GRE考試閱讀理解長難句解析（14）

　　Now we must also examine the culture as we Mexican Americans have experienced it, passing from a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving settlers to, finally, a conquered people—a charter minority on our own land.

　　【標識】

　　Now we must also examine the culture 1[as we Mexican Americans have experienced it], 2we passing 3{from a sovereign people to compatriots 4[with newly arriving settlers] to, finally, a conquered people}—a charter minority 5[on our own land].

　　【難點】

　　1. 長句。as引導(dǎo)的方式狀語從句。

　　2. 無頭句。passing from…on our own land省略主語we。

　　3. 長句。from…to…to…構(gòu)成的平行結(jié)構(gòu)。4. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。with newly arriving settlers修飾compatriots。5. 介詞結(jié)構(gòu)倒裝。on our own land修飾charter minority。

　　【譯文】

　　現(xiàn)在，我們也必須用我們墨西哥裔美國人的經(jīng)歷來審視這個文化：我們本來是一個有主權(quán)的民族，接著變成了剛剛到此定居者的同胞，最后淪落為一個被征服的民族，變成了自己土地上的特許的少數(shù)派。