2016考研英语长难句解析（25）

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Howard D. Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, said in a letter to
employees on Sunday that baristas would no longer be encouraged to write the
phrase “Race Together” on customers’ coffee cups, drawing to a close a widely
derided component of the company’s plan to promote a discussion on racial
issues.
    词汇突破：
    1. Baristas 咖啡师(不是要你一定背，混个脸熟，这个词其实就是星巴克用的多，星巴克里面穿黑围裙的那个，需要一步步升级到这个
位置的。)
    (200考研就出现过 Manicurists 美甲师)
    2. drawing to a close :快结束了
    Drawing to a close sth…sth快结束了…
    3. deride 指责，嘲笑 derided 受到指责的…
    4. racial 种族
    　　句子解析：
    Howard D. Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, said in a letter to
employees on Sunday that baristas would no longer be encouraged to write the
phrase “Race Together” on customers’ coffee cups, /drawing to a close a widely
derided component of the company’s plan to promote a discussion on racial
issues.
    看到我切得这一刀了，切完以后前半部分语序非常符合中文的语序，基本不用分析了，后一部分你也不用去管是什么成分，(状语)独立 成句就好了。
    难点解析： drawing to a close a widely derided component/ of the company’s plan
to promote a discussion on racial issues.
    这一刀切下去之后就为翻译留下了足够的空间。
    Drawing 的主语就是前面的整个句子。
    公司计划促进种族问题的讨论，而这个计划中广受嘲笑的部分就快结束了。
    参考译文： 星巴克首席执行官霍华德•D•舒尔茨周日在一封致员工的信中说道，不再鼓励咖啡师在客人的咖啡杯上写“种族共处”(Race Together)
口号。星巴克计划促进种族问题的讨论，而这个计划中广受嘲笑的部分就快结束了。
    Some critics said that Starbucks might look first to its own executive
team, which they suggested was considerably less diverse than lower-paid staff.
Others felt that a coffee company should not foist such discussions on
customers.
    (这里是两句话)
    　　词汇突破:
    1. Foist 强迫接受，强加于
    2. diverse 多样的
    3. staff 员工
    4. executive team 高管团队
    5. critics 批评者
    句子解析：Some critics said that Starbucks might look first to its own executive
team, /which they suggested was considerably less diverse than lower-paid
staff.
    这句话的难点在于which they suggested was considerably less diverse than lower-paid
staff.
    还原一下：
    Which= executive team
    They= Critics
    Critics suggested executive team was considerably less diverse than
lower-paid staff.(这样就好理解了吧。)
    参考译文：一些批评人士说，星巴克或许应该先看一下它自己的高管团队。他们提出，该公司高管团队中的多元性，远低于薪水较低的那些员工。
    (背景补充：星巴克的高官基本都是白人，店员倒是黑白都有。怪不得别人质疑你。)
    Others felt that a coffee company should not foist such discussions on
customers.
    参考译文：其他人则感觉，一家咖啡店不应该把这种讨论强加给顾客。