Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker's cough for a year. (08.12 Passage 1)
主干:Gullotta saw a man...
1. who 引導的定語從句修飾a...man。
2.本句是肯定陳述句,卻用了doing anything而不是doing something,語義上有所強調。
譯文:兩個月以前格洛塔為一位50歲的男士看病,這名男士吸煙可歐已有一年,但期間他沒有采取任何措施,以至于延誤了治療。