140【讲解】静姐考研英语每日一句 I 2020英一T1-02

每日长难句 140

原句：

A cynic might speculate / that the UK is no the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: / after town of culture, who knows / what will follow—village of culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture?

【2020 英语一 Text1】

生词：

✅cynic n. 愤世嫉俗的人（文中引申为“质疑者）

✅speculate v. 猜疑，思索，推测

✅on the verge of… 濒临于…，即将…

✅self-celebration 自我庆贺，自我赞美

✅reinvent v. 彻底改造，重新创造；以新形象示人（reinvent oneself）

✅Brexit  n. 英国脱欧

✅hamlet n. 小村庄

分析：

📝主句：

A cynic might speculate…after town of culture, who knows

📝从句：

• that the UK is no the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world
• what will follow—village of culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture?

（均为宾语从句）

译文：

怀疑者可能会推测，英国迫切想要在脱欧后的世界展现新形象，即使湮没于无休止的自我庆祝的狂热之中：文化之镇之后，谁知道还会有什么称号呢——文化之乡？文化之郊？文化之村？