Question

谁能告诉我，这句话怎么翻译

how much pleasure and excitement tourism can afford us should all the cultural differences between hosts and guests be eliminated
后半句怎么翻译呢？特别是这里的 should怎么回事呢？

Answer 1

should后的部分同为how much 的成分，也就是说“how much pleasure and excitement tourism can afford us should all the cultural differences between hosts and guests be eliminated”中含有两个并列形式的结构，可拆解为：“how much pleasure and excitement tourism can afford us”和“how much should all the cultural differences between hosts and guests be eliminated” (其实这部分用了倒装结构原句可改为how much cultural differences between hosts and guests should be all eliminated)

后面的两并列成分都同时作为“imagine ”的宾语，也即should后做imagine的宾语成分。

而整句可翻译为“我难以想象旅游业能够给我们带来多少愉悦和兴奋，也难以想象有多少存在于主客之间文化差异能被消除”（由于后两者都作imagine的宾语因此如此翻译）

Answer 2

旅游业能给我们带来多少激动和愉悦？主客之间所有的文化差异都能被忽略（或消除）吗？

should 是句中伴随的疑问，一个起始的标志。

Answer 3

多少乐趣和刺激旅游业，我们应该有能力之间的所有主机和来宾的文化差异被淘汰