We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War 2,at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared.
词汇:1.unfocused不集中于一点的
2. review评论
3.turn转化点
4. eve前夕
5.World War 2第二次世界大战
6.time时代
7. newsprint新闻用纸
8. dirt-cheap非常便宜的
9.stylish时髦的
10. arts criticism 艺术评论
11.consider认为
12.ornament 装饰
13.publication出版物
14.appear登载
主干:We are removed(谓)from the unfocused newspaper reviews(状)
状语:even farther
过去分词短语作后置定语(具体说明这些评论的出版时间):published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War 2
同位语:at a time
when 引导从句作 time 的后置定语(说明这段时间的特点): when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications(主语补语)
定语从句:in which it appeared
句子结构:be far removed from“离......很远,与......迥然不同,与......无关联”
between A and B “在 A 和 B 之间”
参考译文:我们离那些20世纪之初和二战前夕之间在英国发表的散漫性(unfocused)报纸评论甚至更远了,在那个时代(at a time ),新闻纸非常廉价,时髦的艺术评论被认为是给登载这种内容的出版物提供的一种装饰(ornament)。