062 田静考研英语每日一句 I 2008英一T3

每日长难句 62

原句：

Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations—apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.【2008 Text 3】

单词：

✅typically /ˈtɪpɪkli/ adv. 通常，一般；代表性地，典型地，作为特色地

✅especially /ɪˈspeʃəli/ adv. 特别；尤其

✅generation /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/ n. 一代人，同代人，同辈人

✅apparently /əˈpærəntli/ adv. 显然地，表面上 

✅reach limit 达到极限

分析长难句：

找谓语动词：

Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations—apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.

断开长难句：

Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families / who have lived in the U.S. for many generations/ —apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.

①主句：Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people—especially those born to families... —apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s

• 简化：… people…reached… limit… 

②定语从句：who have lived in the U.S. for many generations

📝分裂结构

—especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations—

译文：

尽管现在（美国人）普遍比 140 年前高了大约 2 英寸，但是如今的美国人——特别是那些出生于已经在美国生活了好几代的家庭中的那些人——在 20 世纪 60 年代早期明显达到了他们的（身高）极限。