讲解

回顾

嗯，忽略了一个谓语动词，然后就看到了although从句。

Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v. West Virginia, the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.

生词

• the Supreme Court  最高法院
• prohibit v. 禁止；阻止
• intentional adj. 故意的；有意的
• intention n. 打算，计划；意图
• intentionally adv. 故意地；有意地
• discrimination n. 歧视；区别对待
• racial discrimination 种族歧视
• antidiscrimination n. 反歧视
• practice n. 实践；实际行动

解析

1. 找谓语动词：had prohibited/provided
2. 断开：逗号
3. 简化：Although the Supreme Court… had prohibited… discrimination…, the practice… provided a… way….
4. 重点：去修饰找核心，去掉修饰部分，形容词，副词介词等。
5. 翻译：尽管美国最高法院早在1880年Strauder诉西弗吉尼亚州一案中就已经禁止陪审团遴选中的蓄意种族歧视，但挑选所谓的精英陪审员或蓝丝带陪审员的做法，却为绕开这一反歧视及其它反歧视法案提供了一条捷径。

预习

For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century.

生词

• art-loving 爱好艺术的
• instrumentalists n. 乐器演奏者；擅长演奏乐器的人
• troupe n. 巡回演出团 v. 巡回演出

解析

1. 找谓语动词：compete
2. 简化：For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century.
3. 结构：
   1. 【平行】：not only… but also… 连接的两部分平行结构
4. 翻译：
   1. 由于时间，注意力和艺术爱好者的金钱的公布，古典乐器演奏家不但要跟歌剧院，舞团，剧场公司和博物馆，而且要跟被记录下的20世纪伟大的古典音乐家的表演相较量。
   2. 机翻：为了获得热爱艺术的公众的时间、注意力和金钱，古典乐器演奏家不仅要与歌剧院、舞蹈团、戏剧公司和博物馆竞争，还要与20世纪伟大的古典音乐家的录音表演竞争。
5. 主语之前的修饰部分翻译的有点问题，for 为了，为了什么，后边有个of，翻译的时候就是a of b；b的a，所以就是art-loving public的time attention and money；为了艺术爱好者公共的时间，注意和金钱，古典。。。必须竞争跟not only but also。