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时间状语从句也是定语从句噢~

We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.

生词

• publish v. 出版，刊印，发行，发表
• stylish adj. 高水平的；时尚的，现代风格的
• ornament n. 装饰，装饰物；摆设，点缀
• publication n. 出版物

解析

1. 找谓语动词：are removed/was/was considered/appeared
2. 断开：when/and/in which
   1. 【主句】句1：We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time
   2. 【定语从句】句2：when newsprint was dirt-cheap
   3. 【并列句】句3：and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications
   4. 【定语从句】句4：in which it appeared.
3. 重点：
   1. when定语从句中包含了并列句：when定语从句修饰先行词a time，表示“……的一段时间”，但要注意定语从句中还包含了and连接的并列句。
   2. 介词提前的定语从句：in which是介词提前的定语从句，修饰先行词the publications，表示“……的出版物”。
      1. 介词原本在后：…the publications which it appeared in.
      2. 介词提前：…the publications in which it appeared.
4. 翻译：我们与20世纪初至二战前夕英国的杂感式报纸评论就更是无缘了，当时，新闻用纸价廉如土，风格独特的艺术评论被看作是对刊登它的出版物的一种装饰。

预习

Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

生词

• claims n. 要求，请求权 v. 要求；主张
• about-face n. （思想、态度、行为等）彻底改变；向后转（同about-turn）
• dramatic adj. 急剧的；激动人心的；夸张的
• patents n. 专利；专利权
• pooling n. 联营，合并；池化 v. 淤积；共享

解析

1. 找谓语动词：would be/was/introduced
2. 断开：because/that
   1. 【主句】句1：Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face
   2. 【原因状语从句】句2：because it was the Federal Circuit itself
   3. 【定语从句】句3：that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.
3. 翻译：
   1. 在商业措施上发生的遏制将是一个戏剧性的反转，因为它是联邦巡回法院所介绍的像专利权在他的1998法案里被称为道富银行案，批准了一个专利在一种汇集共有基金的方式。
   2. 机翻：对商业方法专利的限制将是一个戏剧性的大转变，因为正是联邦巡回法院自己在1998年对所谓的道富银行(State Street Bank)一案的裁决中引入了这类专利，批准了一项关于共同基金资产汇集方式的专利。
4. 问题：
   1. 强调句：it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents
   2. 强调的部分：这个强调句使用了 “it was… that…” 的结构，强调“Federal Circuit itself”（联邦巡回法院本身）是引入商业方法专利的主体。这里的“itself”起到了强调作用，表明没有其他法院或机构参与，而是联邦巡回法院单独采取了这一行动。