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She saw the matter that had caused her so much anxiety in former years when she was employed as an efficiency expert by the company through.
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她看穿了前些年她在某公司做效率专家时曾让她感到极度担心的那件事情。
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That many teachers are being laid off in a shortsighted attempt to balance this year’s budget at the same time that the governor’s cronies and bureaucratic hacks are lining their pockets is appalling.
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在许多教师因为政府平衡收支的短视政策而被解雇的同时州长的亲信和官僚们却在中饱私囊是一件骇人听闻之事。
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要理解这些句子，我们的大脑必须同时记住大量信息，写作学将这种句子形容为“头重脚轻”（top-heavy）。对那些使用格标记来表示意义的语言来说，一个冗长的短语完全可以被移到句子的末尾，这样听者就可以轻松地“消化”句子的头部，而不必记住这个冗长的短语。英语是一种非常讲究词序的语言，但即便如此，它也有一些备用的结构可供选择，以便颠倒句中短语的顺序。注重文笔的写作者往往通过这种方式，将过于烦琐的内容放到最后来说，从而减轻听者的负担。相对而言，下面这些句子显然好懂多了。
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He gave the candy to the girl that he met in New York while visiting his parents for ten days around Christmas and New Year’s.
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在圣诞新年十天假期里，他去纽约看望父母，在那里他遇见了一位女孩，并把这颗糖果给了她。
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He sent to the police the poisoned candy that he had received in the mail from one of his business rivals connected with the Mafia.
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他把有毒的糖果交给了警方，这颗糖果是一个竞争对手寄给他的，这个竞争对手与黑手党有关联。
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She saw the matter through that had caused her so much anxiety in former years when she was employed as an efficiency expert by the company.
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前些年，她在某个公司做效率专家，当时有件事情曾让她感到极度担心，她现在已经把它看穿了。
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It is appalling that teachers are being laid off in a shortsighted attempt to balance this year’s budget at the same time that the governor’s cronies and bureaucratic hacks are lining their pockets.
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这真是一件骇人听闻之事，许多教师因为政府平衡收支的短视政策而被解雇，但与此同时州长的亲信和官僚们却在中饱私囊。
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许多语言学家认为，在运用语言的时候，人们之所以会调整短语的位置，或者在各种同义结构中做出选择，其目的就是为了减轻听者的记忆负担。
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只要句子中的单词可以迅速地组成一个个完整的短语，即使这个句子十分复杂，也照样可以被我们理解。
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Remarkable is the rapidity of the motion of the wing of the hummingbird.
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蜂鸟翅膀的运动速度异常惊人。
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This is the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.
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这头牛角弯弯的奶牛顶翻了狗，狗吓坏了猫，猫杀死了老鼠，老鼠吃掉了麦芽，麦芽放在杰克造的房子里。
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Then came the Holy One, blessed be He, and destroyed the angel of death that slew the butcher that killed the ox that drank the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat my father bought for two zuzim.
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我爸爸花两个铜板买了一只猫，结果猫被狗咬了，狗被棍子打了，棍子被火烧了，火被水灭了，水被牛喝了，牛被屠夫宰了，屠夫被死神带走了，死神被上帝打败了，上帝保佑！
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根据短语结构树的几何形状，这类句子被称为“右向分枝”。当我们从左向右阅读句子的时候，每次只有一个分枝处于悬垂状态。
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句子的分枝也可以是左向的。左向分枝的树形图在“中心语后置”的语言中最为常见，比如说日语。不过，英语中也有一些这样的结构。同样，剖析器每次也只需记住一个悬垂的分枝。
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