It is against that background that the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued her damning verdict against the Royal Free hospital trust under the NHS, which handed over to DeepMind the records of 1.6 million patients in 2015 on the basis of a vague agreement which took far too little account of the patients’ rights and their expectations of privacy. (2018年 英语一 Text3)
【难点分析】本句为强调句:It is against that background that…,强调的是状语部分,本句也是复合句,主句是 It is against ... NHS,后接定语从句1(which handed ... agreement)修饰主句中的the Royal Free hospital trust,在定语从句1中嵌套一个定语从句2(which took .... privacy)修饰定语从句1中的agreement。
【参考译文】正是在这种背景下,英国信息委员会信息专员伊丽莎白·德纳姆发布了对英国国家医疗服务系统下的皇家自由医院信托基金会的定罪判决,该信托基金会在2015年将160万名病人的档案交给了深度思维公司,但此举只是基于一项模糊的协议,其中对于病人的权利和他们对保护自己隐私的期望考虑得少之又少。