《红宝书》考研英语词汇
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In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
词汇突破
degradation [ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn]
n. 退化；降格，降级；堕落，落魄；损害，恶化，衰退
controversialist [,kɔntrə'və:ʃəlist]
n. 争论者
triumph [ˈtraɪʌmf]
n. 胜利，凯旋；欢欣；巨大成功，重大胜利
vi. 获得胜利，成功
结构分析
此句的主干是：In his latest book, John McWhorter see ... as ... for ...。其中，book 的同位语是书名 Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should Like, Care。主语 John McWhorter 后又接了插入的同位语 a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views，说明主语的身份。
参考译文
约翰·麦克沃特是一位语言学家，同时也是一位兼具自由主义和保守主义观点的争议者。在他的新书《做我们自己的事:语言和音乐的退化以及为什么我们应该喜欢和关心》中，他认为正式英语的衰落是由于上世纪60年代反文化运动的胜利。
