9.5

今日长难句

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.（Text1. 2010）

be farther removed from sth. 与......大相径庭；与......不相干

unfocused / ʌnˈfəukəst / adj.目的不明确的；松散的

at a time when 当时......

newsprint / ˈnju:zprint / n.新闻纸；白报纸

stylish / ˈstailiʃ / adj.时髦的；新潮的

ornament / ˈɔ:nəmənt / n.装饰；摆设；点缀

publication / ˌpʌbliˈkeiʃn / n.出版物

结构分析

你需要知道

句中介词短语at a time...是主句时间状语的同位语，进一步解释说明它是怎样一个时期。并且该介词短语中又嵌套了两个定语从句。

翻译

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。

预告明日长难句

The heightened alert followed an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising numbers in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.（完形. 2010. 英二）