2021考研英语长难句复习（一零八）

　　

　　It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.

　　①It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.

　　②Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoë Zysman.

　　③English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet.

　　④Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

　　参考译文：

　　①(例：分1)早已众所周知，当顾客翻阅电话簿时，一家名为AAAA汽车的出租车公司比卓达汽车公司更有优势。

　　②(并列：分2)不太为人所知的是，亚当·艾伯特在生活中比佐伊·齐斯曼更具优势。

　　③(并列：分3)英文名字在字母表中前后分布相当均匀。

　　④(转折：分4)然而，令人出奇的是，很多顶·尖人物的姓氏都是以a和K之间的字母开头的。

　　翻译小作业

　　早已众所周知的是，很多顶·尖人物的成功都是以做小事开头的。