復雜的非謂語動詞的理解 例279

例279　The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the "peculiar institution", including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.

【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】這句話的主干是The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the "peculiar institution", "including"后面是對“peculiar institution”的進一步解釋，在理解的時候，可以把這句話分成兩句話來理解。主干翻譯為如果沒有對于這種“特殊制度”的保護，南方各州不會同意簽署憲法。后面翻譯成這種特殊的制度保護包括：在國會代表人數(shù)中一個奴隸可以算作五分之三個公民。

【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于分詞定語including的成功使用，該分詞定語難度很大，解釋這個特殊制度。

【核心詞匯】

the southern states　南方各州

signed the Constitution　簽署憲法

protections for the "peculiar institution"　這種特殊的制度保護

counted a slave as three fifths of a man　一個奴隸可以算作五分之三個公民

for purposes of congressional representation　在國會代表人數(shù)中

【參考譯文】如果沒有對于這種“特殊制度”的保護，南方各州不會同意簽署憲法。這種特殊的制度保護包括：在國會代表人數(shù)中一個奴隸可以算作五分之三個公民。