xdm，我又来问英语了

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In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life——few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers——but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
楼主如果有一些基本的句法知识，这个很好理解的。
如果你知道什么是句子，就可以把复杂的拆解成几个简单的句子。
你是理解意思做题，只要理解了就可以了，不需要训练自己可以一口气理解特别长的句子的。
In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life
few American families acquired helicopters,
though most eventually got clothes dryers
but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
所以上面就是四个句子，被用三种方式联起来了：破折号（-），though, but
然后里面还有两个从句，也可以拆出来
In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted sth
sth = just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life
few American families acquired helicopters,
most eventually got clothes dryers
his belief was widely shared.
self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable
最后你就是把六个简单的句子串起来
英语和中文讲的是同一个世界，都要说清楚六要素：时间，地点，人物，事情的起因，经过和结果，只是在两种语言中，信息块的次序不一样
比如第一句
地点，人 + 事情 + 物
地点 = in his case house
人 = Ralph Rapson
事情 = may have mispredicted
物 = sth = how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life这个特殊问句的答案
我们中文的次序不一样
按它这个结构，中文就成了
在家，我写完了作业。
对比一下
我在家写完了作业。
上面这个句子就是 RR这个哥们，在这个地方，做了这么个事情
Ralph Rapson + in his case house + may have mispredicted + sth
花时间熟悉这个之后，就容易了。