2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(85)

 85. Americans spend more on fast food than they do on higher education, PCs or new cars—worrying, when a single meal at a KFC of less than a pound-weight of food plus a large Pepsi can top 1,600 calories, not far short of the dailyintake recommended by the government for adults doing only “light physical activity”.

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【結構分析】 

 破折號前面是比較級結構more…than…，worrying是形容詞對前面的總結，when引導狀語從句，主語是a single meal of …. plus….，謂語是can top，1600 calories是賓語。後面是形容詞結構作定語，recommended by the government for adults是後置定語修飾the daily intake， doing only “light physical activity”是分詞結構修飾adults。

【詞彙】

 short of 缺乏，達不到

intake 攝入量

recommend 推薦

【參考譯文】  美國人花在快餐上的錢遠遠多於高等教育、個人電腦或新的車型——這很令人擔憂。在肯德基快餐店光吃一頓不到一磅重的餐點，再喝一大杯百事可樂，攝入熱量就可能超過1600卡路里，這比美國政府爲僅從事“輕度體力活動”的成人所推薦的每日攝取量並不低多少。