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Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
【单词解析】:the past quarter-century:过去的25年(一个世纪的四分之一);far-reaching:深远的,广泛的;inexorable:不可阻挡的,无法改变的;decline:下降,衰退;scope:范围,余地;coverage:覆盖,覆盖范围;新闻报道。
【句子分析】:本句整体结构为句首状语+主句。
首先找主句谓语动词,可以作谓语的形式只有has been,所以has been为主句谓语动词。其次找主句主语和表语(谓语动词为系动词),主句谓语前从前往后找主语,主语为the most far-reaching,这里用了the+adj.作了主语,还原完整应该是the most far-reaching change, 主句谓语后从前往后找表语,表语为the inexorable decline,表语后in the scope and seriousness介词短语作定语修饰the inexorable decline,in介词短语后又加了of their arts coverage介词短语作定语修饰the scope and seriousness,所以翻译的时候需要从后往前倒译。
最后来分析句首Of all the changes介词短语作状语,在其后加了一个that引导的定语从句作the changes的定语,在定语从句中that充当主语,谓语是have taken place,所以这是一个主语+谓语的句子,in English-language newspapers介词短语在句中作地点状语, during the past quarter-century作时间状语。
【参考译文】:在过去的25年间英文报纸所发生的变化中,影响最 深远的变化可能就是艺术报道在范围和严肃性上都不可阻挡地缩小和降低了。