湖南MPAcc英语二阅读真题长难句分析（三）

No citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin. 

解析：No citizen should be denied the right—主句 to serve on a jury—后置定语修饰the right on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin—状语.
翻译：所有公民，无论种族、信仰、性别和国籍，都有权担任陪审团成员。--此句的翻译用的是典型的反话正说

The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. 
解析：The jury—主语 is also said—谓语 to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy—主语补足语.
翻译：陪审团制度也被认为是现存的直接式民主而非代表性民主的典范。

In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them. 
解析：In a direct democracy—状语, citizens take turns governing themselves—主句, rather than electing representatives to govern for them—状语.
翻译：在直接式民主制度中，公民轮流执政而非选举代表代其执政。

Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty.  
解析：Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898—让步状语从句, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty—强调句式强调20世纪40年代这个时间。
翻译：虽然早在1898年女性陪审员的身影就首次出现在犹他州陪审团中，但直到20世纪40年代，女性陪审员资格在大多数州才真正合法化了。
 
This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s. 

解析：This practice was justified by the claim—主句that women were needed at home—同位语从句, and—并列连接两个句子it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.注意此句为并列复合句，即在并列句中出现了复合句。
翻译：一些州之所以这么做，给出的理由是家才是女人该待的地方。这样一来，整个20世纪60年代的陪审团中，女性代表难觅芳踪。