Rather than just another weird episode in thetown that brought you protestingenvironmentalists, this latest drama is a trialfor how today's parents perceive risk, how wetry to keep our kids safe—whether it's possibleto keep them safe-in what feels like anincreasingly threatening world.
與其說這不過是小鎮(zhèn)上又一段令人對(duì)環(huán)保主義者表示抗議的怪異的插曲,還不如說,這出最新上演的戲劇性事件是在考驗(yàn)當(dāng)今的家長(zhǎng)們?nèi)绾卫斫怙L(fēng)險(xiǎn),我們?nèi)绾卧谶@個(gè)感覺日益危險(xiǎn)的世界上努力保護(hù)孩子的安全——無論我們是否有可能保護(hù)他們。
六級(jí)詞匯講解:
本句的主干是...this latest drama is a trial.. rather than引導(dǎo)的部分在句中作狀語,其中that引導(dǎo)的定語從句brought you protesting environmentalists修飾episode; for引導(dǎo)的介賓結(jié)構(gòu)對(duì)主句進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說明,兩個(gè)分別由how引導(dǎo)的賓語從句充當(dāng)for的并列賓語;破折號(hào)中whether引導(dǎo)的狀語從句對(duì)how we try tokeep our kids safe進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說明;in what feels like an increasingly threatening world為地點(diǎn)狀語。
perceive意為“覺察;理解”。如:
I perceived that I could not make up my mind right now.
我發(fā)覺我不能立刻就下定決心。
六級(jí)考點(diǎn)歸納:
then一詞十分常見,除了出現(xiàn)在短語中,如:every now and then(有時(shí))、there and then(當(dāng)場(chǎng))、whatthen(下一步怎么辦)等,這個(gè)詞本身的用法還包括:
作副詞,指過去的時(shí)候意為“那時(shí);當(dāng)時(shí)”;指將來的時(shí)候意為“到那時(shí);屆時(shí)”。如:
We lived in the countryside then.
我們那時(shí)住在鄉(xiāng)下。
作副詞,可以表示“然后;其次;接著;于是”。如:
First comes spring,then summer.
先是春天,接著是夏天。
作副詞,常用于口語中的句首或句尾,意為“那么;就;因而”。如:
Then,let's begin!
那么,咱們就開始吧!
作形容詞,意為“當(dāng)時(shí)的”。如:
The then ruler was very cruel.
當(dāng)時(shí)的統(tǒng)治者非常殘暴。