长难句。。
[原文]
Clues suggesting that Quasimodo, the tragic hero of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, is based on a historical figure have been uncovered in the memoirs of Henry Sibson, a 19th-century British sculptor [who was employed at the cathedral at around the time （the book was written）] and [who described a hunchbacked stonemason also working there].
[中文翻译]
暗示维克多·雨果小说《巴黎圣母院》中的悲剧角色卡西莫多存在历史原型的线索，在19世纪英国雕塑家亨利·西布森的回忆录中被发现。西布森曾在该书创作时期受雇于巴黎圣母院，并描述过一名同样在此工作的驼背石匠。
[单词释义]
■ clues: 线索 ■ tragic hero: 悲剧英雄 ■ memoirs: 回忆录 ■ stonemason: 石匠 ■sculptor:雕塑家 ■ cathedral:教堂
[结构图谱]
主句骨架: Clues have been uncovered in the memoirs → 核心发现过程
├─ 后置定语: suggesting that... → 线索内容
│ ├─ 宾语从句: Quasimodo is based on a figure → 核心主张
│ │ ├─ 同位语: the tragic hero... → 文化专名解释
│ │ └─ 被动结构: is based on → 历史关联性
│ └─ 证据来源: in the memoirs of Henry Sibson → 文献载体
└─ 双重定语从句: [who was employed...] and [who described...] → 证人权威性
├─ 时间状语: at the time the book was written → 时空同步性
└─ 关键细节: hunchbacked stonemason → 原型对应
What has been found in the memoirs of Henry Sibson? c
A) The background information of the 19th-century France.
B) The imagination and mythical creation of Victor Hugo.
C) The real-life inspiration behind the deformed Quasimodo.
D) The private life and associations of the hunchbacked sculptor working at Notre Dame.
[原文]
the references to a "hunchbacked sculptor" working at Notre Dame were just discovered, as the memoirs were catalogued ahead the archive’s 40th anniversary this year.
[中文翻译]
关于在巴黎圣母院工作的“驼背雕塑家”的记载直到今年档案馆成立40周年前对回忆录进行编目时才被发现。
[单词释义]
■ acquired: 获得 ■ attic: 阁楼 ■ catalogued: 编目 ■ anniversary: 周年纪念
the references were discovered → 转折新发现
├─ 后置定语: to a "hunchbacked sculptor" working... → 关键人物特征
└─ 原因状语从句: as the memoirs were catalogued... → 发现契机
└─ 时间状语: after the archive’s 40th anniversary → 事件触发点
When did people discover the references to the hunchbacked sculptor working at Notre Dame?人们是什么时候发现有人提到在圣母院工作的驼背雕塑家的？D
A) After the documents were discovered in the attic of a house in Cornwall.
B) After the documents were acquired by the Tate Archive in 1999.
C) Long before the ceremony of the Tate Archive’s 40th anniversary.早在泰特档案馆 40 周年纪念仪式之前。
D) Just as the staff catalogued the memoirs [before] the ceremony of the Tate Archive’s 40th anniversary.
[原文]
but I have never seen any reference to a historical character [that he may have based upon]. It sounds entirely plausible, and if Hugo was indeed inspired [by this deformed stonemason at Notre Dame], it further reveals our appreciation of his amazing imaginative powers to take details from real life and weave them into magical literature.”
但我从未见过任何关于其历史原型的记载。这听来完全可信，如果雨果确实受到巴黎圣母院这位驼背石匠的启发，那么这进一步揭示了我们对他的惊叹——他竟能从现实细节中汲取灵感，编织出魔幻的文学作品。”
■ deformities: 畸形 ■ plausible: 可信的 ■ weave: 编织 ■ imaginative powers: 想象力
How does Professor Sean Hand think of the discovery? B
A) It offers further evidence to prove the story.
B) It sounds reliable with regard to the story.
C) It is significant for estimating Hugo’s life.
D) It is an appreciative effort but may draw no valuable conclusions.
[原文]
The publication of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame in 1831, which made Hugo one of France’s most acclaimed authors, was widely credited with prompting the Gothic restoration of the Cathedral in 1844, designed by the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, which Hugo had championed.
[中文翻译]
1831年《巴黎圣母院》的出版使雨果成为法国最受赞誉的作家之一，人们普遍认为该作品推动了1844年由建筑师欧仁·维奥莱-勒-杜克设计的哥特式教堂修复工程，而这项工程正是雨果曾大力倡导的。
[单词释义]
- acclaimed /əˈkleɪmd/ (adj.) 受赞誉的（考研高频）
- restoration /ˌrestəˈreɪʃn/ (n.) 修复（雅思学术场景词）
- champion /ˈtʃæmpiən/ (v.) 倡导、冠军（熟词僻义考点）
- credited with 被认为有（功劳）｜考研高频
[结构图谱] 主句骨架：Victor Hugo was credited with prompting the restoration → 核心判断
├─ 时间状语：in 1844 → 限定事件时间轴
├─ 过去分词短语：designed by... → 补充说明restoration的实施者
└─ 非限制性定语从句：which Hugo had championed → 揭示雨果的主动推动
The publication of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was thought to result in A
A) the Gothic restoration of Notre-Dame.
B) the neoclassical restoration of Notre-Dame.圣母院的新古典主义修复
C) the championship of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
D) the reputation of Le Bossu’s and Trajan’s work.