2010考研英语（一）Text 1真题原文精讲（3）

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　　①We are even farther removed from the discursive 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-cheapand stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. ②In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. ③Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. ④These men(for they were all men) believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. ⑤“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote,“that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.’”我们已经离那些在英格兰出版的20纪初期到二战前的主题自由的报纸评论很远了，那时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是这些出版物的一种装饰。在那个遥远的年代，主流报纸的评论家们会把报道的事件详细充分地记录下来，这被认为是理所当然。这些评论家们所从事的是严肃的事业，而且，甚至是那些喜欢卖弄学问的评论家们(如GBS和EN)，人们也相信他们知道自己在做什么。这些评论家把新闻行业看作是一个职业，并且为他们的评论文章能够在日报中刊登出版而自豪。“能拥有足够的脑力或足够的文学天赋去终生从事新闻业的作者是如此的少”， N写道，“以致于，我禁不住把‘新闻业’定义成被某些无知作家用来形容真正的作家的侮辱性术语。”

　　①We are even farther removed from the discursive 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.我们已经离那些在英格兰出版的20纪初期到二战前的主题自由的报纸评论很远了，那时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是这些出版物的一种装饰。

　　句子主干是：we are removed from the discursive newspaper reviews......。

　　publishedin .....部分是分词后定。这里也可以使用定语从句：which were published.....但是，这多麻烦，英语是能省略就省略。

　　cursive adj. 草书的 -- discursive adj. 东拉西扯的；散漫的；离题的。（真题里面，出题人换成了unfocused，选项中给的答案是free：自由的主题）

　　published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II那些评论是出版在英格兰，是在二十世纪初到二战前出版的。

　　theturn of the 20th : 二十世纪之交，就是转到二十世纪，那么就是二十世纪初了

　　at a time when ①newsprint was dirt-cheap and ②stylish artscriticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. 那时，新闻用纸非常便宜，而且时髦的文艺评论被认为是这些出版物的一种装饰。

　　a time 指代二十世纪初到二战前这段时间，这里是泛指那段时间，而不是指在英格兰的这段时间，所以用a。就是那个时代，不仅英格兰是那样，其他的地方也是那样，上面是具体指英格兰，下面是一般只那段时间。publications 指上面说出版的评论物，it指代的是unfocused newspaper reviews. when是time的定语从句。in which部分定语从句，修饰publications

　　ornament：n. 装饰物 -- ornate v. 装饰。

　　②In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.在那个遥远的年代，主流报纸的评论家们会把报道的事件详细充分地记录下来，这被认为是理所当然。

　　这句话有个短语：take sth for granted:认为.......是理所当然的。 it是形式主语，真正的主语是that部分

　　events后面的they covered 是event的定语从句，省略了that。

　　in those far-off days 指代上面的那个时代，即，二十世纪初到二战前。

　　【逻辑梳理】到这里我们可以看到第二段中说的高质量的艺术评论的具体内容之一是：unfocused newspaper reviews. 呼应段说的范围（scope）的内容。

　　③①Theirs was a serious business, and ②even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shawand Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. 这些评论家们所从事的是严肃的事业，而且，甚至是那些喜欢卖弄学问的评论家们(如GBS和EN)，人们也相信他们知道自己在做什么。

　　这句话是两个句子，用and连接的

　　①句子主干：Theirs was a serious business，他们的事业是严肃的。

　　theirs是最值得讲的地方，看清楚，是加s的哦！这是个名词性物主代词，指代的是那些评论家的事业。这里可以写成：Their business was aserious business

　　②句子主干：even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman,could be trusted to know what they were about。甚至是那些喜欢卖弄学问的评论家们(如GBS和EN)，人们也相信他们知道自己在做什么。

　　who部分是定语从句，修饰reviwers，wear v. 呈现；流露。lightly adv. 轻微地。（这里是说那些稍微有点卖弄自己学问的评论家，就是看起来好像有点不正经、不严肃的评论家，人也相信他们知道自己该做什么，就是相信他们心里有数，不会乱来）。what部分是know的宾语从句。

　　【逻辑梳理】二三句是阐述严肃性的问题，这里是说，首先这些评论家做的事情（写艺术评论）是严肃的。对应段说的严肃性，而且还说，就算是那种看起来有点炫耀自己的人都是知道自己在做什么的人，都是心里有数的。而且人们也相信他们。就是这些人虽然有的看起来可能不那么正经，但是，人家是真的大师。

　　④These men believed in journalism as a calling, and (these men) were proud to be published in the daily press.这些评论家把新闻行业看作是一个职业，并且为他们的评论文章能够在日报中刊登出版而自豪。

　　这里是两句话，用and连接的

　　believe in 相信。calling n. 事业；职业；使命感。

　　这里的be published是被动，所以，没有宾语，它的逻辑宾语是这些评论家的文章。

　　⑤“So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are’.” “能拥有足够的脑力或足够的文学天赋去终生从事新闻业的作者是如此的少”，N写道，“以致于，我禁不住把‘新闻业’定义成被某些无知作家用来形容真正的作家的侮辱性术语。”

　　这句话包含一个so.....that.....结构。而连接的是两个句子，Newman wrote这部分可以提到句首。

　　前面一个是：few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism拥有足够的脑力或者足够的文学天赋去终生从事新闻业的人是如此的少。

　　这里brain指脑子，引申成为脑力。keep sb do sth 保持做某事.

　　end up in journalism 直译：结束在新闻业里面，也就是，一生都投入进去了的意思。

　　后面一个句子是难点：I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are

　　这句话的主干是：I am tempted to define‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt我将试图把新闻业定义成一个侮辱的术语

　　define A as B 将A定义成为B,就是认为A是B。journalism n. 新闻业

　　contempt n. 侮辱。这里出题老师蛮狠，将tempt和contempt混用在一起，两个词的意思完全不一样，极其强的干扰。还有个形近词：contemplate vt. 思考；考虑

　　当然这句话最难的不是主句，而是contempt这个词的分词后置定语：

　　applied by writers who are not read to writers who are。这里可以写成：contempt which is applied by writers who are not read to writers who are read这个侮辱性的术语是被那些没有学问的作者用于（描述）有学问的作者的。

　　read adj. 有学问的。aply sth to sth：应用；使用。这里的两个writers是不一样的。

　　总结：第三段是说了三件事情-- ①我们已经远离了那个评论主题自由的时代了（即范围问题）；②评论家的事业是严肃的，他们知道自己在做什么（即严肃性问题）；③很少有作者能在新闻业里呆一辈子，因为很少有人有足够的脑力和文学（文字）天赋去完成评论（艺术评论）的工作。

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