今日长难句：

选自《经济学人》

Rather than finagling to snag a spot in either of the two highly rated, whiter public schools nearby, as her quasi-enlightened Oakland friends do—or considering the progressive private school in the area—she agonizes about her choices, then bucks the trend.

她没有像她的看似开明的奥克兰朋友那样，在附近两所评级较高的白人公立学校中的任何一所找到一席之地，也没有考虑该地区的进步私立学校，而是为自己的选择而苦恼，然后逆势而上。

第一步 简单划分句子成分，进行初步断句

Rather than/ finagling to snag a spot/ in either of the two highly rated, whiter public schools /nearby, as her quasi-enlightened Oakland friends do/—or considering/ the progressive private school /in the area/—she agonizes about her choices, then bucks the trend.

第二步 抓动词，看主语，确定一下句子的基本框架，先看主句再看从句

Rather than finagling to snag a spot in either of the two highly rated, whiter public schools nearby, as her quasi-enlightened Oakland friends do—or considering the progressive private school in the area—she agonizes about her choices, then bucks the trend.

She does...rather than do...这样一个基本句式

后面主句很清晰 就是结尾的这一句She agonizes about her choices, then bucks the trend.

她没有做...而是为自己的选择而苦恼，然后逆势而上

然后我们在返回看开头 Rather than finagling to snag a spot 没有通过欺骗的手段去抢占席位

第三步把刚才跳读和略读的修饰性成分（各种介词短语等）信息还原，细节补充回去，得到句子清晰完整的全貌

in either of the two highly rated, whiter public schools nearby, 在附近两所评级较高的白人公立学校中的任何一所 ；either of 任选其一

as her quasi-enlightened Oakland friends do 像她的看似开明的奥克兰朋友那样

considering the progressive private school in the area 考虑该地区的进步私立学校

核心要点：

1. snag v. 抢先获得

She managed to snag two front row tickets for the concert thanks to a friend's help.

2. either of 两者中任一个 （谓语动词用单数）

Either of the two plans sounds great to me. It is up to you!

3. rate v. 评级;评分

We decided to go to the cinema tonight to watch the highly rated animation film Frozen.

4. agonize v. 烦恼

You should stop agonizing about your bad grades and really start to do something helpful.

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