新GRE写作辅导：长难句示例二

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6.This preference for exogamy，Gutman suggests， may have derivedfrom　West African rules governing marriage，which，though they differedfrom one tribal group to another，all involved some kind of prohibitionagainst unions with close kin. 　　
古特曼表示，这种对于外部通婚的偏爱很有可能缘起于西部非洲制约着婚姻的规定，尽管这些规定在一个和另一个部落群体之间不尽相同，但都涉及到某种对近亲联姻（union with close kin）的禁止。
8 @7 A8 S& C3 E7 Z1 L) }) p　　7.His thesis works relatively well when applied to discriminationagainst Blacks in the United States，but his definition of racialprejudice as "racially-based negative prejudgments against a groupgenerally accepted as a race in any given region of ethniccompetition，" can be interpreted as also including hostility towardsuch ethnic groups as the Chinese in California and the Jews　　inmedieval Europe.
$ p6 R1 m# l8 c$ \' {9 ~　　该社会学家的命题当被应用于针对美国黑人的歧视时，相对而言尚能适用，但他对种族偏见所下的定义——即“以种族为基础的、针对某个群体的消级的先入之见，而该群体在任何特定的种族竞争地区则被普遍认作一种族”——可被理解成同样也襄括了针对加利福尼亚州的中国人以及中世纪的犹太人这样一些种族群体的敌视态度。
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4 Z4 R0 Z# m7 _　　 8.In large part as a consequence of　the feministmovement，historians have focused a great deal of attention in recentyears on determining more accurately the status of women in　variousperiods.
　　在很大程度上，由于女权主义运动（feminist movement）的缘故，史学家近年来汇聚了大量的注意力，来更为准确地确定妇女在各个历史时期的地位。
2 U5 V+ C6 s- M* D. H4 i' [+ s- B, v　　Life is about growing， learning， and being a better person. Never trying to improve yourself is a guaranteed path to living a completely average life. Can anyone honestly say they want an average life？ Of course not.
& u8 ~5 q5 z) j/ V) P" D　　不会自我提升
　　生活就是不断成长，学习，完善自我的过程。从不努力提升自我是通往平庸生活的必经之路。说实话，有谁愿意过平庸的生活呢？当然没有。
　　10. Being empty inside
　　If you are walking around feeling like there is something missing in your life， you are far from being alone. Sadly， many people will spend their lives feeling this way. Some fill this void with religion， some fill it by having children， and some even fill it with drugs or alcohol.
　　内心空虚
, S  `" |0 G# L( R0 `) y% K8 c　　如果你走来走去总会觉得生活中少了点什么，那么你就离孤独还远。不幸的是，很多人终其一生都有这种感觉。有人用宗教来弥补这种空虚，有人用孩子，还有的甚至用毒品和酒精。