19考研英語：屠屠長難句（八十九）

01 每日一句長難句
Judith Herrin, a professor at King's College London, sets out to show that there are far better reasons to study and admire the civilization that flourished for more than a millennium before the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and whose legacy is still discernible all over south-east Europe and the Levant.

02【句型分析】
句子主幹是Judith Herrin sets out to show that…，其中主語後面是同位語也是插入語。賓語從句中，that引導的定語從句和whose引導的定語從句都用來修飾the civilization。

03【詞彙】
flourish 繁榮

millennium 千年

conquest 來自於conquer，征服

legacy 遺產

discernible 可以識別的

04【參考譯文】
倫敦國王學院教授Judith Herrin表示該文明值得研究和敬仰，該文明在1453年被君士坦丁堡征服之前已經興盛了一千多年，其遺蹟在整個東南歐洲和（地中海東部的）累範特地區還是可以看出來的。

05【明日長難句】
And in his late 30s, at the height of his fame, he ran a double life, conducting a largely secret affair with the woman who eventually became his second wife, while his first was gradually succumbing to tuberculosis.