As a historian who's always searching for the text or the image that makes us re-evaluate the past, I've become preoccupied with looking for photographs that show our Victorian ancestors smiling(what better way to shatter the image of 19th-century prudery?).一、语法结构剖析
1、找出谓语动词
As a historian who's always searching for the text or the image that makes us re-evaluate the past, I've become preoccupied with looking for photographs that show our Victorian ancestors smiling(what better way to shatter the image of 19th-century prudery?).2、划出句子结构
[As a historian (who's[always]searchingfor the text or the image) (thatmakesusre-evaluate the past)], I've become preoccupied [with looking for photographs] (thatshowour Victorian ancestors smiling)(what better way to shatter the image of 19th-century prudery?).|--[方式状语]As a historian --介词短语做状语表明身份 “作为一名历史学家” |--[定语从句]who's always searching for the text or the image--修饰前面的historian “他总是在搜寻文本或图像” |--[定语从句]that makes us re-evaluate the past --修饰前面的text or image将其看成一个整体 “那些重新使我们评估过去的（文本和图像）”[主干]I've become preoccupied with looking for photographs.“我变得执迷于寻找照片” |--[定语从句]that show our Victorian ancestors smiling--修饰前面的photographs “这些照片展示了我们维多利亚祖先面带微笑”|--[插入性反问句]what better way to shatter the image of 19th-century prudery? “还有什么更好的方式去粉碎19世纪假道学的刻板印象呢？”二、词汇含义
preoccupied 一门心思，执迷的
三、“得意忘形”
直译：文本和图像总是能使我们重新评估历史，作为一名总是搜寻文本或图像的历史学家，我现在变得执迷于寻找图片，那些展示我们维多利亚祖先的微笑。有什么更好的方式去粉碎19世纪假道学的刻板印象呢？意译：作为一名总在搜寻那些能促使我们重新审视过往的文本或图像的历史学家，我如今变得执迷于寻找能展现维多利亚时代先辈们面带笑容的老照片——试问，还有什么比这更能击碎那种关于19世纪尽是假道学的刻板印象呢？
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