①Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifference,”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.②Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse,andthecasualnessandabsenceofdeference”characteristicofpopularculture.democratizev.（使）大眾化uniformityn.同樣；一致（性）discoursen.談話，交談 ③Peopleareabsorbedinto“acultureofconsumption”launchedbythe③Peopleareabsorbedinto“acultureofconsumption”launchedbythe19th-centurydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofinanelegantbeabsorbedinto?人們被一種由19世紀(jì)的百貨商場(chǎng)掀起的“消費(fèi)文化”所同化thatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmospherearrayn.（排列整齊的）一批，一系列，大量eleganta.

④④Insteadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite”thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.主干：InsteadofAthesewere?這些不是A，而是BA：intimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeablecatertoB：stores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorregardlessof?不 ⑤⑤Thisturnedintoapublicanddemocraticact.”⑥Themedia,advertisingandsportsaresformassmedia ①Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture,whichmaynotbealtogetherelevatingbutishardlypoisonous.immigrantn.（外來）fitinto適應(yīng)，融入altogetherad.完全poisonous ②②WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday’simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelsnorresistanttoassimilation.forumatunprecedentedlevels達(dá)到前所未有的水平resistanta.抵抗的，抗拒的（～to）assimilationn.同化 ③③In1998immigrantswere9.8percentofthepopulation;in1900,13.6④Inthe10yearspriorto1990,3.1immigrantsarrivedforevery1,000residents;inthe10yearspriorto1890,9.2forevery1,000.⑤Now,considerthreeindicesofassimilation—language,homeownershipandpriorto在……h(huán)omeownership ②②ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish.③“Bythethirdgeneration,theoriginallanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies.”④HencethedescriptionofAmericaasa“graveyard”forlanguages.beproficientin精通于……h(huán)encead.因此參考譯文：的往往通曉雙語(yǔ)并精通英語(yǔ)?！暗搅说谌?，族裔語(yǔ)言在大部分家庭中已經(jīng)?！币虼吮恍稳轂檎Z(yǔ)言⑤⑤By1996foreign-bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore1970hadahomerateof75.6percent,higherthanthe69.8percentrateamongnative-born ①①Foreign-bornAsiansandHispanics“havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoU.S.-bornwhitesandblacks.”②Bythethirdgeneration,onethirdofHispanicwomenaremarriedtonon-Hispanics,and41percentofAsian-Americanwomenaremarriedtonon-Asians. bemarriedto…與…… fansofsuperstarslike后置定語(yǔ)系動(dòng) yetsome immigrantsliving…Statessomehow 主句Rodriguez RodriguezRodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks,yet“someAmericansfearthatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation’sassimilativeRodriguezRodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks,yet“someAmericansfearthatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation’sassimilative主句Rodriguez 賓語(yǔ)從句分句1：thatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooksremotea.遙遠(yuǎn)的?世界各地偏遠(yuǎn)鄉(xiāng)村的兒童都是像阿諾德·施瓦辛格和 RodriguezRodrigueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks,yet“someAmericansfearthatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation’sassimilative賓語(yǔ)從句分句2yetsomeAmericans?然而一 賓語(yǔ)從句：thatimmigrantslivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation’sassimilativepowerbeimmuneto?居住

?世界各地偏遠(yuǎn)鄉(xiāng)村的兒童都是像 ?然而一 人擔(dān)?居住 依然以某種方式不受這個(gè)國(guó)家同化力量的影 immigrantsliving…States

somehowRodriguezRodriguez fansofsuperstarslike后置定語(yǔ)系動(dòng) yetsome ①①Aretheredivisiveissuesandpocketsofseethingangerin②Indeed.③Itisbigenoughtohaveabitofdivisivea.引 ④ButparticularlywhenviewedagainstAmerica’sturbulentpast,today’ssocialindicesh