例228 The Corporation will survive as a publicly funded broadcasting organization, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programs are now the subject of a nation wide debate in Britain.
【结构分析】这句话是个转折句,but前面的主干是The Corporation will survive as a publicly funded broadcasting organization,后面是个介词短语状语做插入语,也就是at least for the time being, but后面的主语是并列的名词,也就是its role, its size and its programs,系动词是are,表语是the subject of a nation wide debate。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点是个典型的转折句,but后面比前面重要,里面的插入语很经典。
【核心词汇】
survive 存在下来
a publicly funded broadcasting organization 一个公共基金支持的广播组织
for the time being 至少目前会这样
the subject of a nation wide debate 成了全国上下的讨论话题
【参考译文】英国广播公司将作为一个公共基金支持的广播组织存在下来,至少目前会这样,但是它的角色、它的规模和它的节目现在在英国成了全国上下的讨论话题。