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Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, whom he remembers from early childhood, of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days，of Pittsburgh steelworkers，and his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin, attest to this.  标志： Portrayals   {［of the folk of Mecklenburg County，North Carolina, (whom   he remembers from early childhood)］, (of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days), (of Pittsburgh steelworkers)}, and his reconstruction   (of classical Greek myths) /in the guise of   the ancient Black kingdom of Benin/, attest   /to this/.  解释：   本句主语之长、主语的长度与谓语长度的比例之大，都是极为罕见的。在最后的三个单词attest   /to this/之前的所有内容，全是主语；主语和谓语的比例达到了46比3。不熟悉GRE和GMAT句式的人是很难把这句话读懂的。句子的主语实际上是一个由and   连接的并列的结构，而真正的主语只有两个：Portrayals   和his reconstruction   。Portrayals后面长度惊人的修饰成分以三个大列举的方式说出了其描述的对象，其中第一个列举中又包含了一个定语从句，修饰前面的folk（人，人们，人民，民族）。第二个主语的修饰成分中使用了一个抽象词组：in the guise of   ，相当于一个介词，其意思是“假借，在……的幌子下，假装”。 5 gre

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意群训练： Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County   ，North Carolina   ，whom he remembers from early childhood   ，of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days   ，of Pittsburgh steelworkers   ，and his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin   ， attest to this   .  译文： 一些描述   ，{［关于（他从小就记得的）北卡罗来纳的M县的人民］、（关于他在H的日子里的爵士乐手和公寓的房顶）、（关于匹兹堡的钢铁工人）}的描述   ，和   （他的）/假借古代贝宁王国/（对古希腊神话的）重塑   ，都表现   /了这一点/。 复杂修饰 074

en	Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, whom he remembers from early childhood, of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days，of Pittsburgh steelworkers，and his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin, attest to this.
parts	意群训练： Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County ，North Carolina ，whom he remembers from early childhood ，of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days ，of Pittsburgh steelworkers ，and his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin ， attest to this .
mark	标志： Portrayals {［of the folk of Mecklenburg County，North Carolina, (whom he remembers from early childhood)］, (of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days), (of Pittsburgh steelworkers)}, and his reconstruction (of classical Greek myths) /in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin/, attest /to this/.
cn	译文：一些描述，{［关于（他从小就记得的）北卡罗来纳的M县的人民］、（关于他在H的日子里的爵士乐手和公寓的房顶）、（关于匹兹堡的钢铁工人）}的描述，和（他的）/假借古代贝宁王国/（对古希腊神话的）重塑，都表现 /了这一点/。
explain	解释：本句主语之长、主语的长度与谓语长度的比例之大，都是极为罕见的。在最后的三个单词attest /to this/之前的所有内容，全是主语；主语和谓语的比例达到了46比3。不熟悉GRE和GMAT句式的人是很难把这句话读懂的。句子的主语实际上是一个由and 连接的并列的结构，而真正的主语只有两个：Portrayals 和his reconstruction 。Portrayals后面长度惊人的修饰成分以三个大列举的方式说出了其描述的对象，其中第一个列举中又包含了一个定语从句，修饰前面的folk（人，人们，人民，民族）。第二个主语的修饰成分中使用了一个抽象词组：in the guise of ，相当于一个介词，其意思是“假借，在……的幌子下，假装”。
type	复杂修饰
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idx	074
category	gre

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