【原句】The United States is the product of two principal forces——the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits.
【解析】主句:The United States is the product of two principal forces,同位语并列结构:the immigration of European peoples...and the impact of a new country,定语从句:which modified these traits.
【原句】During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ill” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.
【解析】介词短语作状语:During the discussion of rock...;非谓语动词作后置定语:the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting;句子主干(并列结构):Levin asserted...and even cited...;宾语从句:that “music is not the cause of society’s ill”;同位语:his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York;定语从句:who uses rap to communicate with students.
【原句】”The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it givens freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.”
【解析】主句:he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column;主句的宾语从句2(直接引语):The test of any democratic society lies not in...but in...;从句的宾语从句1:how well it can control expression;从句的宾语从句2:whether it givens freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude;从句的让步状语从句:however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be;主语的宾语从句2:We won’t retreat in the face of any threats.