第56句:外刊篇--直面“白人脆弱”
日期:2021-12-29 18:20

(单词翻译:单击)

今日长难句:

选自《经济学人》

In other words, her memoir is aimed at fellow upper-middle-class white progressives eager to confront their "white fragility," the phrase coined a decade ago by the white educator Robin DiAngelo, whose 2018 book by that title (subtitled Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism) is the bible of many of those DEI specialists I kept hearing about.

换句话说,她的回忆录是针对那些渴望直面自己的“白人脆弱”的中上层白人进步人士, 这个短语是白人教育家罗宾·迪安杰洛(Robin DiAngelo)在10年前创造的,她2018年出版的书籍(副标题为《为什么白人很难谈论种族主义》就是我一直听说的许多DEI专家的圣经。


第一步 简单划分句子成分,进行初步断句

In other words, her memoir/ is aimed at /fellow upper-middle-class white progressives/ eager to/ confront their "white fragility," the phrase coined /a decade ago /by the white educator Robin DiAngelo, whose 2018 book /by that title /(subtitled Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism) is the bible of/ many of those /DEI specialists/I kept hearing about.


第二步 抓动词,看主语,确定一下句子的基本框架,先看主句再看从句, 可将关系代词和代词指代的内容一一对照确定好,然后把它们都拆分成独立的简单句辅助理解。


In other words, her memoir/ is aimed at /fellow upper-middle-class white progressives/ eager to/ confront their “white fragility,” the phrase coined /a decade ago /by the white educator Robin DiAngelo, whose 2018 book /by that title /(subtitled Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism) is the bible of/ many of those DEI specialists/I kept hearing about.

动词is aimed at, confront, coined, is, hear about 分别找到他们对应的动作发出者也就是主语

Her memoir is aimed at (a group of people) :white progressives 白人进步人士

These people(指代的是white progressives) are eager to confront their white fragility.

The phrase "white fragility" is coined a decade ago by Robin.

Her 2018 book was by that title.

Her book is the bible of DEI specialists.

I kept hearing about many of the DEI specialists. (those 就是修饰这群DEI专家的)


第三步把刚才跳读和略读的修饰性成分(各种介词短语等)信息还原,细节补充回去,得到句子清晰完整的全貌

in other words 换句话说

fellow upper-middle-class 中上层人士

(subtitled Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism)括号里的补充信息就是说明副标题的内容

那么我们就得到了整个句子清晰完整的全貌。



核心要点:

1. aim at 瞄准 针对

The program is aimed at teenagers between the age of 13-15 who suffer from depression, anxiety and other psychological problems.

2. confront v. 面对

We need to learn to confront the difficulties in our life instead of finding ways to avoid them.

3. coin v. 创造新词

He coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.


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