每日長難句 155

原句：

A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environmentalists have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of / what was once a sovereign nation.

【2017 英語一 Text2】

生詞：

vocal adj. 大聲表達的，直言不諱的；口頭的

environmentalist n. 環(huán)保人士，環(huán)境保護者

view…as… 把…看作為…

presence n. 存在，出席

sacred adj. 神圣的，宗教的

reminder n. 引起回憶的事物

sovereign adj. 有主權的，獨立自主的

分析：

??找謂語：

①A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environmentalists have long viewed their presence…

②what was once a sovereign nation

??斷開長難句：

①主句：

A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environmentalists have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of

②從句：（賓語從句）

what was once a sovereign nation

??平行結(jié)構(gòu)：

①small but vocal

②Hawaiians and environmentalists

③disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation

譯文：

一個由夏威夷人和環(huán)保主義者組成的人數(shù)少但敢于直言的群體長久以來一直把它們（這些望遠鏡）的存在視為對圣地的不尊重和對曾經(jīng)主權國家被占領的痛苦提醒。