2021考研英語長難句復習（八十二）

　　

　　He sees the gradual disappearance of “whom,” for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.

　　Ps : But his primary task is not to think about the moral code any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.

　　① Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education.

　　② Mr. McWhorter’s academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom,” for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.

　　參考譯文：

　?、?論點：總)責備放縱的六十年代不是什么新鮮事，但這次算不上是對教育衰落的又一場批判。

　?、?例：分)麥荷特先生的學術專長在于語言史和語言演變。舉例來說，他認為“whom”一詞的逐漸消失是自然的，并不比古英語中詞格的消失更讓人惋惜。