文本:Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed—and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe. The Europe that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities.
1. What can be learnt from the text?
✔A. Television is functioning most greatly in uniting the European peoples and nations
B. The Europe is confronted with dividing peoples, cultures and national identities
2. Please translate the sentences into Chinese.
Television is one of the means（手段） by which these feelings are created and conveyed（传达）—and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.
电视是人们思想创造和传递的途径之一，欧洲历史上大概从没有过这么多不同的人和国家像近来发生的事件中彼此交流。↓
电视是引发和传递这些感受的手段之一——在欧洲近来发生的事件中，它把不同的民族和国家连到一起，其作用之大，可能前所未有。
The Europe that is now forming（形成） cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities.
（Not anything other than = nothing except = just）
欧洲现在正在形成包含人民，文化，和国家身份（的交流）。↓
电视环境塑造的欧洲，正是它的民族及各族的文化和国家品牌。
逐句解读↓
第一句
[1] Television is one of the means [2] by which these feelings are created and conveyed — [3] and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.
本句中分句[1]与[3]为并列句
[1]（S+LV+P）
主：Television 电视
系：is 是
表：one of the means 手段之一
译文：电视是手段之一
[2] 修饰means的定语从句（S+V）
状：by which = by these means 通过这些手段
主：these feelings 这些感受
谓：are created and conveyed （被）引发并传递
译文：引发并传递这些感受的（手段）
[3]（S+V）
连：and
状：perhaps never before 有可能前所未有
主：it 指television 电视
谓：has served 起作用
状：so much 如此之大
状：to connect different peoples and nations 把不同的民族和国家联系起来
状：as in the recent events in Europe 就像在欧洲近来发生的事件中
译文：在欧洲近来发生的事件中，它（电视）把不同的民族和国家连到一起，其作用之大，可能前所未有
本句译文
电视是引发和传递这些感受的手段之一——在欧洲近来发生的事件中，它把不同的民族和国家连到一起，其作用之大，可能前所未有。
第二句
[1] The Europe [2] that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities.
[1] 主句（S+LV+P）
主：The Europe 欧洲
系：can be 是
表：not anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national identities. 正（是）它的民族及各族的文化和国家品牌
注释：Not anything other than = nothing except = just
译文：欧洲现在正在形成的正是它的民族及各族的文化和国家品牌
[2] 修饰Europe的定语从句（S+V）
主：that 指欧洲
谓：is now forming 正在成形
译文：（在电视环境）塑造的（欧洲）
本句译文
电视环境塑造的欧洲，正是它的民族及各族的文化和国家品牌。
