学员疑问:
老师,这句话看不太懂。Freud called dreams “the royal road to the unconscious” by which he meant that dreams lead the way to a realm of mental functioning where our fantasies, emotional conflicts, repressed memories, and infantile impulses find expression.
老师解答:
主句:Freud called dreams “the royal road to the unconscious”
主语:Freud
谓语:called
宾语:dreams
宾语补足语:“the royal road to the unconscious”(名词短语,对 dreams 进行补充说明)
定语从句by which he meant that...(修饰先行词 “the royal road to the unconscious”)
关系代词:which 指代前面的“皇家大道”
介词:by(意为“通过”)
主语:he
谓语:meant
宾语:that... 引导的宾语从句
宾语从句(作 meant 的宾语)that dreams lead the way to a realm of mental functioning where...
主语:dreams
谓语:lead the way to(“引领通往”)
宾语:a realm of mental functioning
关系副词 where 引导定语从句,修饰 realm
定语从句(修饰 realm)where our fantasies, emotional conflicts, repressed memories, and infantile impulses find expression.
主语:our fantasies, emotional conflicts, repressed memories, and infantile impulses(四个并列名词短语)
谓语:find
宾语:expression(意为“得以表达”)
参考译文: 弗洛伊德把梦称作“通向无意识的康庄大道”,意思是说,梦引导我们进入一个心理活动领域,在那里,我们的幻想、情感冲突、被压抑的记忆以及童年早期的冲动都能得到宣泄。
点评分析:
快速理解大意的几个要点:
抓主干:Freud called dreams “the royal road”(弗洛伊德称梦为“皇家大道”)。
识别修饰:by which... 解释这个“大道”的作用;that... 解释他具体指的是什么;where... 补充说明这个心理领域里发生的事。
忽略次要细节:中间的四个并列名词可以整体打包为“各种心理内容”,不影响主干理解。





