专四100条阅读难句：sentence 3

　　Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year. (08.12 Passage 1)

　　主干：Gullotta saw a man...

　　1. who 引导的定语从句修饰a...man。

　　2.本句是肯定陈述句，却用了doing anything而不是doing something,语义上有所强调。

　　译文：两个月以前格洛塔为一位50岁的男士看病，这名男士吸烟可欧已有一年，但期间他没有采取任何措施，以至于延误了治疗。