口碑课程网2018年考研英语长难句

For example, some early societies ceased to consider certain rites essential to their well-being and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic qualities rather than for their religious usefulness.

难句类型：复杂修饰

本句的主句结构应该是some early societies ceased to consider certain rites and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their oral tradition and admired them for their artistic qualities.

在rites后面有essential to their well-being做后置定语的修饰成分，在tradition后面有一个the myths that had grown up around the rites的同位语从句，在artistic qualities后面有一个rather than for their religious usefulness进行转折。

同学们只要能够读出来本句的核心意思是“一些早期社会的人们取消了仪式。虽然如此，人们还是保留了那些口头传述故事的传统，是因为出于它们的艺术性。”

译文

例如，一些早期社会的人们认为有的仪式对他们的幸福生活来说不再是必需品，并且取消了那些仪式。虽然如此，人们还是保留了那些口头传述故事的传统并且热爱从这些仪式里发展起来的神话，出于它们的艺术性，而不是宗教原因。