今日长难句:
选自《经济学人》
Instead the city attracted artists and aspiring club owners, lured by low rents and countless abandoned factories and warehouses that made for fabulous studios and party venues.
相反,这座城市吸引了艺术家和有追求的俱乐部老板,低廉的租金和无数废弃的工厂和仓库吸引了他们,这些工厂和仓库是绝佳的工作室和派对场所。
这句话的主句是the city attracted sb,城市吸引某人,某人又被什么所吸引呢?之后lured by sth是过去分词作后置定语修饰artists and aspiring club owners,与之是被动的关系,也就是这些艺术家和俱乐部老板被low rents低廉的租金,countless abandoned factories无数废弃的工厂 ,warehouses和仓库所吸引。再往后是that引导的定语从句修饰之前三个并列关系的短语(low rents,countless abandoned factories 和warehouses),that made for fabulous studios and party venues.这些都是是绝佳的工作室和派对场所。
总结下,这句话由两个简单句组成,两个谓语动词是attacted和made。整句话意思是:相反,这座城市吸引了艺术家和有追求的俱乐部老板,他们被低廉的租金和无数废弃的工厂和仓库所吸引,这些工厂和仓库是绝佳的工作室和派对场所。
核心要点:
1.aspiring adj. 有抱负的;渴望从事……的
例:Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day.
有抱负的音乐家每天需要练习很多小时。
2.lure v. 引诱,诱惑
例:Young people are lured to the city by the prospect of a job and money.
年轻人希望打工赚钱,从而被诱惑到城市。
3.venue n. (事件的)发生地点,(活动的)场所
例:Something had to be done, because the music venues and the audience kept getting larger and larger.
由于音乐场地和观众群体的增加,我们必须需要采取一些行动。
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