057 田静考研英语每日一句 I 2007英一T4-04

每日长难句 57

原句：

Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.

【2007 Text 4】

单词：

✅meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ adv. 与此同时

✅theft /θeft/ n. 盗窃，偷

✅credit-card 信用卡

✅account /əˈkaʊnt/ n. 账户  

✅disclose /dɪsˈkləʊz/ v. 披露，公开  

✅overshadow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ/ v. 使大丢脸面，使扫兴；使蒙上阴影

✅put sb. on notice 警告某人，警示某人

✅corporate /ˈkɔːpərət/ n. 公司

✅regulator /ˈreɡjuleɪtə(r)/ n. 监管机构，监管者

✅adequate /ˈædɪkwət/ adj. 充分的，足够的；适当的

✅data security 数据安全

分析长难句：

找谓语动词：

Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.

断开长难句：

Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) / that puts corporate America on notice / that regulators will act / if firms fail to provide adequate data security.

①主句：Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• 简化：... theft..., ... overshadowed... decision...

②定语从句： that puts corporate America on notice

③同位语从句：that regulators will act

④条件状语从句：if firms fail to provide adequate data security.

📝分裂结构

disclosed on June 17th.

译文：

与此同时，6月17日披露的在美国大约4 000万个信用卡账户信息被窃取（的事件），使美国联邦贸易委员会前一天（做出）的一项重大决议颜面尽失，（该项决议）警告美国公司如果公司不能给数据安全提供充分的保障，那么监管机构将会采取行动。