2018屠屠考研英語長難句 一日一句(80)

80. In each case the pattern is the same: young people adopt a new form of entertainment, older people are spooked by its unfamiliarity and condemn it, but eventually the young grow up and the new medium becomes accepted—at which point another example appears and the cycle begins again.

【結構分析】

 冒號將句子分為兩部分，冒號後面對前面進行解釋，其中 以but為切入點，得到並列結構“…，…，but…and…”即young people…, older people…, but eventually the young…and…其中第二個並列結構older people are spooked by its unfamiliarity and condemn it中又由連詞and並列兩個謂語。破折號後面使用定語從句，其中which指代上文的一整句the new medium becomes accepted，其中從句中又由and並列兩個分句another example appears和 the cycle begins again。

【詞彙】

 spook 驚嚇

condemn 指責

medium 媒體

at..point 此刻

【參考譯文】 每一個實例都有着相同的模式：年輕人接受了一種新的娛樂形式，年長的人因陌生而受驚，於是對其批評指責。最終，年輕人長大成人，於是新媒體被社會承認——此時，另一種娛樂形式出現，循環模式再次開始。