每日長(zhǎng)難句 145

原句：

France's planned tax is a clear warning: / Unless a broad consensus can be reached on reforming the international tax system, / other nations are likely to follow suit,?/ and American companies will face a cascade of different taxes from dozens of?nations / that will prove burdensome and costly.

【2020 英語一 Text4】

生詞：

consensus?n.?（意見等）一致，共識(shí)

follow suit?效仿，照著做

acascade of…?一連串的…

cascade?n. 傾瀉，大量

burdensome?adj.?繁重的，難以承擔(dān)的

costly?adj.?昂貴的花錢多的

分析：

??主句：

France's planned tax is a clear warning…other nations are likely to follow suit,?and American companies will face a cascade of different taxes from dozens of?nations

??從句：

• Unless a broad consensus can be reached on reforming the international tax system

（條件狀語從句）

• that will prove burdensome and costly

（定語從句）

譯文：

法國(guó)擬征（數(shù)字）稅是一個(gè)明確警告：除非能就改革國(guó)際稅收體制達(dá)成廣大共識(shí)，否則其他國(guó)家可能會(huì)紛紛效仿，而美國(guó)企業(yè)將面臨來自數(shù)十個(gè)國(guó)家一連串的不同稅款，這些稅費(fèi)最后將變得繁重且高昂。