🔍 真题长难句精析

The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at American architecture schools.——2011 年英语二 Text3

✏️ 生词及短语

popularize

常见义：普及；使通俗化句中义：v. 推广

emigrate

常见义：移居；移民句中义：v. 移居（外国）

architect

常见义：设计师；缔造者句中义：n. 建筑师

take up post：担任职务

📊 句子结构拆解

主干

：The phrase “less is more”（主语）+ was popularized（谓语）

语法点：

①the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe作a German的同位语，对其进行解释说明；

②who like other…architecture schools为非限定性定语从句修饰先行词a German，谓语动词为emigrated和took up；

③定语从句中，like other people…为介词结构作方式状语，表示emigrated和took up的方式；

📖 参考译文

📋 今日熟词僻义

💡 明日预习

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the world.——2012 年英语一 Text1