讲解

回顾

正确。

The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspapers are least distinctive.

生词

• whirlwind n. 旋风
• sweep v. 扫；刮 （过去式swept，过去分词swept）
• sweep through…  （一阵风）扫过/刮过……
• concentrate v. 集中
• distinctive adj. 有特色的；与众不同的
• least distinctive  最没有特色的

解析

1. 找谓语动词：swept/harmed/has been concentrated/are
2. 断开：that/where
   1. 【主句】句1：The whirlwind
   2. 【定从】句2：that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody,
   3. 句3：but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas
   4. 【定从】句4：where newspapers are least distinctive.
3. 重难点：连接词that、where和逗号是断开句子的标志。
   1. 连接词that引导定语从句，结束于第二个谓语动词harmed之前，修饰先行词the whirlwind。
   2. 连接词where引导定语从句，结束于句尾，修饰先行词areas。
4. 翻译：这场席卷整个新闻编辑部的旋风伤及每个人，但大部分损失集中于报纸内容最缺乏特色的部门。

预习

We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G. I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus.

生词

• immediately adv. 立刻，马上
• prosperity n. 繁荣，成功
• lining up 排队等候
• bureaus n. 局，处，科；办事处

解析

1. 找谓语动词：tend
2. 简化：We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G. I. Bill and lining up at the marriage bureaus. 简化之后就是，we tend to think of the decades … as a time …我们倾向去思考那十年的事
3. 结构：
   1. 【并列】：with之后的returning/going/lining三个结构相同的部分并列在一起。
4. 翻译：
   1. 我们倾向去思考紧随二战而来的那十年，那是繁荣和生长的时间，士兵们带着数百万回到家，根据退伍军人法案去上大学，在民政局面前排队。
   2. 我们倾向于认为二战后的几十年是繁荣和增长的时期，数百万士兵返回家园，根据《退伍军人法案》去上大学，在婚姻介绍所排队。