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en Its subject (to use Maynard Mack's categories) is “life-as-spectacle,” for readers, diverted by its various incidents, observe its hero Odysseus primarily from without; the tragic Iliad , however, presents “life-as-experience”:readers are asked to identify with the mind of Achilles, whose motivations render him a not particularly likable hero.
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意群训练: Its subject (to use Maynar d Mack's categories ) is “life-as-spectacle ,” for readers , diverted b y its various incidents , observe its hero Odysseus primarily from without ; the tragic Iliad , however , presents “life-as-experience ”: readers are aske d to identify wit h the mind of Achilles , whose motivations render him a not particularl y likable hero .

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请思考:如果看不懂分号前的without的意思,是否可用合理化原则 根据分号后的那句话推理出其意思

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标志: Its subject (to use Maynard Mack's categories) is “life-as-spectacle,” for readers , diverted / by its various incidents ,/ observe its hero Odysseus /primarily from without/; the tragic Iliad , however , presents “life-as-experience”: readers are asked to identify /with the mind [of Achilles, (whose motivations render him a not particularly likable hero)]/.

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译文: 其主题如果使用Maynard Mack的分类法把生活作为景象 ”,因为读者 ,由于 /其不同的事件 /转移了注意力 ,/主要从外部的角度来/ 观察 其主人公Odysseus;然而 悲剧I ,却表现了 一种“把生活当作经历” :读者们被要求去认同 /Achilles[的内心世界,(而Achilles的动机使得他成为一个不是特别有吸引力的主人公)]/。

解释: 本句中尽管也存在一些复杂修饰和插入的内容,但是本句话之所以难懂,与其说是因为这些东西的影响,倒不如说是因为用词的抽象和语义的难以理解。作为一篇文学评论型的文章,文章中充斥着一些很抽象的词汇;在本句话中就有subject / category / spectacle / divert / incident / hero / primarily / without / present / identify / motivation / particularly / likable等等。背过这些单词的中文释义,并不意味着在阅读中能够清楚地理解其真正含义。对于抽象词的训练方法,请参见附录中的《阅读抽象词提速法》。这里仅解释几个对于这句话最重要的单词:

hero:在此不是指英雄。在文学评论型的文章当中,此单词的意思是主人公。

without:在此处是一个熟词僻义,意思是外部,等于outside

likable:不可望文生义,它不是像什么东西的意思,而是有吸引力的意思,其同义词有pleasant或attractive。

本句中,对于理解全句起到最大影响的,就是能否正确地理解without这个单词。然而问题在于,如果不认识without的这个熟词僻义,是否可用合理化原则 根据分号后的那句话推理出其意思?根据紧跟着分号的however ,我们可以推断出分号前后的两句话所说的内容截然相反,因此可以从Iliad戏剧的描述中推出,without的意思应该是不去认同其主人公的内心世界。

type 复杂修饰+插入语+抽象词+熟词僻义
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