(单词翻译:单击)
今日长难句：
选自《华盛顿邮报》
On the flip side of that, leaders in Texas and Missouri, both of whom have been extremely critical of the Biden administration and their management of border issues, felt that MPP under Trump was a program that worked, that it kept thousands of migrants out of the United States and sifted through what they believed to be large numbers of fraudulent or illegitimate asylum claims and kept them out of the country.
另一方面，德克萨斯州和密苏里州的领导人都对拜登政府及其对边境问题的管理持极端批评态度，他们认为特朗普领导下的《移民保护协议》是一个行之有效的计划，它将数千名移民拒之门外，筛选了他们认为的大量欺诈性或非法庇护申请，使他们无法进入美国。
第一步 划分句子成分，进行断句
On the flip side of that, leaders/ in Texas and Missouri, both of whom/ have been extremely critical/ of the Biden administration/ and their management of border issues, felt that/ MPP under Trump /was a program /that worked, that it kept/ thousands of migrants /out of the United States and /sifted through /what they believed to be/ large numbers of/ fraudulent or illegitimate /asylum claims /and /kept them/out of the country.
第二步 抓动词、主语，句子主框架显现
On the flip side of that, leaders in Texas and Missouri, both of whom have been extremely critical of the Biden administration and their management of border issues, felt that MPP under Trump was a program that worked, that it kept thousands of migrants out of the United States and sifted through what they believed to be large numbers of fraudulent or illegitimate asylum claims and kept them out of the country.
主语是leaders in Texas and Missouri德克萨斯州和密苏里州的领导人
后面句子中的代词多次出现也是指代这个主语，大家可以还原，然后降低句子阅读和理解的难度。例如下面这句：
both of whom（指代的就是leaders in Texas and Missouri德克萨斯州和密苏里州的领导人
） have been extremely critical of the Biden administration and their management of border issues.
后面这句是第二个逻辑层次：一个宾语从句
The leaders felt that MPP under Trump was a program that worked,
第三个层次：that表示并列和延续，也就是可以理解成
The leaders also felt that it kept thousands of migrants out of the United States and sifted through what they believed to be large numbers of fraudulent or illegitimate asylum claims and kept them out of the country.
what they believed to be可以看做是插入语，可以进行跳读。
large numbers of fraudulent or illegitimate asylum claims大量欺诈性或非法庇护申请
and kept them out of the country （这里的them代指的是migrants）
第三步 我们从头到尾梳理一下，加深一下对句子的理解和把握。
On the flip side of that, leaders in Texas and Missouri, both of whom have been extremely critical of the Biden administration and their management of border issues, felt that MPP under Trump was a program that worked, that it kept thousands of migrants out of the United States and sifted through what they believed to be large numbers of fraudulent or illegitimate asylum claims and kept them out of the country.
另一方面，德克萨斯州和密苏里州的领导人都对拜登政府及其对边境问题的管理持极端批评态度，他们认为特朗普领导下的《移民保护协议》是一个行之有效的计划，它将数千名移民拒之门外，筛选了他们认为的大量欺诈性或非法庇护申请，使他们无法进入美国。
核心要点：
1. illegitimate adj. 非法的
If an activity breaks the law, it is illegitimate.
2. critical adj. 批判的
The school is very keen on cultivating the students' critical thinking skills through reading lessons.
3. management n.管理
Class management skills is essential for all the teachers.
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