英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀關(guān)鍵句：200. To make matters worse for the g

200. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines.

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隨后證明，公主的旅行得到了外交部的批準(zhǔn)，而且她確實(shí)熟悉安哥拉的情況，也了解英國(guó)當(dāng)局對(duì)于地雷的政策，這使政府的處境更加艱難。

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本句的主干是it emerged that...and that...其中，兩個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的從句都是形式主語(yǔ)it所代替的真正主語(yǔ)。the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines為be well-informed about的賓語(yǔ)。

emerge在本句中意為“（事實(shí)）顯現(xiàn)出來(lái)”。如：

It has emerged that he is the one who stole the money. 現(xiàn)在終于發(fā)現(xiàn)，是他偷了那筆錢(qián)。

the Foreign Office在本句中指“英國(guó)的外交部”。Angola指“安哥拉”，是一個(gè)位于非洲西南部的國(guó)家。landmine意為“地雷”。

考點(diǎn)歸納

動(dòng)詞不定式作狀語(yǔ)時(shí)，一般表示目的。如：

He went to Paris to learn French. 他去巴黎學(xué)法語(yǔ)。

而本句中的to make matters worse for the government則表示結(jié)果。由于動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞形式常被用來(lái)表示結(jié)果，因此，本句可以變?yōu)椋?/p>

It soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines, making matters worse for the government.