英語(yǔ)六級(jí)攻克閱讀關(guān)鍵句235. For many years, America and Americans cou

235. For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.

譯文　多年以來(lái)，美國(guó)和美國(guó)人都以對(duì)于文化和語(yǔ)言的無(wú)知為理由而蒙混過(guò)關(guān)。

點(diǎn)睛　本句的主干是...America and Americans could get by...。for many years為時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。

with引導(dǎo)伴隨狀語(yǔ)。get by意為“過(guò)得去；蒙混過(guò)關(guān)”。如：

I hope I can get by in a dark suit for this formal occasion. 我希望我能穿一件深色的衣服，把這個(gè)正式場(chǎng)合應(yīng)付過(guò)去。

ignorance意為“無(wú)知；愚昧”。如：

Superstition results from ignorance. 迷信產(chǎn)生于無(wú)知。

考點(diǎn)歸納　與get有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)很多。包括：

get even with意為“向……報(bào)復(fù)”。如：

Mike accused Mary of costing him the job and said that he would get even with her one day. 邁克控訴瑪麗使他丟了工作，并且揚(yáng)言說(shuō)總有一天他會(huì)報(bào)復(fù)她的。

get a grip on oneself意為“控制自己的情緒”。如：

Stop being hysterical and get a grip on yourself. 不要歇斯底里了，要控制自己的情緒。

get...straight意為“把……弄清楚；打開(kāi)天窗說(shuō)亮話”。如：

Let us get this straight: David needs a car and I lend it to him, not you. 讓我們把這件事情弄清楚：戴維需要一輛車(chē)，是我把車(chē)借給了他，不是你借的。

get the better of意為“勝過(guò)；占上風(fēng)”。如：

David is a bilingual. No wonder he got the better of Kate in handling some tricky problems. 戴維會(huì)兩種語(yǔ)言。難怪他在處理一些難題時(shí)比凱特做得好。

get the message意為“了解別人所說(shuō)的，領(lǐng)會(huì)；得到信息”。如：

As no one asked any question, I assume all got the message. 鑒于沒(méi)有人提問(wèn)，我就假定大家都明白了。