每日長難句 161

原句：

Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, / and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: / This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.

【2018 英語一 Text1】

生詞：

subsidy n. 補助金

earned income tax credit 工作收入抵稅

分析：

??斷開長難句：

①Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut

②and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded

③This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality

??主句：

Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut

??平行結(jié)構(gòu)：

• 句子① and 句子②

（兩個句子構(gòu)成平行結(jié)構(gòu)）

• ①boost incomes, ②encourage work, ③reward companies for job creation, and ④reduce inequality

（四個動詞詞組構(gòu)成平行結(jié)構(gòu)）

譯文：

削減對低薪勞動的稅收，擴大諸如所得稅抵扣之類的薪資補：這將會提高收入、鼓勵工作、獎勵公司創(chuàng)造就業(yè)機會，并且減少不平等。