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Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up. [2001 Passage 4]任务要求
1. 找出句子的主干;
2. 尝试翻译该句;
3. 查出句中生词/短语的含义,并积累下来;
4. 背诵该长难句。
(1-2必须完成,3-4选择完成)

语法解析
该句的主干部分为:it is hard to imagine that…,it 作形式主语,真正的主语为不定式短语 to imagine that…,其宾语是由 that 引导的宾语从句。在该宾语从句中,主语为 the merger of a few oil firms today,could re-create 为谓语,the same threats to competition 作宾语, competition 之后是由 that 引导的定语从句对先行词 the same threats 作解释说明,其中,that指代 the same threats 并作主语,were feared 为谓语,nearly a century ago 为时间状语,in the U.S.作地点状语,该定语从句又包含一个由 when 引导的时间状语从句。
翻译
将近一个世纪前,人们担心竞争会受到威胁,正是在那时美国标准石油托拉斯被迫解体。不过很难想象,今天几家石油公司的合并会对竞争构成同样的威胁。