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The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.

生词

• phrase n. 短语，词组；简短的句子；说法
• popularize v. 使……受欢迎；普及，推广
• architect n. 建筑学家
• architecture n. 建筑学；建筑风格
• architecture schools  建筑学校
• associated with… 与……有联系；与……相关联
• emigrate v. 移出（从本国移出到其他国家）
• immigrate v. 移入（从其他国家移入）
• take up posts 就职

解析

1. 找谓语动词：was/emigrated/took
2. 断开：who
   1. 【主句】句1：The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
   2. 句2：who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.
3. 翻译：“少即是多”这句话实际上是首先由一位名叫路德维希•密斯•凡德罗的德国建筑家推广开来的，像其他与包豪斯建筑学院相关的设计师一样，他在二战之前移民到美国，并曾在美国多个建筑学院任职。

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In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.

生词

• mispredicted 错误预测的
• impact v. 撞击，冲击力 n. 冲击，撞击
• helicopters n. 直升机（helicopter的复数形式）
• dryer n. 烘干机；干燥剂
• self-sufficiency n. 自给自足；自负

解析

1. 找谓语动词：have/would/was/was
2. 断开：how/破折号/that
   1. 【主句】句1：In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just
   2. 【宾从】句2：how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life
   3. 【插入】句3：—few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers—
   4. 【并列】句4：but his belief 句5 was widely shared.
   5. 【同位语】句5：that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable
3. 问：
   1. 从句两个，宾从和同位。宾从来说他预测的是什么，同位来解释他的信念是什么。
4. 翻译：
   1. 在他的案例研究中心，这个人可能错误预测到机械革命将冲击到每天的生活——少数美国家庭拥有直升机，尽管大多数家庭拥有衣服烘干机——，但是他的自给自足是令人向往和不可避免的信念被广泛传播开。
   2. 在他的《案例研究之家》中，拉尔夫·雷普森可能错误地预测了机械革命将如何影响日常生活——很少有美国家庭拥有直升机，尽管大多数家庭最终都有了干衣机——但他认为自给自足既是理想的，也是不可避免的，这一信念得到了广泛认同。