【原句】The United States is the product of two principal forces——the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits.
【解析】主句:The United States is the product of two principal forces,同位語并列結構:the immigration of European peoples...and the impact of a new country,定語從句:which modified these traits.
【原句】During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ill” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.
【解析】介詞短語作狀語:During the discussion of rock...;非謂語動詞作后置定語:the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting;句子主干(并列結構):Levin asserted...and even cited...;賓語從句:that “music is not the cause of society’s ill”;同位語:his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York;定語從句:who uses rap to communicate with students.
【原句】”The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it givens freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.”
【解析】主句:he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column;主句的賓語從句2(直接引語):The test of any democratic society lies not in...but in...;從句的賓語從句1:how well it can control expression;從句的賓語從句2:whether it givens freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude;從句的讓步狀語從句:however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be;主語的賓語從句2:We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.