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(As relative newcomers to the Southwest), (a place) (where their climate, neighbors, and rulers could be equally inhospitable), the Navajo created these art forms to affect the world around them, (not just through the recounting of the actions symbolized, but through the beauty and harmony of the artworks themselves. ) (TPO41, 49)
托福閱讀長難句100句分析:
這個句子的主干部分:
the Navajo created these art forms to affect the world around them
修飾一:(As relative newcomers to the Southwest),介詞短語
中文:作為西南部相對較新的人
修飾二:(a place) ,同位語
中文:一個地方
修飾三:(where their climate, neighbors,and rulers could be equally inhospitable) ,從句
中文:在那里氣候惡劣、鄰居冷漠以及統(tǒng)治者暴政
修飾四:(not just through the recounting of the actions symbolized, but through the beauty and harmony of the artworks themselves. ),介詞短語
注意這里有一個搭配:not just … but … 不僅…而且
中文:不僅是通過詳述這些象征性的行為,而且還通過藝術(shù)品本身的美和和諧
托福閱讀長難句100句參考翻譯:
作為西南部(在那里氣候惡劣、鄰居冷漠以及統(tǒng)治者暴政)相對較新的人,納瓦霍人不僅是通過詳述這些象征性的行為,而且還通過藝術(shù)品本身的美和和諧,創(chuàng)造了這些藝術(shù)形式來影響他們周圍的世界。
這個句子的主要修飾成分就是從句、介詞短語和同位語,大家務(wù)必想清楚,每一個修飾成分修飾的是什么,才能看清楚這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。