考研英语 | 长难句每日一练 63

【今日名言】

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.

—— Francis Bacon , British philosopher

天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。

—— 英国哲学家 弗朗西斯·培根

【今日长难句】

For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's,downing-shifting in the mid 90's is not so much a search for the mythical good life as a personal recognitionof your limitations.

思考

(1)请用横线划出从句结构，并说明是什么从句。

(2)请划出特殊结构。

颜色标记为主干

(1)定语从句：who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's

(2)比较结构：not so much a search for the mythical good life as a personal recognitionof your limitations.

难句点睛：

1. 此句话的主干是：For the women ..., downing-shifting..is not so much a search...as a personal recognition...；里面包含一个定语从句，和几个介词短语构成的后置定语。

2. 本句的关键是对比较结构 “not so much... as ...” 的理解，它的意思是 “与其说...不如说...”。

【明日预告】

There is,of course,no single pattern of American character anymore than there is a single English or Turkish or Chinese.

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