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Don't have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A-Day, an online book club created two years ago. It's a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes' worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didn't have time in their busy lives to read. She decided to type part of a chapter of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. "They were interested, and realized that, though they didn't have time in their busy lives for reading, just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit". Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email" Chapter-A-Day" book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. "Reading makes changes in people' s lives. " Beecher says. Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. "It's a different way to get people hooked on books," she says.
【答案解析】[长难句分析] 1.More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book,through Chapter-A-Day,an online book club created two years ago. [句子分析] 本句的主语是“More than 100,000 people”,“to read a chapter of a book”是不定式短语作目的状语。“an online book club created two years ago”是“Chapter-A-Day”的同位语。 [译文] 通过两年前创建的在线图书俱乐部—“一日一章”,有10万多人每天可以通过打开邮件阅读一本书中的一章。 2.It’s a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people,exposing them to literature they may not find on their own,inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. [句子分析] 本句的表语“a free email service”后面是由“that”引导的定语从句,修饰先行词“service”,并在从句中作主语。现在分词短语中的“literature”后面同样是定语从句,只是将关联词“that”省略了。 [译文] 这种免费的邮件服务可给忙碌人士提供每日短暂的阅读,提供他们自己可能找不到的一些文学作品,同时让他们形成阅读的好习惯。 3.About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. [句子分析] 本句的主语是“About 550 public library systems”,现在分词短语“representing over 3,000 branch libraries”作后置定语,修饰“public library systems”。不定式短语“to offer Chapter-A-Day”作目的状语。 [译文] 大约550个公共图书馆系统所包含的超过3000个分支图书馆已经签约提供“一日一章”在线图书。 4.Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher,a lifelong book lover,realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didn’t have time in their busy lives to read. [句子分析] 本句的主干是“Chapter-A-Day started in 1999”,“when Suzanne Beecher...”是定语从句,修饰先行词“1999”。“a lifelong book lover”是“Suzanne Beecher”的同位语,对其进行说明。连接副词“how many”引导的名词性从句作谓语“realized”的宾语。在该名词性从句中,“who worked part-time for her software development company”是定语从句,修饰先行词“women”。 [译文] ”一日一章“是由一位终身的图书爱好者—苏珊娜·比彻创立于1999年。当时,她意识到那些在软件开发公司做兼职的许多女士因生活忙碌而没有时间阅读。 5.Realizing that many other people could benefit,she decided to take the idea even further and start an email“Chapter-A-Day”book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. [句子分析] 本句中,现在分词短语“Realizing that many other people could benefit”作状语,“that many other people could benefit”是名词性从句,作分词“realizing”的宾语。主干结构中,“to take the idea even further and start an email“Chapter-A-Day”book club”是不定式短语作宾语,“to help others ease their way back into daily reading”是不定式短语作目的状语。 [译文] 她意识到其他的人同样可以从中受益,所以决定进一步发展这种相法,同时创立一个发送电子邮件的“一日一章”图书俱乐部,以帮助其他人恢复每日阅读的习惯。