MBA英語面試：MBA們能做什么?

The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era, when Harvard

Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became

famous for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex

statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps, doing things like improving

fuel-transport times and scheduling more-efficient bombing raids.

主干識別：The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era

其他成分：when Harvard Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became famous定語從句主干

for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps,

定語從句中的狀語

狀語

翻譯點撥： 詞匯點撥：

注意對pendulum的理解：

The pendulum has swung back and the American car companies have made dramatic advances in safety...

三十年河?xùn)|，三十年河西，美國汽車公司在安全方面已經(jīng)取得了巨大進步。

The political pendulum has swung in favour of the liberals.

政治形勢轉(zhuǎn)而對自由主義者有利。

The political pendulum in American politics swung away from the right, putting an end to the12- year Republican Revolution on Capitol Hill and delivering a sharp rebuke of President Bush and the Iraq war.

美國政壇的政治鐘擺從右派轉(zhuǎn)向，一舉結(jié)束共和黨在國會山莊的十二年革命，并對布希總統(tǒng)和伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭發(fā)出強烈的怒吼。

grad 畢業(yè)生

whiz kids 天才學(xué)生

mathematical modeling 數(shù)學(xué)模型

game theory 博弈論

statistical analysis 數(shù)據(jù)分析

Army Air Corps 陸軍航空隊

fuel-transport 加油

bombing raids 空襲

成分點撥：

The pendulum began to swing in the postwar era

情況在戰(zhàn)后開始改變

再單獨翻譯定語從句：

Harvard Business School grad Robert McNamara and his "whiz kids" became famous for using mathematical modeling, game theory and complex statistical analysis for the Army Air Corps,

哈佛商學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生 Robert McNamara和那些天才學(xué)生一起因為使用數(shù)學(xué)模型，博弈論和復(fù)雜的數(shù)據(jù)分析來為陸軍航空隊做事而名噪一時，

最后翻狀語：

doing things like improving fuel-transport times and scheduling more-efficient bombing raids.

翻譯是省略doing things like，直接翻為：他們減少加油的時間并且安排出更有效的空襲。

參考譯文： 情況在戰(zhàn)后開始改變， 哈佛商學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生 Robert McNamara和那些天才學(xué)生一起因為使用數(shù)學(xué)模型，博弈論和復(fù)雜的數(shù)據(jù)分析來為陸軍航空隊 做事而名噪一時，他們減少了加油所需要的時間并且安排出更有效的空襲。