OG35 怎么都读不懂的句子？？

Avantasia

Two divergent definitions have dominated sociologists’

discussions of the nature of ethnicity. The first emphasizes

the primordial and unchanging character of ethnicity. In

this view, people have an essential need for belonging that

(5) is satisfied by membership in groups based on shared

ancestry and culture. A different conception of ethnicity

de-emphasizes the cultural component and defines ethnic

groups as interest groups. In this view, ethnicity serves as

a way of mobilizing a certain population behind issues

(10) relating to its economic position. While both of these

definitions are useful, neither fully captures the dynamic

and changing aspects of ethnicity in the United States.

Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a

process in which preexisting communal bonds and common

(15) cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes

according to changing real-life situations.

上面紫色表记部分的意思是什么啊？这个句子是怎么组织结构的，读了几遍都没懂，请教大家！

谢谢！！！

wangyu73cn

Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a process in which preexisting communal bonds and common

(15) cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes according to changing real-life situations.

这句是说，民族性，更应被理解为“先天的共同文化特性”不断适应“现实中的实际利益目标”的过程。也就是说两者不能偏废。

Avantasia

啊！谢谢版主，这句子让我快疯狂了，好多抽象词啊！

wangyu73cn

^_^。再提醒一下，我觉得本句很关键，基本可作为本文的中心句了。如果觉得句子理解困难，可以看看杨继或杨鹏的难句，争取在短期内提高一下。

我爱欧洲

以下是引用Avantasia在2005-4-10 0:07:00的发言：

Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a

process in which preexisting communal bonds and common

(15) cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes

according to changing real-life situations.

民族性更应理解为一个过程，这个过程中先天的公共关系和一般的文化特性根据不断变化的实际生活情况适应实际利益目标。

翻译的我自己都不明白

我爱欧洲

220. The author of the passage refers to Native American people in the second paragraph in

order to provide an example of

(A) the ability of membership in groups based on shared ancestry and culture to satisfy an

essential human need.

(B) how ethnic feelings have both motivated and been strengthened by political activity

(C) how the Civil Rights movement can help promote solidarity among United States ethnic

groups

(D) how participation in the political system has helped to improve a group’s economic

situation

(E) the benefits gained from renewed study of ethnic history and culture

答案是B,但ethnic feelings是什么？怎么得到的呢？

EASYSUMMER

我想这里 ETHNIC FELLINGS 应该是个概括，及指前面讲的tribal history and traditional culture 或更明确的 preexisting communal bonds and common  cultural attributes。

swlfx

谢谢王牛牛。

chyyoung780

感謝各位大大提供知識