【待插入句子】 Indeed, at the height of Athenian democracy there was no government separate from its citizenry.

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　　【待插入段落】 During the fifth century B. C. the council of 500 was extremely influential in shaping policy. In the next century, however, it was the mature assembly that took on decision-making responsibility. By any measure other than that of the aristocrats, who had been upstaged by the supposedly inferior "people," the Athenian democracy was a stunning success. Never before, or since, have so many people been involved in the serious business of self-governance. It was precisely this opportunity to participate in public life that provided a stimulus for the brilliant unfolding of classical Greek culture.

　　1.首先公布答案：3rd square;

　　2.然后我們來看一下待插入的句子：Indeed表示強(qiáng)調(diào)，翻譯成“確實(shí)”;at the height of… 在...的巔峰;還有一個(gè)there was no… 用否定來表示強(qiáng)調(diào)：沒有政府是跟全體市民分隔開的，言外之意就是說雅典的民主程度非常之高。 既然是強(qiáng)調(diào)，那前面一定要出現(xiàn)過相應(yīng)的信息。

　　3.最后讓我們來看一下這一段的各個(gè)句子：

　　1st: 議會(huì)(council)在制定(shape)政策上非常有影響力。 2nd: 但在下個(gè)世紀(jì)，成熟的立法機(jī)構(gòu)(assemby)承擔(dān)了做決定的職責(zé)。3rd: (以除了貴族之外的衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)看來，貴族被本應(yīng)是下等人的人民搶去了風(fēng)頭)雅典的民主是一個(gè)巨大的成功. 4th: 空前絕后，從未有這么多人民參與到自我管理的嚴(yán)肅事業(yè)中來。 5th: 正是有了參與到公眾生活的機(jī)會(huì)，才刺激了古典希臘文化的發(fā)展(unfolding,展開)。

　　看完之后就很清楚了，整個(gè)段落一句話總結(jié)——雅典民主很成功。1st承接上文;2nd～4th講民主如何成功;5th講民主帶來的影響。 而我們要插入的地方在民主程度高的后面，所以是在self-governance后面。放進(jìn)去之后跟后面也能搭配起來，perfect.

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　　語法積累：

　　it was… that… 強(qiáng)調(diào)句的固定搭配;

　　other than… 表示否定，除了... 不是...

　　decision-making n+ v-ing; 理解的時(shí)候就按照v+n來理解，making decision;做決策。

　　never before, or since 前無古人，后無來者。