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<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="arrival">arrival</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unassimilated">unassimilated</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="requiring">requiring</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="abandon">abandon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="notion">notion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="melting">melting</span> <span word="pot">pot</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gorgeous">gorgeous</span> <span word="mosaic">mosaic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="distinctive">distinctive</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="manage">manage</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whole">whole</span>.</p><p> 参考答案:</p><p> 要点：本句是长句而非难句，因为句子中没有任何复杂结构。句子的句架是<span word="The">The</span> <span word="arrival">arrival</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unassimilated">unassimilated</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="requiring">requiring</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="to">to</span>...<span word="and">and</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="into">into</span>...。<span word="which">which</span>引导定语从句修饰先行词<span word="a">a</span> <span word="gorgeous">gorgeous</span> <span word="mosaic">mosaic</span>。</p><p> 译文：数百万未被同化的移民的到来要求美国放弃熔炉的旧观念，并把自己转化成一件努力将不同的种族融合在一起的璀璨的镶嵌艺术品。</p><p> </p>
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