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Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.”
重点词汇
1.grip[grip] v/n.抓住,掌握
2.militant['milit?nt] a.好战的,好斗的,咄咄逼人的;n.好战分子
3.proclaim[pr?u'kleim] v.宣告,宣布
4.hostility[h?'stil?ti] n.敌意,对抗
5.promise['pr?mis] v.承诺,许诺;n.希望,前途
6.joyfully['d??if?li] a.高兴地,喜悦地
7.intellect['int?lekt] n.智力,知识分子
8.eagerness['i:ɡ?nis] n.渴望,热心
9.identify with 参与,认同
结构分析
本句的主干是Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people,而其中people后面的who引导一个定语从句who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children修饰people,而children后面又有一个 who show the least intellectual promise引导的定语从句修饰children。
参考译文
Hofstadter说,我们国家的教育体系掌握在那些“喜不自禁地、咄咄逼人地宣扬对才智的敌视,并且迫不及待地认同那些看来没有希望在才智上有造就的孩子”的人手里。