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1. Publication of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a storm of media protest when he said the interpretation of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges rather than to Parliament. 结构剖析:本句是一个复合句，开始是主干Publication of the letter came... , two days after Lord Irvine caused a storm of media protest…为状语，修饰主句的谓语came;后面的when引导一个时间状语从句when he said...，修饰前面从句中的谓语部分caused a storm of media protest,其中 said后面是一个宾语从句:主语是the interpretation of privacy controls，过去分词结构contained in European legislation作privacy controls的定语，相当于定语从句which were contained in European legislation;谓语是would be left to judges rather than to Parliament(将交给法官而不是议会)。 参考译文:欧文勋爵说对干欧洲立法中包含的隐私控制的解释权将交给法官而不是议会时，引起了媒体的一片抗议。两天后，这封信便发表了。 leave to 1. [亦作 leave up to]将…交给(某人)处理；把(某人)留给(某人)安排 2. 将(财产等)遗赠给… 2. A variety of activities should be organized so that participants can remain active as long as they want and then go on to something else without feeling guilty and without letting the other participants down. 结构剖析:本句开始是主干A variety of activities should be organized... , so that引导一个目的状语从句，包含两部分:participants can remain active是主句，as long as they want and then go on to something else…是条件从句，句末的两个并列的介词结构without feeling guilty and without letting the other participants down作前面 go on的状语，表示补充说明。 参考译文:应该组织各种各样的活动，以便参加者愿意活动多久就活动多久，然后转往别的活动，而不会感到内疚，或让其他参加者失望。 participant参加者；as long as只要；guilty内疚的;有罪的；let down让……失望 3. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright. 结构剖析:本句是一个复合句，but之前是主句，but之后是表示转折关系的从句。主句使用了被动语态，可以转换成主动语态，从句中又包含一个because引导的表语从句，其中unlike animals作状语。 参考译文:与动物相比，人类常常被认为嗅觉不灵敏，但是，这在很大程度上是因为我们和动物不同，是直立行走的。 be thought to be被认为；insensitive不灵敏的，不敏感的；smeller嗅觉者；compared with与…相比；largely在很大程度上;主要；upright直立的，垂直的;正直的 4. When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles ma