2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 14

难句突破：

(1) The retailer said that it would not restock the bottles, which are made by Nalge Nunc International in Rochester, a unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific, until Health Canada completed a review of bisphenol-a, or B.P.A., a chemical used to make hard, transparent plastics as well as liners for food cans.

[主体句式] The retailer said that it would not ...until...

[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，宾语从句比较复杂。该宾语从句为带有时间状语从句的复杂句；该从句中，宾语bottles后有一个以which引导的非限定性定语从句，在该定语从句中，a unit...是前面Nalge Nunc International的同位语；在时间状语从句中，a chemical used ...是前面B.P.A的同位语。

[句子译文] 该零售商称不会再重新进这些瓶子，直到"健康加拿大"完成了双酚a（B.P.A.）的调查后再考虑。这些瓶子是Thermo Fisher Scientific下属的一个单位，位于罗彻斯特的Nalge Nunc国际制造的。双酚a 是一种用于制造透明的高硬度塑料及食物罐镶条的化学物质。

(2) Rick Smith, the executive director of Environmental Defence, said that a paper published by 38 scientists after a government-sponsored conference in the United States found that the lack of research on the effects of B.S.A. on humans was a concern that required further investigation.

[主体句式] Rick Smith said that a paper found that...

[结构分析]这是一个简单句，有一个复杂的宾语从句；主语Rick Smith带有一个同位语the executive director of ...；在宾语从句中，a paper后面是一个过去分词短语作它的定语，在从句的宾语从句中的宾语后面有一个that 引导的定语从句。

[句子译文] "环境防卫"执行理事里克·史密斯称美国38名科学家在一次政府资助的会议结束后发表了一篇论文，该论文发现B.S.A.对人类的影响方面的研究不足，需要进一步的调查。