2021考研英語長難句復習（一零四）

　　

　　But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she would like to, either.

　　①When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn’t biting her nails just yet.

　?、贐ut the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she would like to, either.

　?、跰ost of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up.

　　④Spero blames the softening economy.

　?、荨癐’m a good economic indicator,” she says.

　?、蕖癐 provide a service that people can do without when they’re concerned about saving some dollars.”

　?、逽o Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus.

　　⑧“I don’t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too.” she says.

　　參考譯文：

　　①(例：分1)當談到發(fā)展速度減緩的經(jīng)濟時，艾倫·斯佩羅還不至于束手無策。

　?、?轉折：分2)但這位47歲的美甲師現(xiàn)在修剪、銼磨和上光的指甲卻不如她希望的那么多了。

　　③(并列：分3)她的大多數(shù)客戶每周花費12至50美元，但上個月，兩位老客戶突然不再光顧了。

　?、?結果：總)斯佩羅把這歸咎于經(jīng)濟疲軟。

　?、?原因：分1)“我是一個很好的經(jīng)濟指標，”她說。

　　⑥(并列：分2)“我提供的服務屬于當人們想省錢時可以省掉的類別?！?

　?、?結果：分3)因此，斯佩羅開始縮減開支，在她位于克利夫蘭郊區(qū)的家附近的中等檔次的迪拉德百貨公司購物，而不是去內(nèi)曼?馬庫斯。

　　⑧(并列：分4)“我不知道其他客戶是否也會拋棄我。”她說。

　　翻譯小作業(yè)：

　　當談到冷卻的經(jīng)濟和大量的失業(yè)率時，大多社會精英和知識分子不至于束手無策， 雖然他們現(xiàn)在獲得收入不能像他們希望的那么多。