例181 Certainly I don't teach because teaching is easy for me. Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share.
【结构分析】这句话含有表示否定转移的精彩用法,也就是not...because...,否定的后面是because,比如I don't marry you because you are rich,翻译成“我嫁给你不是因为你有钱”。第一句话主干是I don't teach because teaching is easy for me,第二句话也是否定转移,使用nor来引导,而且是个倒装并列句,也就是Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于否定转移和倒装结合,很经典,否定转移是个重要的语言现象。
【核心词汇】
teaching 教书
know answers 知晓答案
compelled 被迫
【参考译文】当然,我教书不是因为教书对我很简单。同样,我教书也不是因为我想知道答案或者我有知识被迫去分享。