2018考研英語：經(jīng)典語法長難句解析（90）

　　Over the past couple of decades, however, downtown Los Angeles has undergone a major revival, thanks in part to the introduction of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 1999.First targeted at downtown Los Angeles, and extended to other areas in the city in 2003, the ordinance made it easier, cheaper and faster for "older and historic" commercial buildings to be converted into lofts and apartments.It resulted in the creation of thousands of housing units in downtown and a rush of people moving back to the area.

　　長難句解析：

　　1. Over the past couple of decades, however, downtown Los Angeles has undergone a major revival, thanks in part to the introduction of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 1999.

　　詞匯突破：1.thank to 因?yàn)?/p>

　　2.undergo 經(jīng)歷

　　3. the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance適應(yīng)性再利用法令

　　主干識別: downtown Los Angeles has undergone a major revival

　　參考譯文：然而在過去的幾十年里洛杉磯市中心經(jīng)歷了一次重大復(fù)興;這在一定程度上得益于1999年頒布的《適應(yīng)性再利用法令》。

　　2. First targeted at downtown Los Angeles, and extended to other areas in the city in 2003, the ordinance made it easier, cheaper and faster for "older and historic" commercial buildings to be converted into lofts and apartments.

　　詞匯突破：1.loft 閣樓，躍層式建筑

　　2. convert 轉(zhuǎn)化

　　長難句解析：the ordinance made it easier, cheaper and faster for "older and historic" commercial buildings to be converted into lofts and apartments.

　　切分成分：First targeted at downtown Los Angeles, and extended to other areas in the city in 2003, 狀語

　　獨(dú)立成句：the ordinance was first targeted at downtown Los Angeles, and was extended to other areas in the city in 2003

　　參考譯文： 該法令最初針對洛杉磯市中心，后來在2003年擴(kuò)展至該市的其他區(qū)域;它使得改造具有歷史意義的老式商業(yè)樓宇(成為閣樓和住宅)更加容易，速度更快、成本也更低。

　　3. It resulted in the creation of thousands of housing units in downtown and a rush of people moving back to the area.

　　詞匯突破：a rush of people 大量的人群

　　參考譯文：結(jié)果是市中心出現(xiàn)成千上萬的住宅單元，人們?nèi)绯彼慊氐竭@個區(qū)域。

　　重要的背景閱讀：

　　洛杉磯是美國人口第二大的城市(second most populous city after New York)，但由于20世紀(jì)開始的郊區(qū)化發(fā)展(suburbanization),住在西邊的富人厭倦了城區(qū)的擁塞(Commuters from the affluent communities of West Los Angeles became tired of the hellish traffic )，開始把商業(yè)重新規(guī)劃到附近的非中心區(qū)域，甚至移到加州其他辦公中心。自此，洛杉磯的城區(qū)開始衰敗(lost it’s sheen)，顯出一幅塵土積壓的景象(a gritty, rundown neighborhood)。1999年洛杉磯推出《適應(yīng)性再利用法令》，鼓勵將老舊的歷史商業(yè)建筑改造成住宅和閣樓，讓人們重新回到市中心，令老城散發(fā)出新的生機(jī)。