"搭配记忆"法巧解2016考研英语高频考点(五)

　　【相关真题】

　　①Families have also experienced changes these years. ②More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional family structure. ③This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. ④Other identifiable causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect. ⑤All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, although a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.

　　【高频考点】

　　1.发生变化：experience changes

　　2.由单亲家庭构成：consist of one-parent households

　　3.XKF会对青少年犯罪率产生影响：XKF is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.

　　4.增加可能性：increase the probability

　　5.直接的因果关系还没有建立起来：a direct causal relationship has not yet been established

　　6.可确定的原因：identifiable causes

　　7.犯罪的行为：offensive acts

　　8.某事发生越来越多：the growing incidence of something

　　【翻译练习】

　　①Families have also experienced changes these years.

　　②More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional family structure.

　　结构提示：than was common in the traditional family structure体现比较的逻辑关系，比较的双方是现在的孩子与传统家庭的孩子。

　　③This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.

　　④Other identifiable causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect.

　　结构提示：frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect里并列的名词短语共同组成句子的宾语。

　　⑤All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, although a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.

　　【参考译文】

　　①这些年，家庭也发生了一些变化。

　　②单亲家庭或者父母都要上班的家庭越来越多，这样一来，家庭对孩子的管教比传统家庭可能会少一些。

　　③缺乏父母监督被认为对青少年犯罪率有一定的影响。

　　④其他可以找到的犯罪行为的原因包括在学校的挫折和失败、毒品和酒越来越容易获得、虐待孩子和忽视孩子的事件越来越多。

　　⑤所有这些条件往往会增加青少年犯罪的可能性，尽管它们之间直接的因果关系还没有确定。