1、长难句
Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three|star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools.
2、词语突破
hypocritical 虚伪的
spectacle 景象
ample 充足的
radical 激进的,根本的
journalist 记者,新闻工作者
advocate 支持
participatory democracy 参与制民主
enroll in 注册入学,入伍
3、主干辨别
We are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles.主谓结构被动态。
4、其他成分
which now more than ever seem in ample supply 定语从句修饰spectacles；冒号“:”之后列出三种虚伪景象的代表人物,举例说明。
5、微观分析
定语从句还原为一个完整的句子: The spectacles now more than ever seem in ample supply.其主干为: the spectacles seem in ample supply ；now more than ever为状语。
代表人物一: the critic of American materialism with Southampton summer home;
代表人物二: the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three|star restaurants，定语从句讲他们却在三星级酒店就餐；
代表人物三: the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of lifewhose own children are enrolled in private schools,定语从句讲他们我们的孩子却在私立学校上学（私立学校的教育是精英制的，而参与制民主是需要和大众贴近的）。
6、难题曝光
冒号后并列的三个部分是三个名词接上了比较长的定语，如此就导致了阅读上的困难。
7、译文赏析
相反，大家看到了这类很虚伪的景象，它们好像比以前的任何时候都更多见：批判美国式物质主义的人却拥有坐落于南安普顿的消夏别墅；激进书本的出版商却在三星级餐厅享用1日三餐；主张在生活每个阶段推行参与制民主的记者，他的子女却就读于私立学校。
8、翻译点拨
We are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles.假如直接翻译那就是“大家被招待了非常不错的虚伪景象”，如此的说法并不符合中文的习惯，中文多主动，英语多被动，因此句子应转译为：大家看到了这类很虚伪的景象。fine应处置为“很”。
