now we must also examine the culture as we mexican americans have experienced it , passing from a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving settlers to , finally a conquered people a charter minority on our own land.

现在我们必须也按照我们墨西哥裔的美国人的经历来审视这个文化,我们的经历是从一个主权的民族变成了新来的定居者的同胞,在最终沦落成为一个被征服的民族——在我们自己的土地上的契约的少数民族。

难句类型

复杂修饰、插入语、固定搭配

解释

主句中的as we mexican americans have experienced it 是examine的状语,说明审视的角度;后面直至句尾的分词结构又是experience的状语,详述了经历的具体过程。就是这个分词有些难懂,因为我们熟知的结构是from…to…没有见过,也没有想到过后面居然还有一个to,因此看到这个套了一个插入语的newly arriving settlers to , finally, a conquered people的时候头脑发生混乱,不明所以、不知所措。这里的to还是与前面的from搭配的,也就是说,原文的结构是from…to…to…

意群训练:

now we must also examine the culture as we mexican americans have experienced it , passing from a sovereign people to compatriots with newly arriving settlers to , finally a conquered people a charter minority on our own land.