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   1. People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption" launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered "vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere."

  【分析】复合句。句子主干为People are absorbed into "a culture of consumption"。launched by…作后置定语,修饰 a culture of consumption,其中包含 that 定语从句,修饰限制department stores。
  【译文】人们沉迷于一种由19世纪的百货商店所掀起的“消费文化”中。这些商店“在优雅的购物环境中提供琳琅满目的商品”。
  【点拨】array作动词时,意为“部署”或“穿着”。作名词时,意为“展示;陈列”,“大堆;大量”或“数组,阵列”。
  2. "Instead of intimate shops catering1 to a knowledgeable2 elite," these were stores "anyone could enter, regardless of class or background."
  【分析】复合句。句子主干为these were stores。介词结构 instead of …作状语,其中 catering to...作 intimate shops的后置定语;anyone could…又是省略引导词的定语从句修饰stores。
  【译文】与那些只满足有品位的精英人士需求的精品店铺不同,这些商店“无论阶层背景,人人皆可踏足其间。
  【点拨】intimate常用意为“亲密的,密切的”,本句中意为“精致的,优雅的”。

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1 catering WwtztU     
n. 给养
参考例句:
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的?
2 knowledgeable m2Yxg     
adj.知识渊博的;有见识的
参考例句:
  • He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
  • He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

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