as the world's urban population explodes,
and cities become more crowded,
taller,
and more crowded,
America's total number of elevators — 900,000 at last count,
according to Elevator World magazine's “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry” — are a force that's becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really,
really love them,
it seems like high time that we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are. 破解 生僻词汇 2 ①unremarkable adj.平凡的,不值得注意的 破解方法 构词法 un(否定前缀)+remarkable (adj.卓越的,非凡的) 平凡的 ②awkward adj. 尴尬的,笨拙的 破解方法 通过解释 根据第二段可知坐电梯会遇到与我们毫无共同之处的人,且有时很无聊,所以说坐电梯的经历有时是很“尴尬”的。 破解 长难句 3 If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators,
it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief,
boring,
and even awkward experience — one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common,
and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that we're hanging from a cable in a long passage. 条件状语从句 主句 表语从句 同位语 译文:如果我们倾向于忽略电梯的作用,这可能是因为乘坐电梯往往是如此短暂、无聊甚至尴尬的经历——这种经历可能是意外遇到与我们毫无共同之处的人,也可能是一种令人不快的事实——我们正悬挂在一个长长的通道里的电缆线上。 定语从句 If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators,
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