托福阅读备考之长难句分析:举行集会(在线收听

   The focus of life was the agora, the open marketplace where assemblies could be held and where issues of the day, as well as more fundamental topics such as the purpose of government or the relationship between law and freedom, could be discussed and decisions made by individuals in person. ( TPO43, 50)

  assembly /?'sembl?/ n. 集合,集会;装配,安装
  大家自己先读,不回读,看一遍是否能理解
  The focus of life was the agora, (the open marketplace) (where assemblies could be held) and (where issues of the day, as well as more fundamental topics such as the purpose of government or the relationship between law and freedom, could be discussed and decisions made by individuals in person). ( TPO43, 50)
  托福阅读长难句解析:
  这个句子的主干就是:
  The focus of life was the agora
  修饰一:(the open marketplace) ,同位语
  中文:开发的市场
  修饰二:(where assemblies could be held) ,从句
  中文:在那里可以举行集会
  修饰三:(where issues of the day, as well as more fundamental topics such as the purpose of government or the relationship between law and freedom, could be discussed and decisions made by individuals in person) ,从句
  其中还有一个插入语:
  as well as more fundamental topics such as the purpose of government or the relationship between law and freedom
  中文:在那里讨论当天的问题,以及像政府的目的或法律与自由的关系这样的基本问题,并且每个人都做出自己的决定。
  托福阅读长难句参考翻译:
  生活的焦点是集会,集会是一个开放的市场,在那里可以举行集会,在那里讨论当天的问题,以及像政府的目的或法律与自由的关系这样的基本问题,并且每个人都做出自己的决定。
  这个句子的主要修饰成分就是从句、同位语和插入语,大家务必想清楚,每一个修饰成分修饰的是什么,才能看清楚这个句子的结构。
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