每日長難句 36

原句：

While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page.

【2005?Text 4】

單詞：

?modestly adv. 在很小的程度上；謙遜地，謙虛地；靦腆地

?educated adj. 受過教育的；有教養(yǎng)的

?seek v. 尋求，尋找；探索，搜索（過去式和過去分詞sought）

?elevated adj. 高貴的；提高的；高尚的，崇高的?

?put pen to paper 下筆寫字?

?well regarded 受到好評(píng)的

?capture v. 充分體現(xiàn)；俘獲，奪得

分析長難句：

找謂語動(dòng)詞：

While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page.

斷開長難句：

While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, / even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page.

①讓步狀語從句：While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s

②時(shí)間狀語從句：when they put pen to paper

③主句：even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page

譯文：

在20世紀(jì)60年代之前，即便是受教育不多的人在下筆時(shí)都會(huì)尋求一種高雅的腔調(diào)，但從那以后，甚至是最受好評(píng)的文章都力求在書面語上使用口語化的英語。