每周一个长难句，手把手教程（第24期）

小白老师说：困难是真实存在的，有时，困难还会把我们打败。但是，只因困难而痛苦并没有什么用，我们要做的，是从“关注问题”到“关注解决方案”的转变。每周一个长难句，踏踏实实吃透语法、扩充单词、提升能力。

来看今天的长难句。

Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes or jobs to travel to a distant conference site.

步骤一：找主干

该句是一个并列复合句，句子的主干为一个并列结构，即：

Expertise can be shared and problems can be settled.

步骤二：拆分句子

为了便于分析，帮助大家理解，小白老师把这个句子切分了一下，并标上了序号。

①Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing, ②and problems in dispute can be settled ③without the participants leaving their homes or jobs to travel to a distant conference site.

• ①Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing 为并列主句，through teleconferencing 是方式状语；
• ②and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes or jobs to travel to a distant conference site 也是并列主句
• ③without the participants leaving their homes or jobs to travel to a distant conference site 在第二个并列主句中作方式状语，一个without引导的介宾结构，leaving their homes or jobs to travel to a distant conference site是动名词短语，作without的宾语，the participants 是该宾语的逻辑主语。

步骤三：查生词

• expertise /ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/ un. 专业技能；专业知识

  The problem is that most local authorities lack the expertise to deal sensibly in this market.

  问题是大多数地方政府都缺乏合理应对这个市场的专门知识。

• teleconferencing /ˈtelikɒnfrənsɪŋ/ n. 电话会议；视频会议

  Managers at their factory hold a two-hour teleconference with head office every day.

  他们工厂的经理们每天与总部举行两小时的电话会议。

• dispute /dɪ’spjuːt/ n. 辩论；争吵；意见不同

  The schedule for the talks has been agreed, but the location is still in dispute.

  会谈的时间表已经达成一致，但地点尚有争议。

参考译文：

通过远程会议，专业知识可以在全世界范围内被分享，有争议的问题也能得到解决，同时相关人员也不必离开家或工作地点跑到一个遥远地方开会。