复杂的同位语从句的拆分和理解 例94

例94　A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears；by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just "mental noise" —the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep.

【结构分析】分号前后有两个并列句，表示并列。第一个并列句的主干是Freud formulated his revolutionary theory，后面是同位语从句that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears，第二个并列句的主语是neurologists，动词是had switched to thinking of，直接宾语是them，介词as后面是间接宾语“mental noise”，破折号后面是补充说明成分，也就是the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点是分号前后是两种观点的并列句，第一个并列句中有同位语从句，第二个并列句是很复杂的，有直接和间接宾语。

【核心词汇】

formulated his revolutionary theory　阐述了他那突破性的理论

disguised shadows　掩盖的阴影

our unconscious desires and fears　潜意识中的渴望和恐惧

neurologists　神经病学家

switched to thinking of　却转而认为

mental noise　精神噪音

【参考译文】在一百年以前，弗洛伊德系统地阐述了他那突破性的理论，认为梦是掩盖的阴影，反映了潜意识中的渴望和恐惧。到二十世纪七十年代末，神经病学家却转而认为梦仅仅是“精神噪音”——在睡眠期间神经进行的修复工作的随意附带产物。