[考研英语长难句]历年考研英语试题长难句练习及详细分析(59)

We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.

译文：我们与20世纪初至二战前夕英国的杂感式报纸评论就更是无缘了，当时，新闻用纸价廉如土，风格独特的艺术评论被看作是对刊登它的出版物的一种装饰。

句子分析：

关于长难句的翻译，我们首先应该做的是断句，理清句子各部分的结构及成分，其次翻译，最后调整语序，通读译文!在断句的时候，我们可以看句子本身是否存在标点，可以根据标点去断句。倘若整个句子无标点，我们可以根据连词比如：when / since/ because/ that/ which 等去断句，或者介词比如：in /at / on/ without/ beyond 等去断句。

回归到本句，不难看出本句没有标点，我们可以利用连词及介词等断句，如下所示：We are even farther removed/ from the unfocused newspaper reviews published /in England /between the turn of the 20th century /and the eve of World War II, /at a time /when newsprint was dirt-cheap / and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications /in which it appeared.

通过断句，我们可以发现句子主干为：We (主语)are (系动词)even farther removed(表语) from the unfocused newspaper reviews(状语);published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II 作后置定语修饰reviews, 很明显published 修饰的是reviews, focused 一般理解为焦点的，聚焦的，有重点的，focused newspaper 可以译为主题鲜明的报纸，那么unfocused newspaper 则为主题多样的报纸，杂感式报纸故此部分可以译为：我们与20世纪初至二战前夕英国的杂感式报纸评论就更是无缘了。

剩余部分，at a time为介词短语 作World War II,的同位语，介词短语其后紧跟两个定语从句，at a time (先行词)when(关系副词) newsprint(主语) was dirt-cheap(谓语) and (并列连词)stylish arts criticism(主语) was considered (谓语)an ornament to the publications in which it appeared(整体作宾语，其中，which 关系代词，先行词为the publications)，该部分中的生词，ornament 译为装饰，摆设，点缀。dirt-cheap 译为毫无价值的，戏如粪土的，非常便宜的。stylish 译为时髦的，现代风格的，潇洒的，雅致的。arts criticism 译为艺术评论。故此部分译为：当时，新闻用纸价廉如土，风格独特的艺术评论被看作是对刊登它的出版物的一种装饰。

综合考虑，采用顺译的方法，本句译文为：我们与20世纪初至二战前夕英国的杂感式报纸评论就更是无缘了，当时，新闻用纸价廉如土，风格独特的艺术评论被看作是对刊登它的出版物的一种装饰。