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一、原文：

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第2段：⑦On first hearing,this was the socially concerned chancellor,trying to change lives for the better,complete with“reforms”to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work,and subsidises laziness.⑧What motivated him,we were to understand,was his zeal for“fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer,controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.话题：奥斯本新政——新野蛮主义

二、解析

1.分意群：

What motivated him/,we were to understand,/was his zeal/for“fundamental fairness”/—protecting the taxpayer,/controlling spending/and ensuring//that only the

most deserving claimants/received their benefits.什么激励了他/我们要去理解/是他的热情/对于“基本公平”/—保护纳税人，/控制开销/和确保//只有最应该得到的申请人/收到它们的利益。

2.定属性、调语序：

①we were to understand放在两个逗号之间，作插入语，不影响主干，可以在找主句时先去除,剩下的是what motivated him was his zeal….Was是谓语动词，was前是主语，可以看到主语为what引导的主语从句。

what motivated him was his zeal….激励他的是他的热情。。。

②zeal for“fundamental fairness”，名词+for引导的介词短语，介词短语跟前面的名词zeal有关系，翻译成“对。。。的热情”

③protecting the taxpayer,/controlling spending/and ensuring，and引导的成分为分词的并列结构。当3者并列的时候，会以“...，...and...”呈现；

④ensuring that…：V+that结构，为宾语从句的识别标志，顺序翻译即可。

3.理翻译：

难点：zeal for；benefits

zeal for，处于对。。。的热情；

benefits，本意为“利益”，此处关于纳税的话题，翻译成“补贴/救济金”。

三、理解

What motivated him,we were to understand,was his zeal for“fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer,controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.全句翻译：不过我们要明白，他的动机是出于对“基本公平”的热情——保护纳税者，控制开支并确保只有那些最应受到资助的申请者才能领到补贴。