讲解

回顾

句子短不难。

Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly.

生词

• charity n. 慈善；慈善团体
• pleasurable adj. 令人快乐的，愉快的，舒适的
• purchase v. 购买；获得
• luxury n. 奢侈，豪华；奢侈品
• enjoyable adj. 愉快的，快乐的
• consume v. 消费，消耗
• sparingly adv. 节俭地，爱惜地，谨慎使用地

解析

1. 找谓语动词：is/are/are consumed
2. 断开：通过标点符号逗号和连接词and /when来断开长难句
   1. 【主句】句1：Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself,
   2. 【并列】句2：and luxuries are most enjoyable
   3. 【时间】句3：when they are consumed sparingly.
3. 主语为两个并列的doing词组，than后面的比较对象是doing词组
4. 翻译：给他人买礼物或捐款给慈善机构通常比给自己买东西更令人愉悦，有节制地消费奢侈品才能带来最大快乐。

预习

Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research into what they call the “above average effect,” or “illusory superiority,” and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with others—all obviously statistical impossibilities.

生词

• amassed 积聚 amass的过去式
• illusory adj. 虚假的，幻觉的
• superiority n. 优越，优势

解析

1. 找谓语动词：have/call
2. 断开：what
   1. 【主句】句1：Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research into
   2. 【定从】句2：what they call the “above average effect,” or “illusory superiority,” and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with others—all obviously statistical impossibilities.
3. 平行结构：the “above average effect,” or “illusory superiority,”，70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with others
4. 翻译：
   1. 社会心理学家积聚了研究的海洋到他们所谓的“平均影响之下”，或者“虚假的优势”，并且展示了，例如，我们之中的70%在领导力平均之下，93%在驱动还有85%与他们相处融洽——所有明显的统计不可能的事。
   2. 社会心理学家对他们所谓的“高于平均水平的效应”或“虚幻的优越感”进行了大量的研究，结果表明，例如，我们中70%的人认为自己在领导能力上高于平均水平，93%的人认为自己在驾驶能力上高于平均水平，85%的人认为自己在与他人相处方面高于平均水平——这些显然都是不可能的。