每日長難句 140

原句：

A cynic might speculate / that the UK is no the verge of disappearing into an?endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the?post-Brexit world: / after town of culture, who knows / what will follow—village of?culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture?

【2020 英語一 Text1】

生詞：

?cynic?n.?憤世嫉俗的人（文中引申為“質(zhì)疑者）

?speculate?v.?猜疑，思索，推測

?on the verge of…?瀕臨于…，即將…

?self-celebration?自我慶賀，自我贊美

?reinvent?v. 徹底改造，重新創(chuàng)造；以新形象示人（reinvent oneself）

?Brexit??n.?英國脫歐

?hamlet?n.?小村莊

分析：

??主句：

A cynic might speculate…after town of culture, who knows

??從句：

• that the UK is no the verge of disappearing into an?endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the?post-Brexit world
• what will follow—village of?culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture?

（均為賓語從句）

譯文：

懷疑者可能會推測，英國迫切想要在脫歐后的世界展現(xiàn)新形象，即使湮沒于無休止的自我慶祝的狂熱之中：文化之鎮(zhèn)之后，誰知道還會有什么稱號呢——文化之鄉(xiāng)？文化之郊？文化之村？