2022红宝书·考研英语长难句精析61

There is a great deal of this kind of nonsense in the medical journals which, when taken up by broadcasters and the lay press, generates both health scares and short-lived dietary enthusiasms.?

词汇突破

nonsense [?nɑ?nsens,?nɑ?nsns] 

n. 胡说；废话

adj. 荒谬的

broadcaster [?br??dk?st?r] 

n. 广播公司；广播员；播送设备；撒播物

dietary [?da??teri] 

adj. 饮食的，饭食的；规定食物的

n. 规定的食物；食谱

结构分析

本句的主干是 There is a great deal of this kind of nonsense in the medical journals。which, when taken up by broadcasters and the lay press, generates both health scares and short-lived dietary enthusiasms 为限制性定语从句，修饰先行词 a great deal of this kind of nonsense，其中 when taken up by broadcasters and the lay press 为时间状语。

参考译文

医学期刊中上存在很多这样的无稽之谈，经广播公司和非专业媒体报道后，就会引发人们对健康问题的恐慌以及短暂的食疗热潮。