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讲解
Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families
who
have lived in the U.S. for many generations—apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.
生词
- typically
adv.
通常,一般;代表性地,典型地,作为特色地 - especially
adv.
特别;尤其 - generation
n.
一代人,同代人,同辈人 - apparently
adv.
显然地,表面上 - apparent
adj.
显然的,表面上的 - reach limit 达到极限
解析
- 找谓语动词:have lived/reached
- 断开:who
- 【主句】句1:Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people — especially those born to families … — apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.
- 【定语从句】句2:who have lived in the U.S. for many generations
- 【分裂结构】:两个破折号之间的内容:especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations,作为插入语,造成主句分割
- 【简化主句】:…people …reached …limit …
预习
While Washington and Jefferson privately expressed distaste for slavery
,
they also understoodthat
it was part of the political and economic bedrock of the countrythey
helped to create.
生词
- privately
adv.
私下地;秘密地 - distaste
n.
不喜欢;反感;厌恶 - part of … 部分
- bedrock
n.
基岩;基本原则;基础
解析
- 找谓语动词:expressed/understood/was/helped
- 断开:,/that/they
- 【主句】句1:they also understood
- 【while引导的让步状语从句】句2:While Washington and Jefferson privately expressed distaste for slavery
- 【that引导的宾语从句】句3:that it was part of the political and economic bedrocr of the country
- 【定语从句】they helped to create.
- 【嵌套】:understood后的宾语从句中内含一个(?没有引导词)的定语从句修饰country
- 尽管华盛顿和杰斐逊私下表示厌恶奴隶制,但他们也知道这是他们着手创建的国家的政治和经济的基础的一部分。
- 机翻:华盛顿和杰斐逊私下里对奴隶制表示厌恶,但他们也明白,奴隶制是他们帮助创建的国家的政治和经济基础的一部分。