19考研英語：屠屠長難句（八十二）

01 每日一句長難句
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 daily intake recommended by the government for adults doing only “light physical activity”.

02【句型分析】

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。

03【詞彙】

short of 缺乏，達不到

intake 攝入量

recommend 推薦

04【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。

05【明日長難句】
When Princeton, the University of Virginia, and Harvard announced last fall that they would drop their early admission options because they gave an unfair advantage to affluent students, many college counselors held their breath.

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