49. Theories centering on the individual suggest thatchildren engage incriminal behavior because theywere not sufficiently penalized for previousmisdeeds or that they have learned criminalbehavior through interation with others.
50. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in response totheir failure to rise above their socioecomonic status, or as a rejection of middle-class value.
51. For Example, changes in the economy that lead tofewer job opportunities for youth and risingunemployment in general make gainful employmentincreasingly difficult to obtain.
52. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently,children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional familystructure.
考研英語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)難句解析:
第49題:
【分析】多重復(fù)合句。句子主干為 Theories...suggestthat...or that...,兩個(gè) that 引導(dǎo)兩個(gè)并列的從句作suggest 的賓語(yǔ),由 連or 接。分詞結(jié)構(gòu) centering on...是 Theories 的后置定語(yǔ);第一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句中,children engage in criminal behavior 為句子主干,后跟 because 引導(dǎo)的原因狀語(yǔ)從句;第二個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句中,through interation with others 為方式狀語(yǔ)。
【點(diǎn)撥】1) engage (sb.) in sth."參加某事;從事某事"。2) misdeed"違法行為,犯罪"。
第50題:
【分析】復(fù)合句。句子主干為 Theories...suggest that...,that 引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句。 focusing on the role ofsociety 為現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)作后置定語(yǔ),修飾 Theories。 賓語(yǔ)從句的主干為 children commit crimes。
【分析】復(fù)合句。句子主語(yǔ)為changes;謂語(yǔ)為make;賓語(yǔ)為gainful employment;increasingly difficult to obtain 為賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。in the economy 和 that 引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句均修飾changes。
【分析】并列復(fù)合句。由分號(hào)連接的兩個(gè)并列分句。第一個(gè)分句是簡(jiǎn)單句。第二個(gè)分句中,consequently為句首狀語(yǔ), children 是主語(yǔ),are likely to have 是謂語(yǔ)部分。less supervision at home 是賓語(yǔ)部分,than was common in the traditional family structure 是賓語(yǔ)從句修飾supervision。