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【文章难句】
Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and it signs now than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs - the location, place names and name brand may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago.
【词汇突破】
summer home
避暑别墅
demand
vt. 要求；需要；查询
vi. 需要；请求；查问
n. [经]需求；需要；要求
【结构分析】
本句是一个复合句，句子主干是 people do not ... may change, but ... do not，其中 not 与 less 构成双重否定。考生关键是要理解 do not seem less interested in success and it signs now than formerly 和 do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago 这两个双重否定的比较级。do not seem less interested in success and it signs now than formerly 意思是“seem at least as interested in success and its signs now as formerly, if not more”。
【参考译文】
当然，比起过去，现在的人们对成功以及成功标志的兴趣似乎并没有减少。避暑别墅、欧洲之旅以及宝马轿车——这些别墅的位置、旅游的景点以及轿车的品牌可能会改变，但是现在对这些东西的需求似乎并未比十年前或两年前减少。
选自：红宝书《考研英语10年真题》
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