16-6. This caused the construction of gigantic buildings where too large masses of human beings are crowded together.
【譯文】這就促使建設高樓大廈，里面眾多的人擠地一起。
【講解】where too large masses of human beings are crowded together系定語從句，修飾gigantic buildings。
【單詞和短語】
gigantic：巨大的，龐大的（extremely big），
例如：
make a gigantic concession 做出重大讓步
make a gigantic mistake 鑄成大錯
16-7. Civilized men like such a way of living.
【譯文】文明人喜歡這種生活方式。
16-8. While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their dwelling, they do not realize that they are deprived of the necessities of life.
【譯文】當他們享受著他們住宅的舒適和乏味的奢侈生活時，并未意識到他們被剝奪了生活所必需的東西。
【單詞和短語】
banal：陳腐的，平庸的，乏味的（ordinary and not interesting, because of a lack of new or different ideas），
例如：
a banal remark 陳詞濫調(diào)
There was nothing new in his banal lecture.
他的演講平庸之極，沒有一點新東西。
The restaurant serves banal food.
那家飯館供應的飯菜全無特色。
banal的名詞形式為banality。
necessity：必要的東西，必不可少的事物，必需品（something that you need to have in order to live），
例如：
Good maps are a necessity to travelers.
好的地圖是出門旅行必不可少的。
Water is a necessity of life.
生命不可缺水。
What we did was a moral necessity.
我們做了在道義上非做不可的事。
16-9. The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol fumes，coal dust and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.
【譯文】畸形建筑群和陰暗狹窄的街道構成了現(xiàn)代城市。街上充滿汽油味、煤灰和有毒氣體，出租車、卡車和公共汽車的噪音刺耳，熙熙攘攘的人群擠來擠去。
【講解】of monstrous edifices和of dark, narrow streets…great crowds都與consists搭配在一起使用。full of petrol fumes，coal dust and toxic gases作streets的定語。torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses和thronged ceaselessly by great crowds都是過去分詞短語，作定語修飾streets。
【單詞和短語】
throng：在……聚集，使擁塞（people throng a place, they go there in large numbers），
例如：
They thronged the doorway. 他們都擠在門口。
16-10. Obviously, it has not been planned for the good of its inhabitants.
【譯文】顯然，現(xiàn)代城市并非按居民利益規(guī)劃的。
【講解】it指the modern city。
【單詞和短語】
good：好處，用處，利益（a useful effect），
例如：
Milk does you (your health) good.
牛奶對你（你的健康）有好處。
It was for her own good. 這是為他自己好。
What is the good of his coming tomorrow?
他明天才來有什么用呢？
the good of the state 國家利益
the common good 公益
【譯文】這就促使建設高樓大廈，里面眾多的人擠地一起。
【講解】where too large masses of human beings are crowded together系定語從句，修飾gigantic buildings。
【單詞和短語】
gigantic：巨大的，龐大的（extremely big），
例如：
make a gigantic concession 做出重大讓步
make a gigantic mistake 鑄成大錯
16-7. Civilized men like such a way of living.
【譯文】文明人喜歡這種生活方式。
16-8. While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their dwelling, they do not realize that they are deprived of the necessities of life.
【譯文】當他們享受著他們住宅的舒適和乏味的奢侈生活時，并未意識到他們被剝奪了生活所必需的東西。
【單詞和短語】
banal：陳腐的，平庸的，乏味的（ordinary and not interesting, because of a lack of new or different ideas），
例如：
a banal remark 陳詞濫調(diào)
There was nothing new in his banal lecture.
他的演講平庸之極，沒有一點新東西。
The restaurant serves banal food.
那家飯館供應的飯菜全無特色。
banal的名詞形式為banality。
necessity：必要的東西，必不可少的事物，必需品（something that you need to have in order to live），
例如：
Good maps are a necessity to travelers.
好的地圖是出門旅行必不可少的。
Water is a necessity of life.
生命不可缺水。
What we did was a moral necessity.
我們做了在道義上非做不可的事。
16-9. The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol fumes，coal dust and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.
【譯文】畸形建筑群和陰暗狹窄的街道構成了現(xiàn)代城市。街上充滿汽油味、煤灰和有毒氣體，出租車、卡車和公共汽車的噪音刺耳，熙熙攘攘的人群擠來擠去。
【講解】of monstrous edifices和of dark, narrow streets…great crowds都與consists搭配在一起使用。full of petrol fumes，coal dust and toxic gases作streets的定語。torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses和thronged ceaselessly by great crowds都是過去分詞短語，作定語修飾streets。
【單詞和短語】
throng：在……聚集，使擁塞（people throng a place, they go there in large numbers），
例如：
They thronged the doorway. 他們都擠在門口。
16-10. Obviously, it has not been planned for the good of its inhabitants.
【譯文】顯然，現(xiàn)代城市并非按居民利益規(guī)劃的。
【講解】it指the modern city。
【單詞和短語】
good：好處，用處，利益（a useful effect），
例如：
Milk does you (your health) good.
牛奶對你（你的健康）有好處。
It was for her own good. 這是為他自己好。
What is the good of his coming tomorrow?
他明天才來有什么用呢？
the good of the state 國家利益
the common good 公益