2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 9

难句突破：

(1)   Waving signs that read ''Shame onViacom,'' the workers, most of them in their 20s, demanded thatMTV Networksreverse a plan to reduce health and dental benefits for freelancers beginning Jan. 1.

[主体句式] The workers demanded that...

[结构分析] 这是一个复合句，前面的现在分词短语作为主语的伴随状语；most of them in their 20s是主语的同位语；谓语demand后是一个宾语从句，在该从句中，beginning Jan 1是一个现在分词短语作a plan的定语。

[句子译文] 这些工人大多数都是二十多岁，他们手中挥舞着写有"Viacom 无耻"的标语，要求MTV网络收回于1月1日开始实施的减少自由职业者健康和牙齿医疗方面福利的计划。

(2)While that eased previous eligibility rules, which required freelancers to work for 52 weeks before becoming eligible, it would have required all freelancers not yet eligible for benefits to start the waiting period over again on Jan. 1.

[主体句式] While that ... it would have...

[结构分析] 这是一个并列句，前半分句中有一个which 引导的非限定定于从句修饰previous eligibility rules,后半分句中not yet eligible for benefits 是后置定语用来修饰all freelancers。

[句子译文] 虽然这样一来放宽了以前的资格规定（该规定要求自由职业者在成为合格人员前必须工作52周），但却要求所有还未有资格享受福利的自由职业者从1月1日重新开始计算等待期。