2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 3

难句突破：

Then came the hot iron: news of a series of measures to shore up the bank's capital base, among them investments from sovereign-wealth funds in Singapore and the Middle East.

[主体句式] Then came the hot iron.

[结构分析] 这是一个有复杂同位语的一个简单句。news of ...是前面the hot iron的同位语，to shore up the bank's capital base是不定式短语作定语修饰前面的measures, 而后面among them ...也是用来修饰measures，具体介绍其中的一些措施。

[句子译文]紧接着就来了hot iron ：报道有一系列的措施来支持银行的资本基础，其中就有新加坡和中东的君主财富基金。    

The change of approach may be on the advice of auditors and regulators but it is more likely to reflect a desire by UBS's bosses to avoid months of speculation about the bank's exposure, something that Marcel Rohner, the chief executive, described as "distracting".

[主体句式] The change of approach may be... but ...

[结构分析] 这是一个并列句，but 引导的分句比较复杂，to avoide ...不定式短语作前面a desire的定语，而something that...是a desire的同位语，该同位语有一个定语从句。

[句子译文] 方法改变可能是审计员或调节员建议的，但更反映了UBS高层的不愿数月都预计银行曝光的意愿，这个被首席执行官马赛尔Rohner形容为"发狂的"。