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句子本句
We live in a time when technological change is portrayed as an inexorable, impersonal force: we’d better learn how to surf the tsunami or drown. But as a society, we always have a choice about which direction we take next. Technology isn’t just something that happens to us; it’s something we can decide to build and to use, or not.
插上电源
1. A is portrayed as B： A被描述为B
2. inexorable (that cannot be stopped or changed不可阻挡的;无法改变的)
= relentless=inevitable 不可避免的
3. impersonal 缺乏人情味的;冷淡的; 非指个人的;客观的:
4. tsunami 海啸
5. drown 溺亡
6. happen to sb(短语) 遇到，遇见
开始分解
一句：
We live in a time when technological change is portrayed as an inexorable, impersonal force: we’d better learn how to surf the tsunami or drown.
主干识别：
We live in a time
其他成分：
1.when technological change is portrayed as an inexorable, impersonal force 定语从句

2. we’d better learn how to surf the tsunami or drown. 冒号引导的从句表示解释
第二句：
But as a society, we always have a choice about which direction we take next.
主干识别：
we always have a choice
切分成分：
1. as a society 状语
2. about which direction we take next 定语
第三句：
Technology isn’t just something that happens to us; it’s something we can decide to build and to use, or not.
并列句一：
Technology isn’t just something (that happens to us定语从句)
并列句二：
it’s something (we can decide to build and to use, or not. 定语从句)