长难句解析

Bodies1 are still being recovered2 from a mosque in Pakistan3, where a suicide bomb attack is now known to have killed 92 people4, many of them police5.

解：主语1+谓语2+定语3+定语从句4+状语5

析：该句的主句为“Bodies are still being recovered from a mosque in Pakistan”，其中，主语为“Bodies”，谓语为“are still being recovered”，介词短语“from a mosque in Pakistan”作“Bodies”的定语；其后跟随由关系副词“where”引导的非限制性定语从句“where a suicide bomb attack is...people”, 修饰先行词“a mosque in Pakistan”；独立主格结构“many of them police”作状语。

重点词汇词组

1. brace oneself for sth. 准备 (面对不愉快或困难之事)

例：He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water.

他准备跳入冰冷的黑水。

常见搭配：

brace oneself against sth. 抵住某物；顶住某物

例：They braced themselves against the wind.

他们顶着大风站稳。

2. mass protests 群众性抗议

例：The country announced it was mounting a major campaign of mass protests.

该国宣布正在发动一场大型群众性抗议运动。

相关俚语：

protest too much 说得过多反而不可信

例：She keeps trying to impress on me how she doesn't like him but does she protest too much?

她不停地试图让我觉得她不喜欢他，但她是不是做得太过了呢？

3. rally 集合；召集

例：Supporters of the new shopping development are trying to rally local people in favour of it.

新购物中心开发项目的支持者们试图召集当地居民支持该项目。

常见搭配：

rally round 帮助，扶持

例： When I'm ill, my friends always rally round.

我生病时，朋友们总在我身边帮忙。

4. be charged with sth. 被控告......

例：He was charged with causing a public nuisance.

他被控妨害公共利益罪。

常见搭配：

charge sth. up 给某物充电

例：The shaver can be charged up and used when travelling.

这种电动剃须刀可充电供旅行使用。

5. sb. be suspended from sth. 使某人暂时停职

例：She had been suspended from her job for discreditable behaviour.

她因行为不端被停职。

常见搭配：

suspend disbelief 暂不置疑

例：In the theatre we willingly suspend disbelief.

在剧院看戏时，我们自愿对一切暂不置疑。

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