考研英語長難句：一句句突破長難句（22）

長難句：Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers.

結構剖析：本句的主干是 Up to 19 witnesses were said to have received payments , for telling their stories to newspapers 作狀語，表示原因。本句的難點是被動結構 were said to , 等于 it was said that..。 本句可以改為 It was said that up to 19 witnesses had received payments for telling their stories to newspapers.

核心詞匯： up to 多達
be said to 據說

參考翻譯：據說多達19個證人因向報界講述他們的經歷而獲得報酬。