一、以句学句

●For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80’s , down-shifting in the mid-90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life——growing your own organic vegetables , and risking turning into a simpler , less materialistic lifestyle——as a personal recognition of your limitations.

【主干识别】句子的主干部分为down-shifting in the mid-90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life.

【其他成分】For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80’s 为介词短语作状语;growing your own organic vegetables , and risking turning into a simpler为同位语;as a personal recognition of your limitations为状语。

【微观解析】for为介词，the women of my generation为名词， the women of my generation被定语从句who were urged to keep juggling through the 80’s修饰。

【难点探究】not so (as) much...as 这个比较结构的理解通常为“与其说，不如说”，例如：He was not so much angry as disappointed.(与其说他愤怒，不如说他失望。)

【译文赏析】对于我这一代曾在整个80年代为生活奔波的女人们来说，90年代中期出现的归隐恬退与其说使我们寻求一种神话般的美好生活(用有机肥种植蔬菜，并且冒险去过一种更加简单和更少物质的生活方式)，不如说我们清醒地认识到自身能力是有限的。

●Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly:summer homes , European travel , BMWs —— the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago.

【词汇突破】sign 标志

summer home 避暑山庄

【主干识别】People do not seem less interested in success and its signs.

【其他成分】now than formerly 为状语;冒号后的句子summer homes ，European travel , BMWs —— the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago 是对前面主句进行解释说明。

【微观解析】summer homes , European travel, BMWs名词词组表示列举，是松散的句子结构。“—”之后的the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago是对summer homes , European travel , BMWs进行的解释。主句中比较对象为now和formerly;比较内容为“人们对这些事物的兴趣”;比较结果为“人们的兴趣没有减弱”;从句中比较对象为 today 和a decade or two years ago.比较内容为“人们对其需求程度”;比较结果为“现在的需求与以前的需求是一样的”。

【难点探究】出现包含否定的比较结构，且出现由标点引起的松散句子结构，但是在局部分析中句子结构还是很严密的。

【译文赏析】当然，人们现在对成功及各种标志的兴趣似乎并不亚于先前。消夏别墅、欧陆旅游、宝马车——地点、地名以及品牌或许会有变化，但这类事物在今天被人渴求的程度也似乎不会亚于一二十年前。

二、考前练手

通过前两个句子的详细学习，相信各位考生都对比较结构有了更深一步的学习和认识，请大家通过下面的句子练手，检验一下自己的学习成果吧。

Surely there is no more commanding moral imperative for people in the west than to urge each other , and their governments , to bring relief to the world’s poorest.

【点拨】确定出比较的三要素是这个句子理解的难点，加上no以后就可以确定than之后的内容是最高级。

KK教授说，坚持做一件事情挺难，一个人越想成功，他所遭受的委屈也就会越多。要使自己的生命获得更大价值绽放更绚烂的光彩，就不能在乎委屈，不能让它们揪紧我们的心、扰乱我们的生活。要学会一笑置之，要学会超然待之，要学会转化势能。考研更是如此，不到两个月的时间，希望各位考生能坚持下来，创造奇迹!