IELTS阅读长难句挑战 29/30
The state-led model pursued in Europe from the 1950s to the 1970s, in which bureaucrats controlled services from power networks to transport systems, would have been unimaginable without wartime experience, where the state managed practically everything and ordinary people made tremendous sacrifices, whether on the battlefield or at home.<Building up the pillars of state>
今日表达积累
1. -led:构成形容词,意为“起主导作用的”
2. pursue/pəˈsjuː/verb[transitive]to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve something over a long period of time←追求,继续进行;→pursuit
3. bureaucrat/ˈbjʊərəkræt/noun[countable] someone who works in a bureaucracy and uses official rules very strictly←官僚;官僚主义者;官僚作风的人
4. unimaginable/ˌʌnɪˈmædʒənəbəl/adjective not possible to imagine←不能想象的,想象不到的
5. wartime/ˈwɔːtaɪm/noun [uncountable] the period of time when a country is fighting a war←战时;OPPpeacetime
6.battlefield/ˈbætlfiːld/(alsobattleground/bætlɡraʊnd/)noun[countable] a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought←战场,沙场,战地
结构分析及翻译
The state-led model[主]pursued in Europe from the 1950s to the 1970s, in which[which引导的定语从句修饰主语The state-led model] bureaucrats controlled servicesfrompower networkstotransport systems, would have been[系]unimaginable[表]without wartime experience, where[引导的定语从句修饰wartime experience]the state managed practically everything and ordinary people made tremendous sacrifices, whether[whether引导的为让步状语从句] on the battlefieldorat home.
国家主导的这一模式从1950年代到1970年代在欧洲推行,在此模式下官僚控制了从能源网络到运输系统的(所有)公共事业,如果没有战时经验的话这个模式将是难以想象的,当初的战时经验是国家管理几乎一切事务,普通人做出巨大牺牲,无论是在战场上还是在家庭中。
上期重点表达
termverb[transitive] to use a particular word or expression to name or describe something
gauge(alsogageAmE)/ɡeɪdʒ/noun[countable] something that helps you make a judgment about a person or situation
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