英语专业四级阅读长难句精炼(13)
<p> 61. <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="overreact">overreact</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="concluding">concluding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="expansion">expansion</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="re">re</span>-<span word="enact">enact</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="greeted">greeted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="suggestion">suggestion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continents">continents</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="drifted">drifted</span>.</p><p> 62. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="consumer">consumer</span> <span word="revolution">revolution</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span>, <span word="three">three</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="remain">remain</span>: <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span>? <span word="What">What</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="motives">motives</span>? <span word="And">And</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="luxuries">luxuries</span>?</p><p> 63. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="infer">infer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="manufacturers">manufacturers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="servicing">servicing</span> <span word="trades">trades</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span>, <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="precise">precise</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="what">what</span>.</p><p> 64. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="immigrating">immigrating</span>, <span word="Grassy">Grassy</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="deny">deny</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="frequently">frequently</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1630<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="notably">notably</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="clergy">clergy</span>, <span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="explanations">explanations</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="departure">departure</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="finds">finds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="explanations">explanations</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="assumed">assumed</span> <span word="primacy">primacy</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="retrospect">retrospect</span>.</p><p> 65. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span>-<span word="and">and</span> <span word="sex">sex</span>-<span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="existed">existed</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1956 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span>- <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sex">sex</span>-<span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="shares">shares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="prevail">prevail</span> <span word="currently">currently</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> 5 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p> 61、当然，对历史反应过度以致结论说关于扩张的问题大多数人都错了与重新形成对大陆漂浮建议理论的反应一样，是危险的。将来对于这些关键问题的研究毫无疑问是必要的，然而不应该否定最近研究结论的说服力，在18世纪的英格兰对于一些微不足道和有使用价值的商品和服务的需求，预示了我们今天的世界。</p>
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