possibility that the cat contracted the condition by eating contaminated pet food.
猫很有可能是吃了受污染的宠物食品而染上这种疾病的。