St. John’s, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France, but in spring St. John’s residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm.
= St. John’s, Newfoundland, lies on the same latitude as Paris, France/, but in spring St. John’s residents are less likely to be sitting at outdoor cafes/ than to be bracing themselves against arctic chills, shoveling snow/, or seeking shelter from a raging northeast storm.
# St. John’s, Newfoundland 坐落在和法国巴黎同一纬度上/但是那里的人们春天不喜欢坐在户外咖啡店/相比之下更喜欢拥抱北极的寒冷和铲雪/或在肆虐的东北暴风雪中寻找遮蔽。
*地名等专有名词是不需要知道其确切含义的，因为他们并不影响对句意的理解。这句话的一个难点就是less likely to do A…than to do B。对于likely to do A…than to do B 我们还是很容易理解的，就是喜欢做A 多于喜欢做B，而less likely to …than to than to 则恰恰相反，不喜欢做A而喜欢做B。
Since savings banks have to use short-term deposits to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans, they sometimes lose money when short-term rates rise and they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
=Since savings banks/ have to use short-term deposits/ to finance long-term fixed-rate mortgage loans/, they sometimes lose money/ when short-term rates rise/ and they are unable to raise the rates on their mortgages.
#因为储蓄银行/必须用短期存款/来为长期固定利率抵押贷款提供资金/，所以他们有时赔钱/当短期存款利率上涨/而他们又不能增加抵押贷款的利率。
*首先是对金融方面词汇的理解，根据我们的原则，认识就反映，不认识就过去。这句话中的finance 要尤其注意，因为它既可以作名词也可以做动词，而在本句中它作为动词，同时对句子的理解起举足轻重的作用，所以要特别注意。英语中有很多词有几个词性，如果这样的词在句子中占重要位置就要尤其注意辨别它的词性。
