今日长难句：

选自《大西洋月刊》

UC Davis had apportioned 16 out of its 100 seats for applicants from underrepresented groups, and Bakke sued, arguing that the program violated his rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities receiving federal funds from discrimination.

加州大学戴维斯分校将其100个席位中的16个分配给了代表性不足群体的申请者，因此，巴克提起诉讼，辩称该项目侵犯了《第十四条修正案》保障的他的权利，以及禁止接受联邦资金的实体受到歧视的《民权法案》第六条。

第一步 划分句子成分，进行断句

UC Davis had apportioned/ 16 out of its 100 seats /for applicants /from underrepresented groups, and Bakke sued, arguing that/ the program violated his rights /guaranteed by /the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as /Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which /bars entities receiving federal funds/ from discrimination.

第二步 抓动词、主语，句子主框架显现

UC Davis had apportioned 16 out of its 100 seats for applicants from underrepresented groups, and Bakke sued, arguing that the program violated his rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities receiving federal funds from discrimination.

主语UC Davis 动词 apportioned

第一层逻辑信息：UC Davis had apportioned 16 out of its 100 seats for applicants from underrepresented groups. 加州大学戴维斯分校将其100个席位中的16个分配给了代表性不足群体的申请者

第二层逻辑信息：主语Bakke 动词 sued，还有一个非谓语结构的arguing that 后面是一个宾语从句，具体说明他辩称的内容：Bakke sued, arguing that the program violated his rights. 巴克提起诉讼，辩称该项目侵犯了他的权利。

第三步我们再看修饰补充类型成分的细节，添加到已获取的主框架里

Bakke sued, arguing that the program violated his rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, （后置定语）侵犯了《第十四条修正案》保障的他的权利。

as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities receiving federal funds from discrimination. （非限制性定语从句，补充说明）：以及禁止接受联邦资金的实体受到歧视的《民权法案》第六条。

这两部分都是对他的权利的修饰说明，是受到这两部法律保护的权利。

那么下面，我们再来从头到尾梳理一下，加深对句子的理解和把握：

UC Davis had apportioned 16 out of its 100 seats for applicants from underrepresented groups, and Bakke sued, arguing that the program violated his rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities receiving federal funds from discrimination.

加州大学戴维斯分校将其100个席位中的16个分配给了代表性不足群体的申请者，因此，巴克提起诉讼，辩称该项目侵犯了《第十四条修正案》保障的他的权利，以及禁止接受联邦资金的实体受到歧视的《民权法案》第六条。

核心要点：

1. bar v. 禁止；bar sb from doing sth

The players are barred from drinking alcohol before the sports match.

2. discrimination n.歧视

These women are brave enough to fight against gender discrimination in the workplace.

3. underrepresented adj. 代表性不足的

Asian Americans are still very underrepresented in a lot of western media reports.

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