專四閱讀長難句小測（26）

　　126. One need only ask first-year university students what music they listen to , how much of it and what it means to them, in order to discover that the phenomenon is universal in America, that it begins in adolescence or a bit before and continues through the college years.

　　127. They start, like the pharisee in the parable , by thanking God that the are not as other men are, and proceed to paint a picture of those other men, hardly more flattering than that which Swift painted of the Yahoos.

　　128. Each time the dream was a promise out of our ancient articles of faith, phrases from the constitution, lines from the great anthem of the nation, guarantees from the Bill of Rights, all ending with a vision that they might one day all come true

　　129. For many the day seemed an adventure, a long outing in the late summer sun—part liberation from home, part Sunday school picnic, part political convention, and part fish fry.

　　130. It may not “look to it” at once, since it is looking to so many things, but it will be a long time before it forgets the melodious(悅耳的) and melancholy (憂郁的) voice of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Jr., crying out his dreams to the multitude(大眾).

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　　126、只要問問大學(xué)一年級的學(xué)生他們聽什么音樂，那對他們有多重要或者說意味著什么，就可以發(fā)現(xiàn)在美國是個普遍現(xiàn)象，它開始于青春期或更早的時候但會延續(xù)整個大學(xué)時代。

　　127、像寓言中的古法利賽人一樣，他們感謝上帝——他們與普通人不一樣，去畫那些人的圖畫，幾乎比Swift畫的人形獸還要好看。

　　128、每一次夢想都是來自于古老的忠誠的承諾，憲法中的詞句，國歌中的歌詞，人權(quán)法案所保證，都是以希望有一天它能成為現(xiàn)實(shí)的期望來結(jié)束的。

　　129、對于許多人來說，這一天像冒險活動，在盛夏和陽光下長時間等著——有的是從家里出來輕松，有的是學(xué)校周日野炊，有的是政治會議，有的烤魚吃。

　　130、也許不能注意到它，因為在注意著許多事情，但是很長時間后也很難忘記Rev、Dr、Martin、Luther.Jr.,用悅耳憂郁的聲音向大眾呼喊出他的夢想。